Katie
@katiejmcnamara.bsky.social
Helping others shine, Curriculum designer, Teacher Librarian 📚, Media Literacy Coach, FPU Professor & Program Director, Speaker, Advocate, Neurodivergent, Boymom. Inspire. Empower. Create. Repeat. #EDUsky ⚖️ #TLSky 🐈 Celebrate everything 🎉
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Katie
@katiejmcnamara.bsky.social
· Nov 23
"As the lines between fact & fiction continue to blur on social media, & with Gen Z relying heavily on social media influencers for news, it’s imperative that we prioritize digital literacy education..."
#NewsLiteracy
#SocialMedia
www.sheknows.com/parenting/ar...
#NewsLiteracy
#SocialMedia
www.sheknows.com/parenting/ar...
A New Study Says Teens Struggle to Separate Fact From Fiction Online — Yet Most Get News Through Social Media
Parents, digital literacy is more important now than ever — here's why.
www.sheknows.com
Shaming where teens get their news is pointless. Empower them to discern their news feed. #MediaLiteracy #TLSky #EduSky
Expressing distress of mental health of team to be met withq: people can choose to leave.
Welp, thank you for your insight...
Welp, thank you for your insight...
November 26, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Expressing distress of mental health of team to be met withq: people can choose to leave.
Welp, thank you for your insight...
Welp, thank you for your insight...
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@karenattiah.bsky.social created/ taught this amazing series when Columbia refused to let her teach her race/media course last spring. It’s inspired me to think about how to make higher ed accessible/reimagine this whole space. Check out her Resistance Study Series movement - it’s DOPE! More soon…
Resistance Study Series
www.resistancesummerschool.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:29 AM
@karenattiah.bsky.social created/ taught this amazing series when Columbia refused to let her teach her race/media course last spring. It’s inspired me to think about how to make higher ed accessible/reimagine this whole space. Check out her Resistance Study Series movement - it’s DOPE! More soon…
I am irritated of the people who use others for their own personal gain. I don't think there i
s an industry free of such narcissism.
s an industry free of such narcissism.
November 23, 2025 at 6:51 AM
I am irritated of the people who use others for their own personal gain. I don't think there i
s an industry free of such narcissism.
s an industry free of such narcissism.
Reflecting on teaching and student needs (secondary and higher ed), I'm noticing a shift in my curriculum design and development focusing on these "buckets"
Ask:
Goal:
Provide:
Student Response:
Follow Up:
Level Up:
#EduSky #TLSky #AcademicSky
Of course keeping #UDL and aspects andragogy.
Ask:
Goal:
Provide:
Student Response:
Follow Up:
Level Up:
#EduSky #TLSky #AcademicSky
Of course keeping #UDL and aspects andragogy.
November 22, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Reflecting on teaching and student needs (secondary and higher ed), I'm noticing a shift in my curriculum design and development focusing on these "buckets"
Ask:
Goal:
Provide:
Student Response:
Follow Up:
Level Up:
#EduSky #TLSky #AcademicSky
Of course keeping #UDL and aspects andragogy.
Ask:
Goal:
Provide:
Student Response:
Follow Up:
Level Up:
#EduSky #TLSky #AcademicSky
Of course keeping #UDL and aspects andragogy.
My poor husband asked about the ticking in After the Hunt.
My answer could easily be the start of a dissertation.
My answer could easily be the start of a dissertation.
November 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
My poor husband asked about the ticking in After the Hunt.
My answer could easily be the start of a dissertation.
My answer could easily be the start of a dissertation.
Sometimes I have to sit on a book before I submit a review. Sometimes I have to reread a book. As I struggle with who the hell am I to determine the merit of a book. Could my opinions create dire consequences - zombies and all.
This is why sometime the "sitting" is necessary:... 1/
This is why sometime the "sitting" is necessary:... 1/
November 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Sometimes I have to sit on a book before I submit a review. Sometimes I have to reread a book. As I struggle with who the hell am I to determine the merit of a book. Could my opinions create dire consequences - zombies and all.
