2010-YALSA+Ideas

Registration is open in November [|more ideas from YALSA]
 * YALSA teen week ideas** - MARCH 6-12, 2011

http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/teentechweek/ttw10/home.cfm
[|mini grant winners]

**1. Photo contest with cell phones.** create a gallery on the library Web site. //Judging Criteria:// Originality, composition, creativity (all school vote) [|top 10 phone camera tips] [|cell phone camera tips] //Invite a speaker// from [|THE BIG PICTURE] blog Alan Taylor

http://www.outdoorphotographer.com/artisans/video-tips.html


 * 2. Hold a book trailer contest**, enticing others to read a book. Example: [|The Adoration of Jenna Fox]


 * 3. Caricature**
 * http://mywebface.mywebsearch.com/download/index.jhtml?partner=GRxdm252&spu=true⊂_id=PPQ1VA2CN**

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 * 4. tag cloud posters:**
 * [] Word Cloud Analysis of the Obama's Speeh**


 * 4. Create a serious of community** voice threads **, start some interesting conversations. Maybe invite alums?**

How long does it take to call a place home? [|8th grade refugee stories] Talk about a significant event from your past (spanish): []

voice thread interesting questions 1. if you can have one superpower what would it be? Describe how would you use it. 2. significant event from your life 3. what does being a student mean to you 4. you had a choice of only **5 books you can read** 5. you can **speak to the president** for 15 min 6. you could i**nfluence people's mind** 7. you didn't need to sleep 8. there were no laws 9. everybody looked identical 10. you could ask God three questions 11. you could talk to your family about anything 12. you were granted three wishes 13. you could be any model of automobile 14. **you suddenly were 70 years old** 15. you could live anywhere in the world 16. you knew the world will end in a month