March was a super special month in the teen department. March 6th-10th CIDL teens celebrated Teen Tech Week! A national initiative through the Young Adult Library Services Association [YALSA], Teen Tech Week provides opportunities for teens to discover all of the digital, high tech, and low tech resources at their library.
This year, CIDL featured a different project each day for teens to complete.
This year, CIDL featured a different project each day for teens to complete.
Monday March 6th - Teens completed a Star Wars inspired LED project (did I also mention there was some super cool Makerspace swag giveaways happening this week too?)
Tuesday March 7th - Teens got to try their hands at screen printing! Check out those awesome tote bags!
Wednesday March 8th - We went super low-tech! Our teen writers group and friends made magnetic poetry! (There may have been some magnetic memes floating around too)
Thursday March 9th - Teens not only became Engineers but Roller Coaster Tycoons as they were tasked with building their own working marble roller coasters out of foam, paper towel rolls, and tape in this STEM inspired project.
Friday March 10th - Was our big finale! Not only did it mark the end of TTW17, but it also was the unveiling of the library's Makerspace. Teens got to try their hands at all sorts of high and low tech projects as well as be the first library users to try out some of our super fancy new gadgets! [Can you guess which station was the most popular?]
Definitely had some fun with the library Green Screen too!
Big thanks to everyone who participated and to our super amazing
Teen LEAD volunteers for all their help setting up, tearing down,
and just being their awesome selves!
Hope to see you at Teen Tech Week 2018!!
*For more awesome pictures make sure to check out our
Instagram feed @cidlib*
Teen LEAD volunteers for all their help setting up, tearing down,
and just being their awesome selves!
Hope to see you at Teen Tech Week 2018!!
*For more awesome pictures make sure to check out our
Instagram feed @cidlib*