#AASL25 was a blast! It always renews me as a librarian. Seeing national friends, going to fabulous sessions, and having amazing keynotes really raises the PD bar for me. Oh, and @mamagilbs.bsky.social and I presented two well-received sessions, too! Feeling like a rockstar heading home. 🥰

#AASL25 was over too fast! So many new ideas and great connections with the library community from all over the country. Do I really have to go back to the real world? 😫

"I'm just trying to be honest about me and about us, so that maybe someone can feel a little more free." - @jasonreynolds83.bsky.social at #AASL25

"That troublemaker kid in class--that's your leader. You have to pour into every kid." - @jasonreynolds83.bsky.social at #AASL25 Thank you, sir, for helping highlight those kids who too often are pressed into the shadows.

"Writing is play. It is my playground, and more kids might write if we treated it that way." - @jasonreynolds83.bsky.social at #AASL25 👏🏻👏🏻Preach!

"I want to know who you are when no one is looking." - @jasonreynolds83.bsky.social at #AASL25 Yes! Show me your true self. Let's make it safe to be vulnerable and weird with each other.

So excited to learn from @mamagilbs.bsky.social @rgrov1013.bsky.social presenting about passive programming in the school library for teens today at #AASL25

"Libraries don't just store books. They store empathy, justice, and truth." - Steve Hofstetter, keynote speaker at #AASL25 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

STL bound! #AASL25, here we come!

Another blog of mine is out in the world!

A new blog is out! #TLChat #Skybrarians knowledgequest.aasl.org/the-power-of...

Check it out #TLSky and #Skybrarians!

My vibe 💯 Told you @slupodcast.bsky.social! Check out the new episode to hear what this scene has to do with #schoollibrarian life. 😉

LOL bec I’m Gen X but now I understand when @mamagilbs.bsky.social mentions this scene in tomorrow’s episode😂 youtube.com/shorts/ewkDx...

So excited! Chatting with @slupodcast.bsky.social is always a blast! #TLSky #Skybrarians

A student told me today that their friends call me their fairy gay-mother. 🥹 Best title ever. Excuse me while I go add that to my LinkedIn...

10 Real-Talk Tips for Making It Through This School Year Relatively Intact bit.ly/40Zx0he

Check out my newest blog for some of my top tips to make this year great! knowledgequest.aasl.org/10-real-talk... What is a piece of advice you'd give to new or returning librarians? #Skybrarians #SchoolLibrary #TLChat

This pretty much sums up my philosophy of education, especially on this first-day eve. #Skybrarians #TLChat #EduSky

I was chosen as a KQ blogger this year! I've been wanting to for a long time, and I'm excited to be doing it alongside @rgrov1013.bsky.social. I can't wait to see what we each put out into the world. Here is my debut blog. Enjoy reading about becoming a learner again! 😁 #TLSky #Skybrarians

I get it. Libraries are expensive, and librarians are expensive. Our students & future leaders need all of the information literacy, media literacy, and opportunities to read deeply and widely they can get. Curriculum won't save us, testing won't, & AI sure as Hell won't. Fund libraries. #TLSkyChat

This article has some great takeaways abt teens' media literacy for librarians and educators. My takeaway: the power of peer fact checking #EduSky #Skybrarians

If you see this, quote with the energy you bring to BlueSky.

TREVOR PROJECT HOTLINE - UPDATE I deleted my post about the Trevor Project's hotline—see: @emceebois.bsky.social's clarification ⬇️. Please share the clarification far & wide. And if you need to talk: Hotline: 1-866-488-7386 Text: Text ‘START’ to 678-678 Chat: www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help/

My team and I were chosen for the Library Luminary Award by our district library leaders! It is only given to 1 library in the district (of about 200) each year, and we are so very honored. Who knew that hanging out with teenagers and being absolutely ridiculous could earn awards? #Skybrarian

So excited for #aasl25! Who else is going??

"It’s an easy starting point & can come up in really any class when kids are sharing information,” @drtlovesbooks.bsky.social says in this Publishers Weekly story. “You can just ask, ‘Where did you hear that?’ or, ‘How do you know that that’s true?’" #EduSky www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

A fascinating read. Our ideas about queerness continue to evolve, and that's a wonderful thing.

I love this annual tradition of making paper snowflakes with @mamagilbs.bsky.social and hanging them on our kitchen cabinets. Easy and fun!

“Let’s spend 2025 fully dissociating!”

Hey everybody! You may notice Trending start to appear in your app! Here’s some quick info: - This is a beta - Search page on mobile, right sidebar on desktop - You can disable it with the X button on the trending section - English only for now, while we test it Merry Christmas!

Excuse me while I run in circles screaming in horror.

Oh, my darlings. It's almost here. The marathon of children's books of 2024. You ain't seen nothing like this before! Get ready for 31 Days, 31 Lists, starting December 1st! #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2024/11/30/i...

Here are some snapshots of the last 2 weeks in my library: mini-golf with engineering, performances from orchestra and choir, and a cozy scene with our 2 mascots SkElsa and Sir Gingerbuns. It's been busy and wonderful. 😁 Hope everyone has a great break! #EduSky #TLSky

AI writing detectors aren’t the answer, says ELA teacher @jenroberts.bsky.social —they’re too unreliable. Here’s how she promotes (and checks for) authenticity in student work instead. 📝 #EduSkyAI

"When it comes to our books, keep your bans to yourself | Sheneman" www.nj.com/news/2024/12...

Good morning and Happy Sunday to everyone who knows that Democrats always grow the economy, and Republicans always fuck it up while only focusing on making the rich richer. We have to break this idiotic cycle.

The good fight

Several Montana Republicans joined Democrats on Tuesday to block a measure that would have barred transgender lawmakers from using the state Capitol bathrooms that aligned with their gender identities.

Apparently I'm an extraordinaire. 💁🏻‍♀️ Thinking about making this my official bio. ❤️ #TLSky #Skybrarians #EduSky

We hope to make it and see you there! @rgrov1013.bsky.social #TLSky #Skybrarians

Like I've been saying - Librarians are leaders! Thank you @hildakw.bsky.social for sharing such a practical and useful guide for how even the most introverted of us can use our power to lead. #TLSky #EduSky #Skybrarians

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Math will always math, even when done in cuneiform. 😉 #EduSky #STEM #History

🤔 Americans (on avg) think U.S. citizens are: Transgender: 21% Muslim: 27% Jewish: 30% Black: 41% Live in New York City: 30% Gay or lesbian: 30% Actual: Transgender: 1% Muslim: 1% Jewish: 2% Black: 12% Live in New York City: 2% Gay or lesbian: 3% Source: The Bulwark 🍎📚 #TLSky #MediaLiteracy

This is what I've been saying! School librarians are leaders. #TLSky #Skybrarians "We have to...put [librarians] in positions of leadership, and recognize that librarians are leaders in every context, not just when it has to do with literacy and digital citizenship."

I was a HS math teacher, and every day @rgrov1013.bsky.social (who had already switched to library from a MS English classroom) would come home talking abt how wonderful her day was. Trig proofs just didn't give me the same joy. 😜 @librarianjones.bsky.social #TLSky #Skybrarians

A note I got from a student today. Sometimes middle schoolers are the best. 🩷🥹 #LibraryLife

Tip! Find public domain or copyright cleared primary source photos in Free to Use & Reuse sets at Library of Congress (bottom of homepage). www.loc.gov/free-to-use #iteachsocialstudies #sschat #ncss