Dear 3H-eeroians,
I have found an interesting Community Involvement Programme for some, if not most of you.
I want to encourage all of you to participate in this Event Project - 101 Things For Teens By Teens. The details is outlined below in the letter by Ms Kang, the Librarian from NLB Bukit Merah Branch. The deadline is 20 June, but I will ask the Librarian if the deadline can be extended to the end of 1st week of school. I know there will be some of you who will not be inclined to participate in such activities: video-production and workshop facilitation. As such not to worry, there will be opportunities for some of you, who will be creating and maintaining a BookCross@ GESS blog for our school. This, I will elaborate more when I see you when school reopens.
So do consider how you can participate in 101 Things For Teens By Teens, either to produce a video or conduct a workshop. Attendance on 27 June is not compulsory, especially if you know how to produce a video. In any case, you have lessons on that day.
At the same time, I need to highlight to you that there has been some changes to the theme for the video I intended for you to work on (as mentioned in my earlier posts)...this is completely a different video production..a more serious and academic type of video. Let's see if this video production is possible after all...it was meant to help you think and reflect better.
At the same time, I need to highlight to you that there has been some changes to the theme for the video I intended for you to work on (as mentioned in my earlier posts)...this is completely a different video production..a more serious and academic type of video. Let's see if this video production is possible after all...it was meant to help you think and reflect better.
Videos, videos, videos...for our social media-savvy Heeroians : )
P.S. The holiday reading still stays...you need to really read them. There's an after-reading project as well.
Here's Ms Kang's letter on 101 Things For Teens By Teens...
101 Things For Teens By Teens:
A Teen Program by National Library Board (NLB)
As part of our wider efforts to engage teens and make learning fun and challenging, NLB is holding its annual Teen Signature Program in November 2011. Through this program, we hope that the teens will gain new knowledge, and also have a higher sense of empowerment.
This year’s Teen Signature Program aims to showcase teens’ creativity and forte. Through the program, teens get to lead and learn from other teens. They will teach other teens different skills such as learning how to use Photoshop, hip hop dance, or scrapbooking. Selected works will be featured on our Y.O! blog, Facebook and YouTube.
This is a great opportunity for the teens to display their capabilities and leadership skills. At the same time, they get to pick up a new skill when they sign up for other activities taught by other teens. With the multitude of talents around, we would like to invite your good school to participate in this program. The different CCA clubs in your schools could take part in this program, such as the Library Club, Media Resource Club, Guitar Club, Modern Dance Society, Chess Club, and Judo Club etc.
This is no limit to the number of teams that each school can send in to participate in the program. Students can choose to participate either by submitting a YouTube video OR conduct a workshop in person. As an added incentive, we are giving away $1,500 worth of prizes for video entries!
*For information on the mechanics of the program, please refer to the contest form.
The program has three components:
(a) Briefing
(i) Teams who are intending to submit videos will need to attend a briefing on 27 June 2011 at Central Public Library, Multipurpose Room from 3-5pm OR
(ii) Teams who are intending to conduct a workshop will need to attend a briefing on either one of the three dates below:
(b) Rehearsal for selected teams
All selected teams will need to attend a rehearsal for the main event on 1st November at Tampines Regional Library from .
(c ) Main Event
This will be held on 12 November at various libraries.
Important things to note:
1) The students are required to commit to all the above mentioned dates.
2) The students will also be allocated double CIP hours for their participation, and the school and students will be awarded a certificate of participation.
3) A maximum of 4 students per team.
4) Please visit our website: http://blogs.nlb.gov.sg/yo/101-things-for-teens-by-teens/ for more information.
We seek your participation and we are confident that your students will have an exciting time during the program.
Please indicate your participation by 20 June 2011 by sending the attached form to us.
Thank you.
Yours truly,
Ms Kang,
Librarian
Public Library Services, NLB
