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The Daring Librarian: Makerspace Starter Kit
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Contact Info and Speaking. Saturday, June 6, 2015. The hot new Makerspace Movement is NOT new to Murray Hill Middle School. Eighteen years ago we designed and opened the school with the idea that we would have creation labs in the Media Center, GT room, and the TV studio. We started with video production, iMovie, Specular LogoMotion. These kids are now all grown up and we've kept evolving, too! It's OK to Start Small! Pls see resources below! I re-purposed some of my empty study carrels. I used a spring ...
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The Daring Librarian: What's YOUR Twitter Formula?
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Contact Info and Speaking. Sunday, May 18, 2014. What's YOUR Twitter Formula? Twitter: Professional or Personal? When I speak to groups, I often talk about how I use Twitter as my main source of rich professional development and as a transformational PLN builder (Personal Learning Network). I don't use Facebook personally or professionally at all. If you've been reading my blog or follow me on Twitter you know that we broke up a few years ago. Read Dear Facebook. We Need to Talk. Ed tech and library,.
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The Daring Librarian: Twitter: The Art of the Follow
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Contact Info and Speaking. Friday, November 26, 2010. Twitter: The Art of the Follow. The Art of the Follow:. Here are a few thoughts on how to decide to follow. So I go to my special gmail account just for blogging and Twitter and I see an email notification that someone has followed me, or someone I admire lists them on a Follow Friday.or I see them as part of a conversation, a conference hashtag like #ISTE11. 1 - Their ratio of follower. 2 - I check their bio. I'm hoping to get some sense of who they ...
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The Daring Librarian: January 2015
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Contact Info and Speaking. Sunday, January 11, 2015. A #StoryIn140: A Literary Challenge. Creativity in all it's engaging guises but presented with a new technology and social media twist! I really can't remember how I stumbled across this idea of writing super short Tweet size stories. I certainly didn't originate it - yet when I searched the hashtag. I found an assortment of fits and starts with a challenge to write a short story in the form of a Tweet - and I was intrigued! Idea I had and blogged about.
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The Daring Librarian: Daring Conference Packing Tips & Tricks
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Contact Info and Speaking. Monday, May 14, 2012. Daring Conference Packing Tips and Tricks. Sorry guys.men.dudes. Half of this post contains girlie talk. Here's a post that features Zombies. Anyone who doesn't have a Zombie Survival Plan.I just think is short sighted! This post features packing tips for conferences. Travel Tech, Clothes, Makeup, Tips, and Tricks. Some might be non-girlie! But most are pretty darn girlie! For the guys let me start with the n. Belkin Mini Surge Protector Dual USB Charger.
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The Daring Librarian: Are You Ready for a New Twitter? It's HERE!
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Contact Info and Speaking. Sunday, April 20, 2014. Are You Ready for a New Twitter? I recently worked a few nights madly and happily Photoshopping and designing a new Twitter look for our school's Twitter. It's still not perfect! Best viewed on a big desktop screen) when I heard that they're soon changing the look and design features of Twitter altogether! They're making it look a lot more like Facebook. You know how I feel about Facebook. Added to that my Twitter At-A-Glance. The first things I encourag...
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The Daring Librarian: February 2015
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Contact Info and Speaking. Sunday, February 22, 2015. Twitter Analytics: View the Reach of Your Tweets. Ever wonder where your Tweets are going? How many Favourites, Re-Tweets, and Replies? Well, Twitter analytics is here to help! View graphic in full size. Do they really matter? Like the number of followers, it's really not about quantity as it is about quality. The quality of the conversations you're having on Twitter. How much are you are sharing, helping, listening, and asking? If not, c'mon! The ben...
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The Daring Librarian: You Don't Have to Marry It!
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Contact Info and Speaking. Sunday, April 19, 2015. You Don't Have to Marry It! It's SO easy to get overwhelmed with all the new education tech and trends going on in the world. Transformative Brain Based Learning Spaces. Sheesh.I could go on! Ed Tech Relationship Anxiety. Thenthere's all the new technology that you have to get, use, and master! Don't have an unlimited budget or a super generous PTA? OK, now you have to get funding from a place like Donor's Choose. Which is totally, doable! Why not just b...
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The Daring Librarian: Tweet Like a Ninja
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Contact Info and Speaking. Sunday, June 28, 2015. Tweet Like a Ninja. I've been blogging about my favourite Social Media outlet Twitter for over five years now. From Twitter: The Art of the Follow. Header and background design tips with Are You Ready for a New Twitter? What's YOUR Twitter Formula? Your suggestions are very welcome - but please remember a lot of these tips are just my opinion or rather, enjoy this disclaimer. Here's the full presentation - Enjoy! Tweet Like a Ninja. You gotta believe that!
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The Daring Librarian: Harry Potter and the Tearful Farewell
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Contact Info and Speaking. Monday, July 18, 2011. Harry Potter and the Tearful Farewell. It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are far more than our abilities". Dumbledore pg. 333 Chamber of Secrets. It's silly that I'm blinking back hot tears writing this. But I'm sorta sentimental about the Harry Potter Series. Back in 1999 I joined the Unofficial Harry Potter Fan Club. It was the first book I became a fangrrl for! And yes, I still have a Zip drive - - just in case! With each new book relea...
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