More on Social Networks...

Ning - great for a small group you may already have - a teen book club, teen advisory board.

Ender's Game - blogging in 1985

Published in 1985 and winner of numerous awards, kids change the course of destiny -- two by essentially blogging, and one by excelling at video games. Way cool.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ender's_Game

Social Networking Dangers

Probably the biggest danger to teens using social networks is that they'll lose their best friend or lose a chance at their first pick of college, through posting something stupid.

Here's a silly unit on social networking dangers

Search Engine Optimization

If anyone is interested in creating a class or a club for teens to learn to publicize your library website or blog, let me know. A lesson plan is in the works to instruct teens how to use meta tags, MySpace, Facebook, Ning, Stumble-Upon, Digg, Delicious, etc. to gain more exposure for a website. Good job skills for teens.