Programming for Tomorrows World Technology Programs for Children

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Programming for Tomorrows WorldTechnology
Programs for Children TeensBeth Gallaway
informationgoddess29_at_gmail.com presented for
NMRLS 10-18-04, revised July 2005
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Contents

• Video Game Programs
• Video Game Camp Austin Public Library, Austin
  TX
• Video Game Night North Hunterdon High School,
  Annadale, NJ
• Online Author Chats
• AuthorChats
• YA Authors Café
• Virtual Author Visits - Haverhill Public Library,
  Haverhill MA
• Library Blogging / Online Newsletters
• Parma Public Library - Hilton, NY
• Galileo Academy of Science and Technology - San
  Francisco, CA
• Flip Flops Blog Wayland Public Library -
  Wayland, MA
• Online Book Reviews / Book Discussion
• Y Read? Youth Unite Through Books Cleveland
  Public Library - Cleveland, OH
• Book Chat University Laboratory Union High
  School Urbana, IL
• The Hip Librarians Book Blog
• Blogger Book Club, Youth Services Roselle Public
  Library - Roselle, IL
• Dear Reader
• Online Summer Reading Programs
• Jervis Public Library Teen Summer Reading Program
  - Rome, NY

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Video Game Programs
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Video Game Camp Austin Public Library, Austin
TX http//www.wiredforyouth.org Public library
hosts make your own computer game camp for teens
games online at http//www.datax.com/aquakid ,
http//www.datax.com/zombie
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Video Game Night North Hunterdon H.S. Annadale,
NJ http//www.nhvweb.net/nhhs/MediaCenter/High
school library runs gaming night by projecting
console PC games on cafeteria walls.
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Video Game Tournaments Ann Arbor District
Library, MIhttp//www.aadl.org/node/102Video
Game Tournaments for children teens and adults
on a regularly scheduled basis

• Teens form 4-person clans and square off in
  exhibition matches in preseason.
• Competition heats up as smack talk and stats get
  posted on the blog.
• Refreshments and prizes are part of the fun.

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Virtual Author Visits
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AuthorChats http//www.authorchats.com/
Regularly scheduled live chats with childrens
authors
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YA Author Café http//ourworld.cs.com/YAAuthorsCa
fe/default.htmlRegularly scheduled live chats
with young adult authors

• Chat Schedule
• All chats start at 830 p.m. ET (530 p.m. PT)
  and run through 930 p.m. ET (630 p.m. PT)
• October 5 - Bewitching Books for Teens and
  Tweens. Llewellyn authors, Linda Joy Singleton,
  Laurie Faria Stolarz, and Dottie Enderle share
  their experiences writing YA fiction about
  paranormal topics.
• October 12 - Dark Realities How Much Truth Can
  Authors Share with Young Readers?" with Host,
  Catherine Atkins, and guests, YA authors Kathleen
  Johnson and Kathe Koja.
• October 19 - No chat
• October 26 - OPEN CHAT - No topic! No host! Come
  chat with YA readers and writers.

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Scholastic Online Author Calendarhttp//www2.scho
lastic.com/teachers/authorsandbooks/authorstudies/
authorstudies.jhtml Regularly scheduled live
chats with childrens and young adult authors

• Click on Calendar to view 2004-05 schedule and
  transcripts

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Virtual Author Visits Haverhill Public Library -
Haverhill MA http//www.teencybercenter.org/lovesa
ra.htmPublic library uses America Online to host
virtual author visits

• BeththeLibrarian What did it take to publish the
  book? (That's from Brandy Alex)
• MBLundgren Another good question. It took me 2
  years to write it, then 6 months to find an
  agent, then a few days to find an editor, then
  months of revisions. A Loooooonnnggg process.

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Library Blogging Online Newsletters
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Parma Public Library - Hilton, NY
http//pplkids.blogspot.com/ Blog with photos
from programs, childrens room news and event
announcements
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Galileo Academy of Science and Technology - San
Francisco, CA http//www.galileoweb.org/galileoLib
rary/stories/storyReader63 Links to news and
assignments for school library media center
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Morse Institute Public Library Teen Blog, Natick
MA http//www.milteen.blog-city.com/Programs,
Book Reviews and More Medford Youth Book
Bloggers, Medford MAhttp//www.livejournal.com/m
ybb/ Librarians start threads, children andteens
contribute through commentsLansing Library Teen
News Blog, Lansing MIhttp//lansinglibraryteen.bl
ogspot.com/News, events, and link to book
discussion blogLexington Teen Advisory Board
Blog, Lexington KYhttp//lextabonline.blogspot.co
m/Meeting notes and teen feedback on agenda
items-X-C TAB Lounge, KCPL, Kansas City
MOhttp//centraltab.blogspot.com/ News, photos,
reviews, advocacy
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Online Book Discussion Reviewing
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Y Read? Youth Unite Through Books Cleveland, OH
http//www.yread.org/Web portal for Cleveland
Public Librarys online book discussion
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University Laboratory Union High School Urbana
IL http//www.uni.uiuc.edu/libraryOnline book
discussion conducted with bulletin board
technology.
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Blogger Book Club Roselle Public Library -
Roselle, IL http//www.roselle.lib.il.us/YouthSer
vices/BookClub/Bloggerbookclub.htm Online book
discussion uses blogging technology.
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The Hip Librarians Book Blog http//hiplibrarians
bookblog.blogspot.com/ Online reviews of young
adult and childrens books from local librarians
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Dear Reader http//www.dearreader.com/ Formerly
chapter-a-day, offers free excerpts/teasers from
books.
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Online Summer Reading Programs
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Jervis Public Library Teen Summer Reading Program
- Rome, NY http//www.quia.com/pages/srp2002.html
An example of an online summer reading program
generated using the Quia site. Online book
reviews, suggested reading lists, and an online
book club.
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Boston Public Library Online SRP - Boston,
MAhttp//www.bpl.org/teens/rip.htm Registration
forms and book review forms are available online,
but must be turned in at the library for the
prize drawings.