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The Idea Exchange
1:10 PM EDT 4/4/08
Some ideas work one place, some another ... but they can come from anywhere.
Here's a place to throw your ideas against the wall to see what sticks.
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Re: The Idea Exchange
4:39 PM EDT 4/4/08
as a reply to Bob Watson.
I like the idea exchange!
We're planning to bring in an overhauled computer, loaded with Linux Studio, to allow the local teens to create their own music and movies.
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Re: The Idea Exchange
7:52 PM EDT 4/5/08
as a reply to Bob Watson.
Great thread Idea... and great ideas so far!
We do a lot of programming at Princeton Public Library and I have lots of ideas that I have already tried and plan to try.
We have a Socrates Cafe group that meets monthly and it is a great program as it is low maintenance once you get it going. More information can be found online at http://www.socratescafemn.org/
Our Socrates Cafe group is run by volunteers and my role is just to facilitate room reservations and PR. We get anywhere from 15 to 30 people most months (some months close to 40). They brainstorm debate ideas as group, take a vote on which to cover, and then spend 60 minutes debating, etc... When the program started the library staff was a lot more involved, but now that we have a lot of regulars it pretty much runs itself.
Another idea that we tried out recently is doing a Rubik's Cube competition -- we had a huge number of kids come out for this. Apparently it is a very competitive thing these days. We even had the World Cube Association in attendance for record keeping and we set a record that day for solving the cube blindfolded:
http://www.worldcubeassociation.org/results/regions.php
Hope others will share...
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