1. Hot, Free, and Downloadable: tech for teens and why you care Amy Boese and Marcus Lowry Ramsey County Library Minnesota

2. Ramsey County Library: Teen Services Seven Libraries Five School Districts 740 programs per year (365 gaming at Roseville) 10,000 Teens Three sushi places, one Pizza Ranch, no Waffle House Two librarians

3. How we do it. Active classes – Librarian instructors – AmeriCorps CTEP – Community Ed., TV – School collaborations – Youth serving organizations Passive access to tech Drop in tech

4. Coolest. Things. Ever. Replicator in action Replicator II

5. http://www.sketchup.com/intl/en/product/gsu.html Free! Most popular 3D modeling software

6. http://pixologic.com/sculptris/ Free! More detail Less architecture, better suited for forms

7. http://scratch.mit.edu/ Free! Golden oldie of video game creation, still golden In many school classrooms Focuses on creative animation, programming

8. http://www.stencyl.com/ Free! Creates a stand-alone flash game Focuses on creating playable games, less on how to create the pieces

9. http://inkscape.org/download/?lang=en Free! (No, really.) Open source vector editor Future Fashion Designers

10. http://pixlr.com/ Free! Online photo editor Taking and Editing Great Photos

11. http://www.weebly.com/ Free! (But you have to sign up.) Create your own website, link all of your stuff in one place http://jnsbhello.weebly.com/mangaaaa.html

12. http://clubcreate.com/ Free! (Sign in to save your work.) Remix songs or create your own Ability to import vocal and instrumental tracks

13. http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ Free! (open source.) Audio editor Podcasting Edit sound for importing elsewhere

14. Tangents, or: Not free, hot, or downloadable Minecraft Flip Apps Python Artemis Whomptrix

15. Challenges Teen tech open lab – drop in versus drop off Cutting edge tech sometimes FAILS Free software goes away (RIP: aviary.com) Schools block free software Libraries block downloads Vendor issues: bugs are bugs Staffing changes

16. Why we think you should care. Navigation of new technology Gamification Courage is learned Inspiration and exploration Career exploration – “People do this for $$$, you could too.”

17. Time for more play.

18. Thanks! Questions? aboese@rclreads.org mlowry@rclreads.org aboese@rclreads.orgmlowry@rclreads.org