April Events for Teens

And the winners are...

The winners of our Teen Tech Week drawing were announced at Friday night's Dinner & a Movie.

Kaleb Gallegos won a $15 iTunes card
Stephanie Berg won a $15 iTunes card
Carrie Pardee won a pair of Sony earbuds
Josh Harvey won a pair of Sony earbuds
Bridget Crofut won a cooler/portable mp3 docking station.

It pays to visit the TZ... stay tuned for our next drawing.

What can you do to celebrate Teen Tech Week?

Join us for these events:
Today, Tuesday, March 4: Anime Club from 4:00-5:30
Tomorrow, Wednesday, March 5: Open House in the TZ from 4-5 (food & fun to celebrate the new TZ website)
Friday, March 7: Dinner & a Movie featuring "School of Rock" 5-7:30pm
Monday, March 10: Game On! from 2-4pm
Tuesday, March 18: In the Zone: "What's on your iPod?" from 4-5

25 Things you can do for Teen Tech Week (courtesy of YALSA)

1. Download an eBook or audiobook onto your mp3 player.
2. Visit your local library's webpage.
3. Blog about a library book or program.
4. Try out a book focused site like LibraryThing or Shelfari.
5. Create a soundtrack for your favorite book.
6. Ask your librarian to recommend a non-fiction book on an area of technology that interests you.
7. Add something to an article on Wikipedia.
8. Set up a podcast for a group or club you belong to.
9. Many young adult authors welcome email from their readers, and some even have their own MySpace profiles. Why not send them a message in honor of Teen Tech Week?
10. Check out some video games, DVDs or music CDs from your library.
11. Create an avatar on Yahoo! Avatars.
12. Start a Teen Tech Club at your school or public library.
13. Read and contribute to a blog about technology.
14. Practice your HTML skills on your MySpace.
15. Watch some anime or startup an anime club at your library.
16. Create a YouTube video about your library or a favorite book.
17. Download a newspaper article from the day you were born from an electronic database.
18. Volunteer to help clean the computers and media at your library.
19. Volunteer to tutor library customers who are new to using computers.
20. Learn how to DeeJay music or record music with a computer.
21. Search in a biography database for an article about your favorite musical artist.
22. Learn how to use some new software.
23. Take a class on graphic design or digital photography.
24. Create a database of something you want to organize.
25. Start a del.icio.us, Twitter or Flickr account.

"Tune In @ Your Library" Teen Tech Week

March Events for Teens