Main Library Teen Program

Event Type:
Main Library Adult Program
Main Library Teen Program
It's Your Money

Location:
Program Room 2B

MaKey MaKey Instruments

Monday, July 8, 2013 | 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Tired of using your keyboard? Learn to control the action on a computer using graphite, silverware, or whatever else we can think of. Draw your own control panel and make it real. Play virtual instruments using anything you can grip. There are so many possibilities with MaKey MaKey boards and Scratch software. Please register.

Registration Required

Contact:

Chris Hosler

Presenter:

Christian McKay

Event Type:
Main Library Teen Program
Maker Program

Location:
Program Room 2C

- Let's Animate

Tuesday, June 25, 2013 | 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Registration Required

Contact:

MCPL Childrens Services

Contact Number:

(812) 349-3100

Presenter:

Josh Wolf

Event Type:
Main Library Children's Program
Main Library Teen Program
Maker Program

Location:
Meeting Room 1C

- Making Mad Speakers

Monday, June 10, 2013 | 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

What works best when youre blasting out the sound? Using magnets and wire coils, experts from Bloominglabs will help us build speakers with all kinds of membranes: paper cups, plastic bowls, tin foilyou name it! Join us, and discover the best way to get your jam on!

Registration Required

Contact:

MCPL Childrens Services

Contact Number:

(812) 349-3100

Presenter:

Josh Wolf

Event Type:
Main Library Children's Program
Main Library Teen Program
Maker Program

Location:
Meeting Room 1C

Teen Hackjam

Saturday, June 29, 2013 | 11:00 am - 5:00 pm

Learn to (legally) hack the Herald-Times or any other online newspaper or webpage. Create and publish news or stories about you and your friends, family, team, pets, superheroeswhatever you care about. Expert web designers, writers, and journalists will first help you create, write, edit, and design for the Internet. Working individually or collaboratively, you will then find a newspaper or website to remix at Mozillas Hackasaurus site after activating their X-Ray Goggles in any web browser. No previous experience in web design is required. Please register.

Registration Required

Contact:

Chris Hosler

Event Type:
Main Library Teen Program
Maker Program

Location:
Program Room 2C

Fine Arts and Fabricating in the Digital Age

Thursday, June 13, 2013 | 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

A Fab Lab is a small scale shop, equipped with computer controlled tools that can turn three dimensional designs into almost anything. Come tour the Fab Lab at the Indiana School of Fine Arts McCalla Studio to learn about digital fabrication and the local Maker scene. Nicole Jacquard, Associate Professor at the Indiana University Hope School of Fine Arts, will lead the tour and provide demonstrations about various pieces of equipment and how they are used to create physical objects from digital files.

Registration Required

Event Type:
Main Library Adult Program
Main Library Teen Program
Maker Program

Architectural Modeling Summer Camp

Monday, July 15, 2013 | 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Campers will learn how to read architectural drawings and will learn firsthand how to transfer their ideas into real models. They will be taught model making skills using balsa wood and cardboard to create models that they will present on the last day of camp.

Registration Required