Awaken Librarian
@awakenlibrarian.bsky.social
Activist. Super nerd. Librarian. Speaker. AI Critic. Know it so you can grow it! Posts reflect my mind. No DMs. Open your mind like you would a parachute! https://awakenlibrarian.com #EduSky #TLSkyChat #EdTech #GoogleEDU #AwakenLibrarian
Happy #Halloween! This year's been a doozy but I haven't taken my kid trick-or-treating since before the pandemic. This is his last year as a high schooler, graduating before 18. Why the hell, not take him? Shout out to the house who gave out adult beverages! I love this neighborhood!
October 31, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Happy #Halloween! This year's been a doozy but I haven't taken my kid trick-or-treating since before the pandemic. This is his last year as a high schooler, graduating before 18. Why the hell, not take him? Shout out to the house who gave out adult beverages! I love this neighborhood!
Super happy to help @isteofficial.bsky.social review their proposals for next year's conference. The insight and instructional content in these proposals are awaiting their moments to shine at #ISTELive26! Thank you for the opportunity! #ISTE #ISTElib
October 31, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Super happy to help @isteofficial.bsky.social review their proposals for next year's conference. The insight and instructional content in these proposals are awaiting their moments to shine at #ISTELive26! Thank you for the opportunity! #ISTE #ISTElib
Bingo! A constant inspiration. #TLSkyChat
October 9, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Bingo! A constant inspiration. #TLSkyChat
Here's an excerpt from the book. I've a vested and personal interest in #bannedbooks that's more than just because I'm a librarian. I have a lifetime of being banned. That's what movies/other savior complex narratives on #bookbans forget. It's all too real for a lot of us. I live it without choice.
October 7, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Here's an excerpt from the book. I've a vested and personal interest in #bannedbooks that's more than just because I'm a librarian. I have a lifetime of being banned. That's what movies/other savior complex narratives on #bookbans forget. It's all too real for a lot of us. I live it without choice.
Some of you may not know, but I will be featured in a book next spring. But in honor of #bannedbooks week, and because the author is giving me a beloved shout-out, I'm promoting it early. The title: Uncensored: Educators Speak Out on Teaching in a Time of Book Bans by Jonna Perrillo.
October 7, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Some of you may not know, but I will be featured in a book next spring. But in honor of #bannedbooks week, and because the author is giving me a beloved shout-out, I'm promoting it early. The title: Uncensored: Educators Speak Out on Teaching in a Time of Book Bans by Jonna Perrillo.
Baking the blues away.
August 7, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Baking the blues away.
Loving this butterfly on my walk.
August 3, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Loving this butterfly on my walk.
The impact of the DOE withholding $7B in education funding. In other words, the executive execution of prideful ignorance, vengenance & further underfunding in education. This is what private, corporate funding is taking from we, the public & the people.
July 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The impact of the DOE withholding $7B in education funding. In other words, the executive execution of prideful ignorance, vengenance & further underfunding in education. This is what private, corporate funding is taking from we, the public & the people.
PARSL (Philadelphia Alliance to Restore School Librarians) did a fine job organizing the event. I am proud to work alongside them. #PARSL #schoollibrarians
June 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
PARSL (Philadelphia Alliance to Restore School Librarians) did a fine job organizing the event. I am proud to work alongside them. #PARSL #schoollibrarians
Thank you to all of those that attended the #ALAAC25 read-in. #FeistyFightersofFreedom
June 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Thank you to all of those that attended the #ALAAC25 read-in. #FeistyFightersofFreedom
I'm a few days late, but it was recently my birthday. I was inspired by a rose and pistachio tea I had at a teahouse. So here's my #birthdaycake: a rose & pistachio marbled bundt cake. It was delicious!
June 6, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I'm a few days late, but it was recently my birthday. I was inspired by a rose and pistachio tea I had at a teahouse. So here's my #birthdaycake: a rose & pistachio marbled bundt cake. It was delicious!
Check out @ditchthattextbook.com Summer PD Bingo! docs.google.com/presentation...
May 26, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Check out @ditchthattextbook.com Summer PD Bingo! docs.google.com/presentation...
Y'all when I say the last 48 hrs has been "ocean therapy," it's absolutely true.
May 8, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Y'all when I say the last 48 hrs has been "ocean therapy," it's absolutely true.
