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#Schoollibrarian. Nerd. Lover of all things #digitalorganization. Provide weekly newsletter with #techtips & #techtools for teachers, librarians, & fellow #productivitynerds.
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🚀 Excited to share that I’ll be presenting at the @futureready.org #librarians 6th Annual App Smash #webinar on Nov 18 at 5pm EST! I’ll be showcasing @wayground.bsky.social for Ts to create engaging lessons & more
Join the fun: futureready.link/FRLWebinars2025
#FutureReadyLibs #Wayground #EdTech
Join the fun: futureready.link/FRLWebinars2025
#FutureReadyLibs #Wayground #EdTech
November 6, 2025 at 2:32 AM
🚀 Excited to share that I’ll be presenting at the @futureready.org #librarians 6th Annual App Smash #webinar on Nov 18 at 5pm EST! I’ll be showcasing @wayground.bsky.social for Ts to create engaging lessons & more
Join the fun: futureready.link/FRLWebinars2025
#FutureReadyLibs #Wayground #EdTech
Join the fun: futureready.link/FRLWebinars2025
#FutureReadyLibs #Wayground #EdTech
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A brain break is *not* a time-out from learning! No matter your grade level, our resource collection has an activity to kick off productivity and creativity in your classroom. 🧠🌟
#BrainBreaks #EduSky
#BrainBreaks #EduSky
Brain Breaks for Your Classroom
A collection of our popular articles and videos illuminating the benefits of taking breaks on student productivity, creativity, well-being, and more!
edut.to
November 6, 2025 at 2:18 AM
A brain break is *not* a time-out from learning! No matter your grade level, our resource collection has an activity to kick off productivity and creativity in your classroom. 🧠🌟
#BrainBreaks #EduSky
#BrainBreaks #EduSky
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When teachers understand how the brain learns, small shifts—like breaking up lectures or using retrieval practice—can lead to powerful results. 🧠
Here are 15 research-based strategies every teacher can use!
#EduSky #EdResearch
Here are 15 research-based strategies every teacher can use!
#EduSky #EdResearch
15 Tips to Align Your Teaching With Brain Science
From attention to metacognition and memory, here are 15 tips to apply the latest insights from cognitive science to how students learn.
edut.to
October 31, 2025 at 1:18 AM
When teachers understand how the brain learns, small shifts—like breaking up lectures or using retrieval practice—can lead to powerful results. 🧠
Here are 15 research-based strategies every teacher can use!
#EduSky #EdResearch
Here are 15 research-based strategies every teacher can use!
#EduSky #EdResearch
Is it someone's job to post photos of these dogs? Is there a submission form for employees at Amazon to submit photos of their dogs? I am pretty sure that AI handles most of it, but I like it. It at least makes AMAZON BEING DOWN mildly interesting. Good timing.
October 20, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Is it someone's job to post photos of these dogs? Is there a submission form for employees at Amazon to submit photos of their dogs? I am pretty sure that AI handles most of it, but I like it. It at least makes AMAZON BEING DOWN mildly interesting. Good timing.
I’m really enjoying this “skills” series of articles from Edutopia!
From block building and mapmaking to charting character journeys, try these classroom activities to help students strengthen their spatial skills! 🗺️
#EduSky
#EduSky
9 Ways to Teach Spatial Thinking Across the Curriculum
Strong spatial skills are critical for everyday tasks and across many careers—they also strengthen students’ math performance.
edut.to
October 13, 2025 at 9:11 AM
I’m really enjoying this “skills” series of articles from Edutopia!
Have you ever connected the popularity of pumpkins with their size?
“Gotta use up this pumpkin! Better think of 500 things I can make with it!”
“Gotta use up this pumpkin! Better think of 500 things I can make with it!”
October 13, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Have you ever connected the popularity of pumpkins with their size?
“Gotta use up this pumpkin! Better think of 500 things I can make with it!”
“Gotta use up this pumpkin! Better think of 500 things I can make with it!”
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Today's Monday Writing Tip is one of my favorite revising techniques. And frankly, it doesn't only apply to picture books; it applies to all writing
Do a quick Ctrl+F and search for the word "was." Then replace as many as possible.
