Hooray! NEFLIN's 23 Things is finally getting past the reams of (important but ever so time-consuming) background reading.
Our last few Things have proven much faster, funner, and better.
Thing#7 was a breeze. I went to Big Huge Labs and chose Motivator, a tool that lets you create inspirational posters. Here's mine. You like?
This image used is called unicorn800x600120. The artist is drlight3. It's available for downloaded from Flickr.
But getting back to Big Huge Labs and its array of tools:
In addition to Motivator, Jigsaw, Movie Poster, Magazine Cover, and Trading Card also looked cool. Ditto with Slideshow and Captioner (similar concept to Bubblr). I'm eager to go back and check those tools out, too.
Already I can see the possibilities for using these to do programs and contests for kids and teens. They're really fun! Also very easy to use.
Why not have an afternoon program once a week where we show the kids how to access and use these fun tools? They'll pick it up in a snap.
Then hold a contest to see who can design the coolest poster, bookmark, trading card, or whatever--all of which promote the Library, of course!
Feature the winners on a big bulletin board and on the website. Have a party at the end of the series of contests. Invite the press! This could be big!
Whoa, Virtual Unicorn. Must reign self in. Getting too excited. Having too much fun!
Must be true to vow to blog economically, so will sign off for now.
I can't wait to see what Thing #8 will be.
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