Teen Tech Week @Your Library

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It’s Teen Tech Week, a national celebration sponsored by YALSA, the Young Adult division of the American Library Association. It’s a chance for teens to learn more about technology and what it can offer them both for fun and productivity. To celebrate, the Mira Costa Library is hosting several activities:

  • A Teen Tech Week Scavenger Hunt. Come by the library to get a contest form and answer five easy questions. Or, you can even download itย here. But, if you come to the library, we’ll be happy to help you with any clues you need to answer all the questions. All participants with correct answers will be entered in a prize drawing for an iTunes certificate.
  • Come to the library ย during lunch on Tuesday to learn about Wordle.net, a fun and easy word cloud creation tool. Please eat lunch quickly and come straight to the library at 12:30 for the session. There will be a raffle drawing for all participants.
  • Come to the library ย during lunch on Friday to learn about Flickr.com, a fun and easy word cloud creation tool. Please eat lunch quickly and come straight to the library at 12:30 for the session. There will be a raffle drawing for all participants.

For more Teen Tech Week fun, visit YALSA’s Teen Tech Week site, and participate in the contest there, where you could win an Amazon gift certificate or Nook e-reader. Don’t wait to check this link. The first portion of the contest begins and ends on Monday, March 7. The second portion runs from Tuesday, March 8 through Friday, March 11.

48 thoughts on “Teen Tech Week @Your Library

  1. Dude! im like totally doing this scavanger hunt right now! its super duper fun and i am gonna win that giftcard!

  2. My whole class is doing this right now. Our teacher is absent, but our sub seems nice. This is kind of fun, i just made an avatar. It’s pretty awesome

  3. I am participatin in teen tech week this year and I just made an avatar. I hope I win the drawing for the itunes gift cart, but if I don’t that’s okaaayyyy ๐Ÿ™‚

  4. Wordle is a really great tech tool for making different signs or covers. All you have to do is type in different words and it creates a masterpiece for you!

  5. This sounds great especially if you have a smart phone. This new technology is fun to learn about I will definantly be doing the scavenger hunt.

  6. yay scavenger hunt fun fun fun

    i am going to pown u all

    p.s. i submited this thing 10 times and ITS NOT WORKING…going to work this time beacuse i just typed this out

    +8 more times not working

  7. @ shakuku mararo marez mr poo man has the liberty to say anything he wants-regardless if its degrading or immature

  8. @ shakuku mararo marez, you should find something better to with you life. listen to noreplyman

  9. Sounds like fun! I love scavenger hunts! I think it is really great how you are trying to education people about how to properly use technology. I can’t wait to see who wins the raffle!

  10. Tech week, sounds great, I would like to know more about technology. The scavenger hunt was somewhat easy, even without a smartphone.

  11. Jane,
    I love love LOVE your Go!Animate avatar! I don’t have that talking on phone yet pose….must to get soon! I’m also so jealous at how many comments you have from your kids, what an exciting library you must have! Cheers!
    ~Gwyneth Jones
    The Daring Librarian

  12. I believe that this idea is okay. It could have been presented and made a lot more fun. But hey, I guess some people would enjoy this. ๐Ÿ™‚

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