#amwriting #picturebooks #revisiontips #kidlit
Do a quick Ctrl+F and search for the word "was." Then replace as many as possible.
#amwriting #picturebooks #revisiontips #kidlit
September 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Today's Monday Writing Tip is one of my favorite revising techniques. And frankly, it doesn't only apply to picture books; it applies to all writing
Do a quick Ctrl+F and search for the word "was." Then replace as many as possible.
#amwriting #picturebooks #revisiontips #kidlit
Do a quick Ctrl+F and search for the word "was." Then replace as many as possible.
#amwriting #picturebooks #revisiontips #kidlit
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Japan has just opened its first osmotic power plant 🌊⚡
This works by mixing fresh & salt water across a membrane, creating pressure that drives a turbine to make electricity.
This site will generate 880,000 kWh a year...while helping run a desalination plant providing fresh water to the city 👏
This works by mixing fresh & salt water across a membrane, creating pressure that drives a turbine to make electricity.
This site will generate 880,000 kWh a year...while helping run a desalination plant providing fresh water to the city 👏
Japan has opened its first osmotic power plant – so what is it and how does it work?
The site in Fukuoka is only the second power plant of its type in the world, harnessing the power of osmosis to run a desalination plant in the city
www.theguardian.com
August 27, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Japan has just opened its first osmotic power plant 🌊⚡
This works by mixing fresh & salt water across a membrane, creating pressure that drives a turbine to make electricity.
This site will generate 880,000 kWh a year...while helping run a desalination plant providing fresh water to the city 👏
This works by mixing fresh & salt water across a membrane, creating pressure that drives a turbine to make electricity.
This site will generate 880,000 kWh a year...while helping run a desalination plant providing fresh water to the city 👏
Thanks for the great resource!
⭐️30 Do You Like/Would You Rather templates to kick off the year in our library.
Find the template here, friends ➡️ buff.ly/PtI3eIg
#tlchat #futurereadylibs #edchat #ISTELib #libraries #backtoschool #librarians #teachers #EduSky #TLSky
Find the template here, friends ➡️ buff.ly/PtI3eIg
#tlchat #futurereadylibs #edchat #ISTELib #libraries #backtoschool #librarians #teachers #EduSky #TLSky
August 25, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Thanks for the great resource!
A very thought provoking article! I use ChatGPT every day. I had not really taken the time to define what I am doing with it, but this article sheds some light on how to consciously build your skills with working with LLMs. Nice job!
Prompt engineering had its moment. Now it’s time for context engineering — the art of giving AI the background it needs to think like your classroom. open.substack.com/pub/davidpbl...
#Education #AI #Teaching #ContextEngineering #EdTech #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #AIinEducation #aisky #ai
#Education #AI #Teaching #ContextEngineering #EdTech #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #AIinEducation #aisky #ai
Is Context Engineering the New Essential Skill for our Students?
Last year, “prompt engineering” was the hot new skill every student supposedly needed. But in the breakneck world of AI, that’s already old news. The next frontier—“context engineering”—taps a timeles...
open.substack.com
August 22, 2025 at 9:38 AM
A very thought provoking article! I use ChatGPT every day. I had not really taken the time to define what I am doing with it, but this article sheds some light on how to consciously build your skills with working with LLMs. Nice job!
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Our FIRST ever Bluesky #slowchat is happening on Sunday! join on your timeline for some good conversation on #BacktoSchool. Prompts will be released for an hour starting at noon PST!
Tell your #edusky and #mathsky friends!
Tell your #edusky and #mathsky friends!
August 10, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Our FIRST ever Bluesky #slowchat is happening on Sunday! join on your timeline for some good conversation on #BacktoSchool. Prompts will be released for an hour starting at noon PST!
Tell your #edusky and #mathsky friends!
Tell your #edusky and #mathsky friends!
This is tragic.
There’s a way to respond to Donald Trump’s brutal and reckless funding cutbacks—and it doesn’t need Washington’s permission, L. Rafael Reif argues.
How States Could Save University Science
There’s a way to respond to Trump’s brutal and reckless funding cutbacks—and it doesn’t need Washington’s permission.
bit.ly
August 22, 2025 at 9:13 AM
This is tragic.
