Talk to each other nonstop. Seek attentionvalidation thro

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Totally Wired What teens are really doing with
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• Teens Are Still Teens (just kicked up a notch!)
• They hang out
• Decorate their space
• Keep diaries
• Talk to each other non-stop
• Seek attention/validation through performance
• Experiment with identity
• Bully
• Research Learn (Do homework)
• Create

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• Hanging Out

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• Where Teens Are Hanging Out
• Social Networking Sites!

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• Decorating Their Space

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Where Teens Go To Decorate The MySpace EcoSystem

• Where Teens Go To Decorate
• The MySpace Ecosystem

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• Keeping Diaries

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• Where Teens Keep Diaries
• Blogs!

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• Talking To Each Other Non-Stop

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• Seeking Attention/Validation

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• Where Teens Go To Be Famous
• Online Video Sites

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• Experimenting With Identity

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Where Teens Go To Experiment Identity Virtual
Reality Environments
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Bullying Other Teens (Cyberbullying)
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Doing Homework
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Where Teens Go For Homework/College Prep
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• Being Creative

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• Where Teens Are Being Creative
• Youth Media

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A New Gap Between Teens Parents/Teachers
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• 10 Tips To Becoming A Totally Wired Librarian
• Survey your teens Find out where they go online,
  what they like to do how they use their phones
• Lean on them Not a computer wiz? Identify a teen
  who is and let them help. Its empowering and
  validating
• Be their guide Help them learn to evaluate and
  find credible Internet sources. Help them become
  information literate
• Identify the trailblazers in your field Read
  their blogs, ask them to tell you what has worked
  and what hasnt
• Teach teens cyberethics Incorporate ethics into
  any computer course, emphasizing whats different
  about bullying online, the public nature of the
  internet, plagiarism and cheating

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• 10 Tips To Becoming A Totally Wired Librarian
• Wikipedia is not the enemy, its a teachable
  moment Use it as a way to encourage them to
  participate in knowledge creation
• Connect teens to the authors they love Many YA
  authors now have profiles on sites like
  MySpace/Bebo, also HarperTeenFanLit.com and
  Readergirlz
• Create a MySpace profile for your library if you
  havent already. Update your MySpace blog and
  send out bulletins. Let the teens help you run it
• Experiment in virtual worlds Reach out to the
  librarians in Teen Second Life and attend an
  event
• Fight DOPA Jr. Libraries are the only place
  teens who dont have the internet at home can
  experience social media. Dont let fear based
  legislation take away access