Workshop :: Youth Programming PR the Digital Way

Wednesday Sept 21, 2011 - Ramapo Catskill Library System, Middletown NY (event page)

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Digital Storytelling Resources (on separate workshop page)

Teens Read - Alameda County PL - Free blog through WordPress.com blog.
Pikes Peak Library Teens - Facebook page - active page, allows comments from community.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Public Library - IM a librarian built in.
Eager Readers - McCracken County PL teen blog. twitter feed, flickr photos,lots of embedded videos.
Greenwich Teens - blog with Twitter widget and Facebook badge.
Logan Library - Teen blog with Flickr widget embedded.
Topeka Shawnee PL - Teen blog - nice widget with LibraryThing widget highlighting books. Latest tweet appears at bottom of page.

The whole magilla from Denver Public

Video & Photos:

Picture Past It Competition - Love this idea from Logan City (Australia) Libraries. Photos could also be posted to HistoryPin or WhatWasThere.
Drop in Knitting - fun video to promote knitting sessions. Easily done with MS MovieMaker or Mac iMovie some video clips and a bit of music.
Back to School Movie Night - created by teen advisory group.
Kansas Library Conference teaser - video for an upcoming conference session. Keynote and iMovie. Could also be done with PPT slides exported to MS MovieMaker or MS Photostory.
What if Barbie had a Book Club - goofy, but fun video. :)

Book Trailers

Book Trailers for All - Tons of book trailers you can download or embed on your web sites. Or use QR codes in a book to lead reader to the book trailer.
Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesic - Create your own book trailers with images, text and music with Animoto.
Twilight - Book trailer with VoiceThread
Embedr - Pulls a YouTube play list into a nice display

Audio/Animation Fun

You Can't Just Google It - Xtranormal cartoon created by the SweetSearch folks.
Young Writers Interview - Toowoomba Library, Queensland. Uses AudioBoo, free and easy to record. Audio can be embedded.

Voki - Create a character, add your voice. At of late 2010, Voki seems to be focusing it's free product on the education market, and without advertising! A good move. Example: Paige Jaeger's Voki

Etc.

30 Days of How-To #17: How-To Use Infographics for Library Advocacy
Wordle posted to a resource guide - But could be used for many things, posters, blog posts promoting events, etc. (Wordle)

To turn your wordle into a jpg, use a screenshot tool to capture the image. PrintScreen, Snipping Tool, Snagit, etc.

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