teens n tech: where r wii? (OPLIN)

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

“ 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