Local Contest Announced
TEDxFortWayne 2012 Invites Kids to Re-Think Fort Wayne
TEDxFortWayne, the independently organized event licensed by TED, invites the area’s youth to voice their ideas, dreams, and vision for their community, country, and world via a writing and speech contest.
TEDxFortWayne organizer Craig D. Crook said, “The theme for TEDxFortWayne for 2012 is Re-Think Fort Wayne. Who better to re-think our community than those who will inherit it? We invite area youth to dream BIG and to tell us how they want our city to change and how they want to make a difference in our community.”
The contest is simple to enter. Elementary, middle school and high school students can write their dreams or record a short speech in a 3-minute video, and then submit it to TEDxFortWayne organizers. Details can be found at http://bit.ly/TEDxFWstudentContest .
Selected entries will be included in a video presented at TEDxFortWayne, and selected students may even be asked to read their entries from the TEDxFortWayne stage.
Students are asked to choose one of the following four topics and then construct a message designed to share passion and to “foster learning, inspiration and wonder”:
- share your vision for our community.
- explain what you’re doing to improve our culture.
- tell us about your ideas for change.
- show us what power really means.
Crook urges students to, “Dream big, let your passion shine through, and let us all hear your call to action. Let’s re-think Fort Wayne!”
Freegal
The library is now offering Freegal–the name is a contraction of “free” and “legal”–a downloadable music service. Instead of borrowing songs, like you do with downloadable ebooks and audiobooks, you download songs in MP3 format and they are yours to keep.
Each library patron may download up to 3 songs per week. Available songs are those included in the Sony Music catalog–including all Sony’s subsidiary music labels.
To get started, go to https://acpl.freegalmusic.com/users/sdlogin and type in your library card number and pin. You may search by artist or browse by artist or genre. For more information, go to http://www.acpl.info/events/freegal.pdf.
Enjoy!
Teen Photo Gallery Opening
Thanks to the photographers and everyone that came out to support them at the 2011 Teen Photography Competition show on Saturday, October 29. If you missed it, check out this slideshow of the event. There’s still plenty of time to see the exhibit in person. The photos will be on display in the Jeffrey R. Krull Gallery at the Main Library through November. For more information about the Krull Gallery, including past and future shows, visit the gallery’s blog.
Photographer Caitlin Funnell (2nd Place, Senior Division) signs the wall at the exhibit opening.
November 3, 2011 at 9:55 am katie the librarian Leave a comment
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