Engaging Teen library users

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Teen Library Users: Engaging the Next Generation

Margaret PortierDirector of Innovative Family ServicesFayetteville Free Library

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Fayetteville Free Library Suburban library Chartered to serve 10,000 School district highly ranked in

science and math Supportive community Active volunteer base 7 full-time librarians

+Fayetteville Free Library Culture of Innovation

Open discussions

Monthly staff forum and directors’ meeting

Flexibility

LIS student clerks

Universal staff buy-in

Maker culture

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Full STEAM Ahead!Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math aren’t just for schools.

+Common Core and STEAM

More age-interesting nonfiction

More historically accurate fiction

Displays that match current school projects

Growing graphic novel and manga collections Fiction and nonfiction

More programming around these core subjects

Maker Culture

Embrace the community’s interests

Trick teens into learning

Start young

Don’t leave out the parents and educators

Common Core STEAM

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Teen Programming at the FFLLEGO Robotics

First Lego League

Mission:LEGO

STEAMPunk Club!

Creation Club

Teen Volunteer Opportunities

Future Teen Engagement

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FIRST® LEGO® LeagueFIRST LEGO League is an international competitive LEGO Robotics team for 9-14 year-olds that involves programming LEGO robots, completing a public service research project, and learning teamwork and cooperation.

+FFL’s The Inside Joke

10 members

Ages 9-14

All levels of abilities

2012 Challenge: Senior Solutions Robot Game Project Core Values

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Mission:LEGOAn opportunity for teens to learn about programming and LEGO robotics in a hands-on mission based after-school program

+Your Mission:LEGO, should you choose to accept it…

Materials: LEGO Mindstorms Kits Computers (one per kit) Kids

Process Introduce the pieces Introduce the software Separate into teams Announce the Mission

Or have them come up with it

Materials Process

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STEAMPunk Club!A steampunk genre reading club that includes Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math projects.

+STEAMPunk Club!

• Each month sponsored by a steampunk YA novel

• Book discussion

• Hands on projects

+ STEAMPunk! Projects• Hot air balloons• Salt water and air

batteries• Wind turbines• Takeapart • Skeletons

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Creation ClubAn afterschool club for middle school students interested in digital media.

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FFL Community Creation Lab(and FFL Fab Lab)

Adobe Creative Suite

Green screen wall

Video cameras

Podcast station

iLife Suite

iPads

3D Printers

3D modelling software

http://fflib.org/learn/make

+ Creation Club

•1st week of the month – Workshop on how to use something in the Creation Lab•Last week of the month – Share what you made this month

+Creation Club

February – Podcast Audacity

March – Image editing Adobe Photoshop

April – Movie editing iMovie

3D modelling Google Sketch-up Autodesk 123D Blender

Advanced video editing Using the green screen Adding effects

Music creation Garageband Audacity

So far in 2013… Coming soon…

+Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you the Creation Club’s creations!

+Teen Volunteer OpportunitiesGetting teens to volunteer to do what they do best.

+Teen Corps of Volunteers

Adopt a Shelf

Event support

Display arrangement

Program prep support

Processing project assistance

Smart Play

+Teen Tech Squad

One-on-one technology assistance

Drop-in help desk

Trained on troubleshooting most common technology issues

Assist with FFL IT initiatives

+Digital Media Expert League

Trained on all technologies in the Creation Lab

Provide support and training of patrons during drop-in hours in the Creation Lab

Create digital content for the FFL

+Bookworms

Prepare and run FFL Book Sales

Use detective skills to determine category/genre of books

Add books to FFL Book Sale LibraryThing account

Shelve FFL Book Sale books

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Future Teen EngagementTo infinity and beyond…

+Onward and Upward!

Minecraft free play drop-in program

Comic and Manga Read/Write Forum

Recruit teen volunteers

More Making

More STEAM programming

More involvement with families

More opportunities for teens to participate collaboratively

More teen leaders

More fun!

Coming Soon Big Goals

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Margaret PortierDirector of Innovative Family Servicesmportier@fflib.orgTwitter: @tophile

www.fflib.org