This is why sometime the "sitting" is necessary:... 1/
This is why sometime the "sitting" is necessary:... 1/
Fab #YA Frankenstein retelling @fiercereads.bsky.social
I do like my sci fi with a bit of horror. 🩸📚
I do like my sci fi with a bit of horror. 🩸📚
A woman with medical passion in a time she wasn't supposed to have a passion beyond meeting the needs of a male. How dare she want to learn, to understand, to discover answers? #YA Frankenstein retelling by @kathleea.bsky.social #TLSky #BookSky 🎧📚 @mackidssl.bsky.social #BookRecommendation #Books 1/
November 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Fab #YA Frankenstein retelling @fiercereads.bsky.social
I do like my sci fi with a bit of horror. 🩸📚
I do like my sci fi with a bit of horror. 🩸📚
A woman with medical passion in a time she wasn't supposed to have a passion beyond meeting the needs of a male. How dare she want to learn, to understand, to discover answers? #YA Frankenstein retelling by @kathleea.bsky.social #TLSky #BookSky 🎧📚 @mackidssl.bsky.social #BookRecommendation #Books 1/
November 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
A woman with medical passion in a time she wasn't supposed to have a passion beyond meeting the needs of a male. How dare she want to learn, to understand, to discover answers? #YA Frankenstein retelling by @kathleea.bsky.social #TLSky #BookSky 🎧📚 @mackidssl.bsky.social #BookRecommendation #Books 1/
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Libraries do so much for our communities and families and we'd like to give back!
Please take time this coming week to send an email or postcard of appreciation for your library to your superintendent, school board/city council, county commissioners court- or to librarians themselves!
Please take time this coming week to send an email or postcard of appreciation for your library to your superintendent, school board/city council, county commissioners court- or to librarians themselves!
November 21, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Libraries do so much for our communities and families and we'd like to give back!
Please take time this coming week to send an email or postcard of appreciation for your library to your superintendent, school board/city council, county commissioners court- or to librarians themselves!
Please take time this coming week to send an email or postcard of appreciation for your library to your superintendent, school board/city council, county commissioners court- or to librarians themselves!
Wanting to add colored/decorative "tape" to library shelves. Have you? Thoughts? Bonus points for links 😁
#TLSky #Librarians
#TLSky #Librarians
November 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Wanting to add colored/decorative "tape" to library shelves. Have you? Thoughts? Bonus points for links 😁
#TLSky #Librarians
#TLSky #Librarians
Student- It's just hard to find a book.
Me- The books are grouped by genre, there are stickers on each book, there are signs.
Student- oh, I didn't know.
Me- ...
#TLSky #Librarians
Me- The books are grouped by genre, there are stickers on each book, there are signs.
Student- oh, I didn't know.
Me- ...
#TLSky #Librarians
November 21, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Student- It's just hard to find a book.
Me- The books are grouped by genre, there are stickers on each book, there are signs.
Student- oh, I didn't know.
Me- ...
#TLSky #Librarians
Me- The books are grouped by genre, there are stickers on each book, there are signs.
Student- oh, I didn't know.
Me- ...
#TLSky #Librarians
Future Ready Librarians 6th Annual App Smash webinar coming up on November 18, 2025 at 5:00pm EST.
Register all4ed.org/activity/202...
Will be recorded. I'm talking Kami - fab UDL engagement app.
#futurereadylibs #TLSky
Register all4ed.org/activity/202...
Will be recorded. I'm talking Kami - fab UDL engagement app.
#futurereadylibs #TLSky
November 18, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Future Ready Librarians 6th Annual App Smash webinar coming up on November 18, 2025 at 5:00pm EST.
Register all4ed.org/activity/202...
Will be recorded. I'm talking Kami - fab UDL engagement app.
#futurereadylibs #TLSky
Register all4ed.org/activity/202...
Will be recorded. I'm talking Kami - fab UDL engagement app.
#futurereadylibs #TLSky
Something truly good for us does not require the wealthy elite preaching the goodness multiple times.
November 16, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Something truly good for us does not require the wealthy elite preaching the goodness multiple times.
Ghost Boys #GraphicNovel by @jewellparkerrhodes.bsky.social
Full of ghosts of today and the past who lost their lives too soon because someone in "power" felt threatened by a little boy. Ghosts of decades past address how little we have come. #MG #YA #TLSky #BookSky #YA #BookRecommendation
Full of ghosts of today and the past who lost their lives too soon because someone in "power" felt threatened by a little boy. Ghosts of decades past address how little we have come. #MG #YA #TLSky #BookSky #YA #BookRecommendation
November 11, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Ghost Boys #GraphicNovel by @jewellparkerrhodes.bsky.social
Full of ghosts of today and the past who lost their lives too soon because someone in "power" felt threatened by a little boy. Ghosts of decades past address how little we have come. #MG #YA #TLSky #BookSky #YA #BookRecommendation
Full of ghosts of today and the past who lost their lives too soon because someone in "power" felt threatened by a little boy. Ghosts of decades past address how little we have come. #MG #YA #TLSky #BookSky #YA #BookRecommendation
A Thing Called Truth #GraphicNovel by @yozanfardino.bsky.social Fired under the guise of a false resignation in an attempt to steal your research leads to overdrinking and getting "kidnapped". Life can get exciting when you take a break from saving the world. #BookSky #Books #BookRecommendation
November 11, 2025 at 10:01 PM
A Thing Called Truth #GraphicNovel by @yozanfardino.bsky.social Fired under the guise of a false resignation in an attempt to steal your research leads to overdrinking and getting "kidnapped". Life can get exciting when you take a break from saving the world. #BookSky #Books #BookRecommendation
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Important: #TLSky #EduSky understand results of Mahmoud v Taylor Supreme Court June '25 decision. It only affirms a parent’s right to opt their child out of classroom lessons NOT to decide what books their children will find in the library. Read more @oif.bsky.social www.oif.ala.org/what-emmahmo...
