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Get Creative with ThingLink 

 

Wondering how to get your teens' creative juices flowing? We've got a solution for you⎯perfect for end-of-the-year projects, maker spaces, and digital media lab programs! Rosen Digital has joined ThingLink to host a new contest that encourages creativity and 21st-century learning skills.

 

ThingLink allows students to connect audio, video, images, websites, and text into one cohesive image presentation. (Browse examples on ThingLink.com.) Encourage your teens to explore Teen Health & Wellness for a topic they want to delve into⎯drugs, diversity, cyberbullying, choosing a college⎯and then create their own interactive image presentations based on what they've learned and what they'd like to share. Students will dig deep into content and present their research and ideas as they practice digital literacy skills of image creation and selection, content curation, tagging, and sharing. It's the perfect project for a library or classroom, and images could be featured and linked in the database⎯joining other student-created content from the Personal Story Project and "It's Your Cause" Video Challenge.

 

All students in grades K-12 are eligible to enter. Students can win an iPad Mini, and winning schools can receive a year subscription to any Rosen Digital database. Entry deadline is May 1, 2013. Visit ThingLinkContest.com for more information! 

 

Preparing for Financial Literacy Month

 

Coming up in April, the U.S. will be celebrating Financial Literacy Month. (Canada, your official month is November, but any time is a good time to promote financial literacy with teens!) Teen Health & Wellness can help you prepare for programming in your school or library that promotes financial education and smart money management. Explore articles on budgeting, bank accounts and investments, credit cards, first jobs, first cars, and first apartments. Access the available lesson plans on budget and money management and financial literacy for easy classroom instruction, or incorporate these ideas into your library programs.

 

(Pssst. Did you know Rosen Digital has a database that fully explores all aspects of economics and money management? We do, and it's aptly called Financial Literacy! Database articles cover topics like macro-, micro-, and global economics as well as personal and household finance. Plus, interactive financial tools and calculators give users hands-on experience with money management. We're letting you explore this database FREE through April 30. Just visit financialliteracy.rosendigital.com and log-in with username/password: flmonth/trial

 

 

Rosalind Brice, Teen Services Specialist at the Toronto Public Library, has designed a number of programs for both teens and adults in her community using Teen Health & Wellness. Rosalind describes her community as "diverse, mainstream, multilingual, and multicultural," so she creates programs featuring a topic with wide appeal. Specific programs in her "What's On" series include Prostate Cancer Awareness, Stop Bullying, eCare Yourself, and Coping with Natural Disasters. 

 

Rosalind designs her programs around topics featured in Teen Health & Wellness, and program leaders use the database to guide a discussion with the group. This "What's On" series of programs is a great idea to continuously share information with your community on a wide variety of topics⎯you could even ask your patrons what topics they want to see featured next! 

 

Thanks so much for sharing your story, Rosalind!

 

Let us know if you'd like more info on Rosalind's programs. And have you used Teen Health & Wellness in your classroom or library? Share with us and you could be featured in an upcoming newsletter!

  

  • Consult your Teen Advisory Board (or Group!) on what topics they want to know more about. Use their feedback to design a series of informational and interactive programs.
  • Host a cooking program and educate your teens on healthy eating. This would be a great activity to occupy teens over spring break!
  • Post a button or widget on your school or library website. Make sure your teens are aware of the database!
 

      

  

Real Life Literacy: Physical, Fiscal, Digital 
Ensure your students have they skills they need as digital citizens 
for real world success!

Along with Teen Health & Wellness, the Financial Literacy and NEW Digital Literacy databases provide a life skills toolkit for students in Grades 7-12. In-depth database articles and interactive activities empower 21st-century learners with the knowledge and skill set they need to safely and effectively navigate the digital and fiscal worlds. 

For a free trial or price quote of any Rosen Digital database, visit rosendigital.com or contact Rosen Digital Customer Care at 1-877-381-6649. Special package pricing is available.

 

 

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