Apps to try during Teen Tech Week

Encourage tweens and teens to try these Apps during Teen Tech Week,

http://www.slj.com/2016/01/collection-development/mix-it-up/24-tools-for-digital-art-and-music-creation-mix-it-up/

Nancy Adrus Make-Her Maven

Nancy Andrus of Sunnyvale Public Library's blog can be found at,
https://sunnyvalemakeher.wordpress.com

She recently was named a Mover and Shaker (2016) by Library Journal.

Best Apps of 2015

A list of the best educational apps of 2015:

http://www.ala.org/aasl/standards-guidelines/best-apps/2015

Wedo legos and grants

Edutopia has a list of resources for teachers and parent educators. Its a wonderful collection of links.

http://www.edutopia.org/grants-and-resources

Generation Nano Contest

A cool contest in which kids create their own superhero.
http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/gennano/

A wonderful contest for kids that are 13 and up.

Prize includes a trip to Washington D.C.

Metropolis

This is so cool. Create your own Metropolis (for grade 3-6).

https://www.planning.org/education/youth/metropolis/

Not all cities have clear edges. What will your city have? What is sprawl? Other topics: public spaces, landmarks, transportation.

Pros and cons of infinite scrolling

Many websites, Pinterest, Tumblr, and Twitter use infinite scrolling. From a design point of view, there are some advantages and disadvantages.

For a good article on this javascript feature ("infinite scrolling"), see,
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2013/05/infinite-scrolling-lets-get-to-the-bottom-of-this/

www.smashingmagazine.com