What Mahmoud v. Taylor Means for Your Library
In June 2025, the Supreme Court decided Mahmoud v. Taylor, a case about whether parents have the right to opt their children out of storybooks read in a public school’s language arts curriculum. The d...
www.oif.ala.org
November 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Important: #TLSky #EduSky understand results of Mahmoud v Taylor Supreme Court June '25 decision. It only affirms a parent’s right to opt their child out of classroom lessons NOT to decide what books their children will find in the library. Read more @oif.bsky.social www.oif.ala.org/what-emmahmo...
"We can stop. We can pause. We can demand something better. And we must. Because there is a body count." via @lollardfish.bsky.social www.startribune.com/adam-raine-c... #TLSky #EduSky #AcademicSky
Perry: How can AI be used ethically when it’s been linked to suicide?
"It’s not on us, on you and me, to use AI ethically or responsibly. It’s on the companies to build safe, reliable, ethical products," David M. Perry writes.
www.startribune.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:08 AM
"We can stop. We can pause. We can demand something better. And we must. Because there is a body count." via @lollardfish.bsky.social www.startribune.com/adam-raine-c... #TLSky #EduSky #AcademicSky
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So true.
#booksky #books #fiction #novel #literature #ai #artificialintelligence #sciencefiction #scifi #writingcommunity #nonfiction
#booksky #books #fiction #novel #literature #ai #artificialintelligence #sciencefiction #scifi #writingcommunity #nonfiction
November 9, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Punished for wanting too much.
Not because of your want
Not because of your drive
Not because of your capture
But because through all this
You a woman
That dared
To want more
Not because of your want
Not because of your drive
Not because of your capture
But because through all this
You a woman
That dared
To want more
November 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Punished for wanting too much.
Not because of your want
Not because of your drive
Not because of your capture
But because through all this
You a woman
That dared
To want more
Not because of your want
Not because of your drive
Not because of your capture
But because through all this
You a woman
That dared
To want more
Somehow decided hydroponic propagation was easy. Might be if it doesn't become your #ADHD dopamine joy that turns into 60+ plants to care for. 🌱
November 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Somehow decided hydroponic propagation was easy. Might be if it doesn't become your #ADHD dopamine joy that turns into 60+ plants to care for. 🌱
I need a source for abfab adult mystery & horror books that cross over for teens, and having in a high school library won't get you fired 🩸📚 ⚡️📚 #BookSky #TLSky
a man in a black shirt says it 's pretty scary on youtube
Alt: a man in a black shirt says it 's pretty scary on youtube
media.tenor.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
When my work inspires and empowers, why the ef would I outsource me?!?
Why the ef would I force students to outsource themselves before they have found themselves?!?
Why the ef would I force students to outsource themselves before they have found themselves?!?
November 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
When my work inspires and empowers, why the ef would I outsource me?!?
Why the ef would I force students to outsource themselves before they have found themselves?!?
Why the ef would I force students to outsource themselves before they have found themselves?!?
Ilya needs to stop calling!!!
November 8, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Ilya needs to stop calling!!!
Fab #YA Horror 🩸📚 Hollow by @taylorlgrothe.bsky.social When a fresh start becomes a never ending nightmare. Extended metaphor of masks and puppetry. Neurodivergent rep! Get ready to question what is real and who really cares. #TLSky #BookSky #BookRecommendation @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social #Books
November 7, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Fab #YA Horror 🩸📚 Hollow by @taylorlgrothe.bsky.social When a fresh start becomes a never ending nightmare. Extended metaphor of masks and puppetry. Neurodivergent rep! Get ready to question what is real and who really cares. #TLSky #BookSky #BookRecommendation @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social #Books
Reminder: You are enough. You always have been.
Alt- Darling, YOU are ahhmazing!!!
Alt- Darling, YOU are ahhmazing!!!
November 7, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Reminder: You are enough. You always have been.
Alt- Darling, YOU are ahhmazing!!!
Alt- Darling, YOU are ahhmazing!!!