#Maythe4thbewithyou #StarwarsDay
#May4th
Flashback to when my 16 y/o was 11 & all day activities centered on the franchise. 😂 His sweet voice dropped 10 octaves like James Earl Jones.😆
#May4th
Flashback to when my 16 y/o was 11 & all day activities centered on the franchise. 😂 His sweet voice dropped 10 octaves like James Earl Jones.😆
May 4, 2025 at 6:45 PM
#Maythe4thbewithyou #StarwarsDay
#May4th
Flashback to when my 16 y/o was 11 & all day activities centered on the franchise. 😂 His sweet voice dropped 10 octaves like James Earl Jones.😆
#May4th
Flashback to when my 16 y/o was 11 & all day activities centered on the franchise. 😂 His sweet voice dropped 10 octaves like James Earl Jones.😆
Zen Color pic to reduce my anxiety. Next month is #MentalHealthAwareness month. My grandmama used to say "be a blessing instead of a lesson." Life's been more lesson than blessing, lately, but hey, it's ok. Soaring is what I do best after the lulls.
April 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Zen Color pic to reduce my anxiety. Next month is #MentalHealthAwareness month. My grandmama used to say "be a blessing instead of a lesson." Life's been more lesson than blessing, lately, but hey, it's ok. Soaring is what I do best after the lulls.
#TOTD Why are women less optimistic about #AI? Is it b/c biases against ♀️ are present in #algorithms? Or b/c early-on ♀️ #edtech engineers were fired? A woman's intuition has withstood the test of time. Let's get at the "womb of why" & discuss ideas in the comments.
April 8, 2025 at 11:45 AM
#TOTD Why are women less optimistic about #AI? Is it b/c biases against ♀️ are present in #algorithms? Or b/c early-on ♀️ #edtech engineers were fired? A woman's intuition has withstood the test of time. Let's get at the "womb of why" & discuss ideas in the comments.
Super sorry for the short notice, but if you're free today at 4pm EST, I'd love for you to join a panel I'm moderating on #AI. I'll be with @tburleson.bsky.social @vickieechols.bsky.social @elissamalespina.bsky.social in a dual effort by @slj.com and ISTE. Register: event.on24.com/wcc/r/486888...
March 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Super sorry for the short notice, but if you're free today at 4pm EST, I'd love for you to join a panel I'm moderating on #AI. I'll be with @tburleson.bsky.social @vickieechols.bsky.social @elissamalespina.bsky.social in a dual effort by @slj.com and ISTE. Register: event.on24.com/wcc/r/486888...
Thank you Vera Cubero for this visual for #GenAI in #publiceducation. More schools are tackling AI for the improvement of our education system. The integration is upon us and knowledge is empowerment. Humans control the narrative of genAI. Let's put the goodness of insightful educators at the heart.
March 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Thank you Vera Cubero for this visual for #GenAI in #publiceducation. More schools are tackling AI for the improvement of our education system. The integration is upon us and knowledge is empowerment. Humans control the narrative of genAI. Let's put the goodness of insightful educators at the heart.
I am a fan of the #CBS TV show #Elsbeth. Season 1. Ep. 8, they showed #librarians some ❤️. This is 5 seconds of advocacy that I need everyone to see. Ironic: the episode was called #ArtificialGenius. I spend so much time instructing on #AI, I thought the writers wrote this episode perfectly & for me.
March 13, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I am a fan of the #CBS TV show #Elsbeth. Season 1. Ep. 8, they showed #librarians some ❤️. This is 5 seconds of advocacy that I need everyone to see. Ironic: the episode was called #ArtificialGenius. I spend so much time instructing on #AI, I thought the writers wrote this episode perfectly & for me.
A6: Nic Blake & the Remarkables by Angie Thomas. The story line combines history, magic, afro-futurism, technology, author's craft, student agency and the innocence of wanting to have a hellhound as a pet! 😆 #TLSkyChat
March 6, 2025 at 1:54 AM
A6: Nic Blake & the Remarkables by Angie Thomas. The story line combines history, magic, afro-futurism, technology, author's craft, student agency and the innocence of wanting to have a hellhound as a pet! 😆 #TLSkyChat
We made a GREAT looking panel!😍
March 5, 2025 at 8:27 PM
We made a GREAT looking panel!😍