Common Core Learning Standards - Fayetteville Free Library
Engaging Teen library users
1. +
Teen Library Users:
Engaging the Next
Generation
Margaret Portier
Director of Innovative Family Services
Fayetteville Free Library
2. +
Fayetteville Free
Library
Suburban library
Chartered to serve 10,000
School district highly ranked in
science and math
Supportive community
Active volunteer base
7 full-time librarians
3. +
Fayetteville Free Library
Culture of Innovation
Open discussions
Monthly staff forum and
directors’ meeting
Flexibility
LIS student clerks
Universal staff buy-in
Maker culture
5. +
Common Core and STEAM
More age-interesting nonfiction
More historically accurate
fiction
Displays that match current
school projects
Growing graphic novel and
manga collections
Fiction and nonfiction
More programming around
these core subjects
Maker Culture
Embrace the community’s
interests
Trick teens into learning
Start young
Don’t leave out the parents
and educators
Common Core STEAM
6. + Teen Programming at
the FFL
LEGO Robotics
First Lego League
Mission:LEGO
STEAMPunk Club!
Creation Club
Teen Volunteer Opportunities
Future Teen Engagement
7. +
FIRST® LEGO® League
FIRST LEGO League is an international competitive LEGO Robotics
team for 9-14 year-olds that involves programming LEGO robots,
completing a public service research project, and learning teamwork
and cooperation.
8. +
FFL’s The Inside Joke
10 members
Ages 9-14
All levels of abilities
2012 Challenge: Senior Solutions
Robot Game
Project
Core Values
9. +
Mission:LEGO
An opportunity for teens to learn about programming and LEGO
robotics in a hands-on mission based after-school program
10. + Your Mission:LEGO, should you choose
to accept it…
Materials:
LEGO Mindstorms Kits
Computers (one per kit)
Kids
Process
Introduce the pieces
Introduce the software
Separate into teams
Announce the Mission
Or have them come up
with it
Materials Process
11. +
STEAMPunk Club!
A steampunk genre reading club that includes Science, Technology,
Engineering, Arts, and Math projects.
12. +
STEAMPunk Club!
• Each month sponsored by
a steampunk YA novel
• Book discussion
• Hands on projects
13. +
STEAMPunk! Projects
• Hot air balloons
• Salt water and air batteries
• Wind turbines
• Takeapart
• Skeletons
15. +
FFL Community
Creation Lab
(and FFL Fab Lab)
Adobe Creative Suite
Green screen wall
Video cameras
Podcast station
iLife Suite
iPads
3D Printers
3D modelling software
http://fflib.org/learn/make
16. +
Creation Club
•1st week of the month – Workshop on how to use something in the Creation
Lab
•Last week of the month – Share what you made this month
17. +
Creation Club
February – Podcast
Audacity
March – Image editing
Adobe Photoshop
April – Movie editing
iMovie
3D modelling
Google Sketch-up
Autodesk 123D
Blender
Advanced video editing
Using the green screen
Adding effects
Music creation
Garageband
Audacity
So far in 2013… Coming soon…
20. +
Teen Corps of Volunteers
Adopt a Shelf
Event support
Display arrangement
Program prep support
Processing project assistance
Smart Play
21. +
Teen Tech Squad
One-on-one technology
assistance
Drop-in help desk
Trained on troubleshooting
most common technology
issues
Assist with FFL IT initiatives
22. +
Digital Media Expert League
Trained on all technologies in the Creation Lab
Provide support and training of patrons during drop-in hours in the
Creation Lab
Create digital content for the FFL
23. +
Bookworms
Prepare and run FFL Book
Sales
Use detective skills to
determine category/genre of
books
Add books to FFL Book Sale
LibraryThing account
Shelve FFL Book Sale books
25. +
Onward and Upward!
Minecraft free play drop-in
program
Comic and Manga Read/Write
Forum
Recruit teen volunteers
More Making
More STEAM programming
More involvement with families
More opportunities for teens to
participate collaboratively
More teen leaders
More fun!
Coming Soon Big Goals