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Julie Darling
@authorjuliedarling.bsky.social
Author. Teacher. Librarian. Maker.
Follow me on my website: authorjuliedarling.com
I’m presenting at #CSforMichigan on Sept 23!
💻 Computational Thinking in Early Childhood
📚 Books + 🎲 Games + 🎵 Songs = Engaged K–2 learners
Let’s make CS fun for our youngest students!
#CSTA #CSforAll
September 15, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Deal alert! My books are on super sale on Amazon right now:https://a.co/d/fDzZC9L
April 30, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Oh my goodness...I want to "speak dolphin"! Does this means I also need to learn to scuba dive? blog.google/technology/a...
#AI #AnimalLanguage #DolphinGemma #Gemma #dolphins
April 15, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I'm super excited to be presenting on Tuesday at the AI Summit with these fabulous folks! If you're there too, I'd love to connect.

#MACUL #MichiganVirtual #AI #AISummit #SchoolLibrarian #mea
December 13, 2024 at 7:13 PM

If you'd like to hear a live reading of my picture book, Little Hackers, and a bit about my journey as an author, register for Iowa’s Computer Science Education Week on Thursday, December 12th!
#CSEdWeek #CSforAll #Author #Books #Education #EarlyChildhood #computerscience #hackers #hacking
December 8, 2024 at 10:35 PM

Guess what?! EdTech Magazine just published an article interviewing me about my new books!

Here's the link to Q&A: edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/...

#EdTech #CSforAll #Techforall #K12 #computerscience #STEM #STEAM #earlyelementary #hacking #hackers#author #books #makerspaces #MakerEd
November 21, 2024 at 4:21 PM
THIS Saturday (11/16) at 11 a.m. I will be doing a storytime and book signing at Schuler Books in Ann Arbor. You can find more details here: www.schulerbooks.com/event/stem-s...

#booklaunch #STEM #Storytime #Author #ciphers #picturebooks #BookSigning #CSforAll #computerscience #earlyelementary
November 15, 2024 at 3:06 PM
Okay. So this made me laugh.

Especially on the heels of folks using AI to begin to understand elephant language:
www.nytimes.com/2024/06/10/s...

Art by Ed Emswiller
Original post from comedian Geekysteven

#AI #elephants #animals #languagelearning #dolphins
November 9, 2024 at 9:06 PM
Today is a dream come true! My illustrator @darrencools.bsky.social and I were interviewed on NPR

Our interview will air around 3:30 p.m. and again at 8:30 p.m. EST

MichiganPublic.org - online streaming
September 27, 2024 at 6:11 PM
I'm super excited to share that my new 3-book series, Little Computer Scientists, Little Hackers and a Guidebook to teach K-2 computer science releases in *just* over two weeks! Monday, 9/30/24 is the official date!

They're available for pre-order now, anywhere you buy books! #bookrelease
September 14, 2024 at 12:27 AM
My ISTE session is tomorrow! Hope to see you there!

Here are the details:
Teaching CSTA K-2 standards using books, games and songs.
Location: Bluebird Ballroom 3AB
Time: Monday, June 24 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

#iste24
#istelive #csta #csforall #authorsofinstagram
June 24, 2024 at 2:14 AM

MACUL talk room change! I'll be speaking tomorrow about; my forthcoming books and teaching CSTA K-2 standards using games, songs and other engaging activities at 11:30 a.m. in the KENDALL room, which is on the 3rd floor of the Amway. Hope to see you there! #Macul24 #books #earlyelementary #cs
March 14, 2024 at 6:54 PM
I'm presenting at #MACUL24 on Friday! I'll be speaking about CSTA for K-2 students, our forthcoming book series from #Routledge and other free resources for promoting diversity and inclusion in computer science. Hope to see you there! #education #books #author @darrencools.bsky.social
March 11, 2024 at 2:10 PM
The best part of my Thursday is running my Girls Who Code club. We're learning #python3 together! #STEMEducation
February 23, 2024 at 12:45 AM
Looking for a read-aloud to celebrate upcoming Lunar New Year (2/10)? Amy Wu and the Patchwork Dragon by KatZhang, illustrated by @charlenedraws is an excellent choice! There are free activities too: katzhangwriter.com/index.php/amy-…#LunarNewYear20242#Readingn#SchoolLibrariana#ReadAloudu#Booksks
February 4, 2024 at 7:43 PM
Truth! Also it's super fun. Bit of a surprise to see me (and two of my pals) in this...but I am presenting again this year! I would love to see you there. #MACUL #MACUL24 #presentations #CSTA #CSTAstandards #books #forthcomingbooks #earlyelementary #education #computerscience
December 28, 2023 at 6:03 PM
Trying to make my way back to my novel with some ideas based on real locations (Ann Arbor/Detroit), including secret steam tunnels. Rumor has it there's an entrance under here.
#Writing #research #WIP #dystopian #fiction
November 28, 2023 at 1:50 AM
Reading in front of a fire tonight. An interesting read so far! #ReadingInsteadOfWriting #SaturdayNight
November 26, 2023 at 12:14 AM
November 19, 2023 at 2:46 PM
A sneak preview teaser of some of the artwork (created by the extremely talented Darren Cools) from one of my forthcoming books! Stay tuned for more between now and June! #writing #picturebooks #technology #computerscience #teaching #earlyelementary
November 18, 2023 at 10:01 PM
Some works in progress from the book arts projects! #Books #BookArts #4thgrade #teachingaboutwriting #creating
November 16, 2023 at 2:08 AM