Ever wanted to have a book club just for teachers? Shake Up Learning is an edtech podcast I have listened to on and off for several years. It's a great podcast! Now they have a book club...
The NEW Teacher Book Club #EdTech
#edusky #TLSky #teachers #education #educators
educationtechnology.news/article?id=9...
#edusky #TLSky #teachers #education #educators
educationtechnology.news/article?id=9...
The NEW Teacher Book Club
The post The NEW Teacher Book Club appeared first on Shake Up Learning. The ALL ACCESS Book Club is a powerful part of the Shake Up Learning Membership—designed for busy teachers who want meaningful,...
educationtechnology.news
August 20, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Ever wanted to have a book club just for teachers? Shake Up Learning is an edtech podcast I have listened to on and off for several years. It's a great podcast! Now they have a book club...
Thanks for posting this! I missed it but I will definitely check it out. I love getting great ideas!
The recording for our August @follettcontent.bsky.social webinar, Year-Round Celebrations: Plan Your Library's Special Events, is here, friends.🥳
Find the recording, slides, and resources here. ⬇️
It was an amazing webinar packed full of ideas and inspiration.
buff.ly/CWs95iK
#TLSky #tlchat
Find the recording, slides, and resources here. ⬇️
It was an amazing webinar packed full of ideas and inspiration.
buff.ly/CWs95iK
#TLSky #tlchat
August 20, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Thanks for posting this! I missed it but I will definitely check it out. I love getting great ideas!
My sister has been encouraging me to actually TAKE my lunch breaks, so I decided that I am going to try and catch up on some reading during my lunches. Maybe without the PJs. 😉
First week of school down. Sunday reading before the chaos starts again. #Whatareyoureading? #tlskychat #skybooks #books
August 20, 2025 at 9:33 AM
My sister has been encouraging me to actually TAKE my lunch breaks, so I decided that I am going to try and catch up on some reading during my lunches. Maybe without the PJs. 😉
I love the books for the bar charts, that is very cute! Our district implemented a system this year where they give the principals a list of questions to ask us about our libraries. I think that I will start with that list to build my data. Great job!
August 20, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I love the books for the bar charts, that is very cute! Our district implemented a system this year where they give the principals a list of questions to ask us about our libraries. I think that I will start with that list to build my data. Great job!
Yeah, why? I'll bite!
This month, my best selling picture book is about fake news. Wonder why? #fakenews #kidlit #tlsky #edusky #medialiteracy
July 25, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Yeah, why? I'll bite!
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Removal of a hornet's nest.
July 23, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Removal of a hornet's nest.
Important to remember these things...
an old safety video called It Only Takes A Second set to the ECW TV intro
July 21, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Important to remember these things...
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June 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Happy Pride Month! 🏳️🌈
June 1, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Happy Pride Month! 🏳️🌈
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Absolutely inspired by fellow school #librarians spending their summer building a #library and changing lives! Happy Birthday @librarianjones.com apple.co/4iqLVqY
May 26, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Absolutely inspired by fellow school #librarians spending their summer building a #library and changing lives! Happy Birthday @librarianjones.com apple.co/4iqLVqY
Freedom to read is at the heart of our democracy. And I thought I was “just a librarian”. Turns out, we are at the center of it. Not surprising, when you think of it. We want people to have access to all sides of the issue. True democracy includes a respectful place for everyone’s opinion.
“At a time when censorship is running rampant at both state & federal levels, this opinion arms the government w/a powerful new & fallacious weapon to erode the free exchange of ideas, a foundation of our democracy. It must be overturned.”
www.wordsandmoney.com/in-a-stunnin...
www.wordsandmoney.com/in-a-stunnin...
In a Stunning Reversal, The Fifth Circuit Deals a Massive Blow to the Freedom to Read
In a closely watched book banning case, the court held that library book decisions are 'government speech' and thus immune from First Amendment challenges, setting up a potential high stakes showdown ...
www.wordsandmoney.com
May 26, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Freedom to read is at the heart of our democracy. And I thought I was “just a librarian”. Turns out, we are at the center of it. Not surprising, when you think of it. We want people to have access to all sides of the issue. True democracy includes a respectful place for everyone’s opinion.