teens n tech: where r wii?

teens n tech: where r wii? Laura Solomon OPLIN [email_address] www.librarygeekwoes.com

Serving today…
A little background
Cell phones
MySpace
WoW
Wii
Teen Second Life
What does all this mean to me, Laura?

Where are we now ? http://flickr.com/photos/silvery/2414538926/

Browser birthday

“ Not a whole lot”…?
“ Not a whole lot... her computer, her iPod, her cell phone, video games, that's it pretty much.”

Teen Laura’s technology

Laura’s mom’s technology

Wifi in the womb ?

Pay attention http://www.youtube.com/v/_M_336pDWoM

Gadgets galore 84% 63%

Why so much technology? CONNECTIONS

Everyone’s doing it
“ Social networking penetration with teens close to 100%”
Ad Age 2007

“ Let there be content !”
L

… and share it
64% of online teens create content

Kiss authoritative goodbye
By 2010, 70% of all digital information being created will be user generated

YOUTH
DON’T NEED
ANOTHER WEBSITE .
MTV ASIA, 2008

The Myspace generation
“ They live online. They buy online. They play online. Their power is growing.”
--cover story, BusinessWeek
(December 12, 2005 )

MySpace…get over it
It’s ugly
It’s controversial
It’s where your kids are

"Advice to parents: give your kids their (My)space"
Larry D. Rosen, Ph.D
Author of Me, MySpace and I: Parenting the Net Generation

More from Rosen
“ Parents have a total misconception about what their kids are doing online.”

More from Rosen

“ More than half of MySpace visitors are now age 35 or older ”
comScore Media Metrix
October 2006

Libraries with MySpace
Clark County PL ( http://www.myspace.com/theinformationplace )
Worthington PL ( http://www.myspace.com/worthingteens )
Cleveland PL ( http://www.myspace.com/clevelandlibrary )
OPLIN ( http://www.myspace.com/clevelandlibrary )

FWIW …cell phones http://flickr.com/photos/compujeramey/168108824/

Bloom-Carroll High School
Rural high school
Near Lancaster
Median income is $35,509

No cell? Not cool
91% own a cell phone
83% text
Most important thing EVER

Cell = Swiss Army Knife?

What tools are vital ?
Text messaging (72%)
Customize wallpaper (72%)
Take digital pictures (63%)
Play games (56%)
OTX (Online Testing eXchange) Nov. 2007

A new “digital divide”
Cell No Cell

World’s first “social film” coming later this year

New words
LOL
POS
IIRC
YMMV
WDALYIC
OMG a whole new language??

Why, yes it is
SMS language
Chatspeak
Txt
Txtspk
texting language
txt talk

Cells in libraries ?

What can cells do in the library?
Contests
Access the catalog/website
Get SMS about holds, overdues

http://www.twitter.com

Video games…at school??

The Wii

“ Let's get this out of the way first: the Wii's graphics look terrible compared with the competition. But within about a half hour of playing games on Nintendo's revolutionary Wii, you won't care. “
PC Magazine, 11/13/06

How long does it take to sell a Wii in the U.S.? 1 hour. Wired, 04/23/08

It’s all about the people

Wii commercial http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/p5cPVP_llfo

Wii Fit

But in MY library?
YES!

Laura’s bday present Will be available for play during the break!

MMORPG
Largest in the WORLD
Introduction by 12 th grader ( http://youtube.com/watch?v=mmz3nxbnB2k )

An incredible level of complexity
An incredible level of complexity Seeing is believing http://www.warcraftmovies.com/stream.php?id=56860&stream=&h=af23946841f708d18f5a765d0382ab8e

How can libraries support WoW?

Virtual is real

“ Most people over 30 have a bit of difficulty grasping the concept of why you’d want a digital version of yourself online.” New York Times , Dec. 10, 2006

Eye4You Alliance http://www.youtube.com/v/8r2sTKx7KvA

So what does all this mean to me, Laura?

Your “patrons” may not be in your tax locality

Outreach is now also digital

The word “friend” may be redefined

Experiment.
There may be no better moment, in our lifetimes, to do so.

Questions?
IM: lebachai (MSN, Gtalk, Yahoo, AIM)
Twitter: laurasolomon
OPLIN
Old-fashioned email: [email_address]
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