Kids & Teens Computers
Available Equipment & Usage Requirements
- Laptops/Netbooks - Requirements: Teens grades 7–12 with valid Indian Prairie Library Card
- Windows Computer - Requirements: Up to 12th grade with valid Indian Prairie Library Card
- iMac Computer - Requirements: 4th-8th Grade with valid Indian Prairie Library Card or student in our school district.
- Research/Catalog Computers with scanner (Internet is not available) - Requirements: None
- iPads- With early literacy apps for parents and their children to use together- Requirements: Valid Indian Prairie Library Card
- Younger children computers- Requirements: None ; Located in Family Center
- Kids under the age of 14 to be allowed to access the Internet, both the child and a parent or legal guardian's signature, in person, is required.
- Maximum of 3 hours per day. After 30 minutes of use, time may be extended in 15 minute intervals if no one is waiting.
- Internet Safety for kids & Complete Computer Usage & Internet Policies
Printing & Saving
- Black & White - 10¢ per page ; Color 25¢ per page
- You must save to a flash drive or save and e-mail your work. All saved files on the computer are deleted at the end of the session.
- USB 2GB Flash Drives are available to purchase for $8 at the Youth Services Desk.
Software & Web Links for School Assignments
The Library provides access to programs, websites & research tools used at your school.
Available on PCs
- Office 2010 (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Publisher)
- Audicity (sound editing)
- Gimp & Paint.Net (Photo Editors)
- Photo Story 3 (creating videos using images)
- Windows Live Movie Maker (video editing)
- Camstudio and Jing (Simular to Camtasia)
- Windows Journal Viewer
- Google Earth
- Kidspriation (Database PCs)
- Inspiration (Database PCs)
- Mavis Beacon (Database PCs)
- Learn to Type (Dabase PCs)
Available on iMac
- iWork (Keynote, Pates & Numbers)
- Google Earth
- iLife (iMovie, iPhoto, GarageBand, iWeb, and iDVD)
- Office for Mac 2010 (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Publisher)
- Pixelmator (Like Photoshop)
- Pixie
- Sketchup
Websites & Research
- Accelerated Reader Bookfinder
- Animoto (Video Slideshow)
- Bookemon (Book making)
- Discovery Education Streaming
- Edmodo (Teacher Assignments)
- Education City
- Gale Virtual Reference Library
- Glogster (Teacher Assignments)
- Google Apps for Education
- Kidblog
- Library World
- Littlestorybird
- Nettrekker
- Novelist
- Prezi (Presentations)
- Study Island
- Wallwisher
- Voki
- Zamzar (Convert Mac to PC files)

