Frequently Asked Questions
Complete the online registration form. One of the administrators of the site will register you for a username and password and contact you with this information. You can use your username and password at home or in your library to upload your submission.
To login with your username and password go to: http://tweenvisionaries.org/user
Your submission must represent your original ideas. This is a place where you can be creative. Use the databases (SIRS, Issues & Controversies, World Book, etc.) that your public or school library provides to find more ideas.
Students who are of middle school age are eligible to submit. They can be public, private or home schooled students between the ages of 10-13 or in grades 6-8.
Yes, you may borrow this equipment at 2 FCPL branches: CBA & Thurmont. Also 4 FCPS middle schools have equipment to borrow: Ballenger Creek Middle, Brunswick Middle, West Frederick Middle, and Windsor Knolls Middle. These 6 sites also have a computer with all the software loaded and a scanner available for student use in preparing submissions.
There will be trained librarians at C. Burr Artz and Thurmont who can help. Also the library media specialists at Ballenger Creek Middle, Brunswick Middle, West Frederick Middle and Windsor Knolls Middle will be trained to assist you.
All submissions will be reviewed and evaluated before they are posted to the public site. Please be patient.
If your submission was rejected, you should have received an e-mail from tweenvisionaries@gmail.com telling you what you need to change to make it successful. Follow the directions and resubmit.
The content editors check your work using the submission instructions. After you make corrections, you may resubmit.
When your work is posted to TweenVisionaries.org, it will be posted with a Creative Commons Copyright as Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd). This is what that means: It is the most restrictive of the six main licenses, allowing redistribution. This license is often called the "free advertising" license because it allows others to download your works and share them with others as long as they mention you and link back to you, but they can't change them in any way or use them commercially. FCPL, FCPS, and the Frederick County government are not responsible for the re-publication of any works posted on the website.
If you use copyrighted material in your submission, you must identify your source. It is always a good idea to ask for permission from the copyright owner before you post it publicly.
These funds are provided through a federal grant program entitled Library Services & Technology Act (LSTA). They were provided through a grant program from the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) and the Division of Library & Development Services (DLDS). Librarians from FCPS and FCPL wrote a grant to obtain the funding.