Dustin Hensley
@dshensleyedu.bsky.social
Human. Learner. Librarian.
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Another fantastic @aaslala.bsky.social National conference in the books. Always such an amazing feeling being surrounded by fellow school librarians, especially when some are your best friends. Thanks St. Louis.
October 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Another fantastic @aaslala.bsky.social National conference in the books. Always such an amazing feeling being surrounded by fellow school librarians, especially when some are your best friends. Thanks St. Louis.
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Tennessee School Librarian Runs Community Improvement Course
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Tennessee School Librarian Runs Community Improvement Course
Dustin Hensley's project-based learning program has an impact beyond the library walls.
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September 16, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Tennessee School Librarian Runs Community Improvement Course
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The coffin bookcase is a work in progress. We’re getting there, though.
March 3, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The coffin bookcase is a work in progress. We’re getting there, though.
A massive thank you to @katchowrites.bsky.social for an incredible school visit yesterday! An amazing author, presenter, and person. Fellow librarians, you’ve GOT to get her in for a visit if you can. Could not recommend any higher.
February 7, 2025 at 9:48 PM
A massive thank you to @katchowrites.bsky.social for an incredible school visit yesterday! An amazing author, presenter, and person. Fellow librarians, you’ve GOT to get her in for a visit if you can. Could not recommend any higher.
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No one is USING AI. They are TRAINING AI. No LLM is ready to be fully deployed. It's all early beta testing they are trying to convince you is actually a product. It is nowhere near its target goals for its intended uses. People aren't paying to use it; they're subsidizing its training. It's a scam.
January 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
No one is USING AI. They are TRAINING AI. No LLM is ready to be fully deployed. It's all early beta testing they are trying to convince you is actually a product. It is nowhere near its target goals for its intended uses. People aren't paying to use it; they're subsidizing its training. It's a scam.
I used the Library of Congress Citizen DJ to make this beat and a recent graduate wrote a library rap. Check it out here! on.soundcloud.com/WmCC2m7y3gBg...
January 3, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I used the Library of Congress Citizen DJ to make this beat and a recent graduate wrote a library rap. Check it out here! on.soundcloud.com/WmCC2m7y3gBg...
Hey fellow #librarians! I’ve received grants for well over $3 million over the past ten years, and just received $375,000 more. As you line up your yearly conferences, I would love to come talk about grant writing and community-engaged learning in libraries!
December 30, 2024 at 10:29 PM
Hey fellow #librarians! I’ve received grants for well over $3 million over the past ten years, and just received $375,000 more. As you line up your yearly conferences, I would love to come talk about grant writing and community-engaged learning in libraries!
Longtime side quest achieved: I’m now a certified notary public. Here to assist if you need something notarized or would like for me to officiate your wedding with the power vested in me by the State of Tennessee.
December 13, 2024 at 9:32 PM
Longtime side quest achieved: I’m now a certified notary public. Here to assist if you need something notarized or would like for me to officiate your wedding with the power vested in me by the State of Tennessee.
@johngreensbluesky.bsky.social A local high school that was destroyed by Hurricane Helene has completely lost its book collection. Do you think you could help supply a classroom set of The Fault In Our Stars for them? They need 25 copies. Thank you so much for any consideration you can provide.
December 5, 2024 at 8:43 PM
@johngreensbluesky.bsky.social A local high school that was destroyed by Hurricane Helene has completely lost its book collection. Do you think you could help supply a classroom set of The Fault In Our Stars for them? They need 25 copies. Thank you so much for any consideration you can provide.
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When rumors of banning LGBTQ+ books hit the library board in a small Louisiana town, @librarianjones.com took action, facing death threats. For her, silence was never an option.
“Hell hath no fury like a librarian scorned,” she writes. Join us at 11aET for the latest #VelshiBannedBookClub. #Velshi
“Hell hath no fury like a librarian scorned,” she writes. Join us at 11aET for the latest #VelshiBannedBookClub. #Velshi
November 30, 2024 at 1:58 PM
When rumors of banning LGBTQ+ books hit the library board in a small Louisiana town, @librarianjones.com took action, facing death threats. For her, silence was never an option.
“Hell hath no fury like a librarian scorned,” she writes. Join us at 11aET for the latest #VelshiBannedBookClub. #Velshi
“Hell hath no fury like a librarian scorned,” she writes. Join us at 11aET for the latest #VelshiBannedBookClub. #Velshi
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Hello! My colleagues and I have a guide about manga + school libraries coming out! ♥️ alastore.ala.org/mangaschool @mangalibrarian.bsky.social @smwordsmith.bsky.social @mounabat.bsky.social
Manga Goes to School: Cultivating Engagement and Inclusion in K–12 Settings (AASL Standards–Based Learning Series)
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November 24, 2024 at 10:00 PM
Hello! My colleagues and I have a guide about manga + school libraries coming out! ♥️ alastore.ala.org/mangaschool @mangalibrarian.bsky.social @smwordsmith.bsky.social @mounabat.bsky.social
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Students have internalized the message that "school is work." The thing is, we know work sucks, too, and most of the time it sucks on purpose to protect existing hierarchies of wealth & power. Students who repeat to us that "school is work" have already internalized those hierarchies. 😬
I became a teacher in 1987 because I hated public school. I left in 2022 because not only didn't we reform, but we doubled down.
We no longer prepare students for what they will actually be doing, and therefore, we are irrelevant to them.
We no longer prepare students for what they will actually be doing, and therefore, we are irrelevant to them.
In a national survey of over 21,000 students, "tired", "stressed", and "bored" were the most common words students used to describe how they feel at school.
In an in-depth follow-up with 472 students, "75% of all feelings students reported...were negative."
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In an in-depth follow-up with 472 students, "75% of all feelings students reported...were negative."
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November 24, 2024 at 3:10 PM
Students have internalized the message that "school is work." The thing is, we know work sucks, too, and most of the time it sucks on purpose to protect existing hierarchies of wealth & power. Students who repeat to us that "school is work" have already internalized those hierarchies. 😬
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Weekend trip to Georgia
June 22, 2024 at 9:29 PM
Weekend trip to Georgia
Pokémon checkpoint. Favorite Pokémon.
June 10, 2024 at 1:23 PM
Pokémon checkpoint. Favorite Pokémon.
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Listen, America is a weird, tacky, frequently bizarre place, but the best of it is like Dolly Parton and puts that shit in service to the world. You do not mess with Dolly. People will come out of the woods and cut you. *I* will come out of the woods and cut you.
June 8, 2024 at 5:33 AM
Listen, America is a weird, tacky, frequently bizarre place, but the best of it is like Dolly Parton and puts that shit in service to the world. You do not mess with Dolly. People will come out of the woods and cut you. *I* will come out of the woods and cut you.
So excited to join @drtlovesbooks.bsky.social for the @schoollibln.bsky.social podcast this week! My discussed lesson is all about getting students involved in your local community through the school library. Hope you’ll check it out! sllnpodcast.libsyn.com/community-im...
February 19, 2024 at 5:21 AM
So excited to join @drtlovesbooks.bsky.social for the @schoollibln.bsky.social podcast this week! My discussed lesson is all about getting students involved in your local community through the school library. Hope you’ll check it out! sllnpodcast.libsyn.com/community-im...