Friday, March 14, 10:45 - noon
presenters were from a variety of libraries in Illinois
A group of librarians from Illinois created a networking group called Tinker to get feedback on tools, techniques and programming ideas. Check out their blog http://tinkergroup.wordpress.com/
The presenters had a lot of cool ideas which could be used for future library programs for school aged kids or teens at our libraries.
Stop Motion Animation - 3rd to Young Adult
15 kids with 2 staff. Groups of 3 working on one computer - need camera or web camera, misc. stuff for scenery, "actors" - little figures, cars, lego characters - lots of options. Using software like Windows live or Apples' iMovie, kids can create little stop motion movies. Classes were 90 min long; 30 min for planning the story and building the set, 30 min. for shooting photos, and 30 min. for editing. Films were shown at screenings with their families. A great way for kids to collaborate, use their creativity, increase their digital literacy.
Pencil Animation - Young Adult program
12 - 15 teens in the class with 2 staff. Computers had FREE software from Apple or Windows. Create neat pencil drawing animated characters.
90 second Newberry - grades 3 - Young Adult
This was pretty clever - kids compress Newberry title into 90 second movies. They used puppets, Claymation, shadow puppets, stop motion and live action. There is an annual 90 Second Newberry Festival where kids can share their videos worldwide http://jameskennedy.com/90-second-newbery/
Robotics - Artbots
This was a really neat contraption which can draw on it's own using a motor from an electric toothbrush, marking pens, tape, solo cup! Ideas on what you can use for artbots may be found on http://bumppitybump.blogspot.com
lego (for some reason my upper case l doesn't work on my new laptop)Mindstorms and We-do programs - 5th - 8th grade. Much like our Robotics workshops - not much to report on.
Some resources for tinkering programs -
Make magazine,
www.makeitatyourlibrary.org
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