Leigh Woznick
@wozleigh.bsky.social
Middle school librarian. Freedom to read. Feminist. Lover of mystery, history, and puzzles. Amateur genealogist. Crafts. She/her. Views are my own.
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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
@drtlovesbooks.bsky.social that was a fantastic @pbsnewshour chat! Thanks for sharing your info.
October 31, 2025 at 12:13 AM
@drtlovesbooks.bsky.social that was a fantastic @pbsnewshour chat! Thanks for sharing your info.
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If you and your children are not ready for a particular book, that is okay. It is not okay to limit the access to books, stories, and experiences for other families. Every book is not for everyone, but every book is for someone.
bookriot.com/the-day-the-books-disappeared-school-visit-cancelation/
bookriot.com/the-day-the-books-disappeared-school-visit-cancelation/
Why Did These Authors Have Their School Visit Canceled? They Were Talking About Their Book About Book Bans.
Country Club Elementary School in California's Bay Area canceled an author visit moments before it began. Why? It covered book bans.
bookriot.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
If you and your children are not ready for a particular book, that is okay. It is not okay to limit the access to books, stories, and experiences for other families. Every book is not for everyone, but every book is for someone.
bookriot.com/the-day-the-books-disappeared-school-visit-cancelation/
bookriot.com/the-day-the-books-disappeared-school-visit-cancelation/
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Studying legends and ghost stories about a community can help students develop historical thinking and information literacy skills
#EduSky #TLSky
www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
#EduSky #TLSky
www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
This Halloween, Teach Your Students Ghost Stories and Urban Legends (Opinion)
There’s real academic value in tapping into local tall tales. Here’s why.
www.edweek.org
October 28, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Studying legends and ghost stories about a community can help students develop historical thinking and information literacy skills
#EduSky #TLSky
www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
#EduSky #TLSky
www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
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Spread librarian love! Nominate an extraordinary librarian for the #ILoveMyLibrarian Award. Nominations are accepted online now through Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. ilovelibraries.org/love-my-librarian
October 22, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Spread librarian love! Nominate an extraordinary librarian for the #ILoveMyLibrarian Award. Nominations are accepted online now through Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. ilovelibraries.org/love-my-librarian
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The Booker Prize Foundation has launched the Children’s Booker Prize, the charity’s first award for children’s fiction. 👇 #BookSky
The Booker Prize Foundation launches Children’s Booker Prize
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October 24, 2025 at 7:14 AM
The Booker Prize Foundation has launched the Children’s Booker Prize, the charity’s first award for children’s fiction. 👇 #BookSky
Disturbing but hardly surprising. But what do we do about it?? I fear the horse has left the barn.
Yet again, we can't afford to let LLMs become a source of epistemic grounding for society.
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC
www.bbc.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Disturbing but hardly surprising. But what do we do about it?? I fear the horse has left the barn.
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EDUCATORS: Join this PBS NewsHour Classroom zoom to share *your concerns* about AI in a supportive, caring space. We will not be recording this mtg.
Thur. Oct. 30, 2025 7-8pm ET | #MediaLiteracyWeek @pbsteachers.bsky.social
RSVP: https://bit.ly/PBS-AI-Zoom10-30
Thur. Oct. 30, 2025 7-8pm ET | #MediaLiteracyWeek @pbsteachers.bsky.social
RSVP: https://bit.ly/PBS-AI-Zoom10-30
October 23, 2025 at 1:25 AM
EDUCATORS: Join this PBS NewsHour Classroom zoom to share *your concerns* about AI in a supportive, caring space. We will not be recording this mtg.
Thur. Oct. 30, 2025 7-8pm ET | #MediaLiteracyWeek @pbsteachers.bsky.social
RSVP: https://bit.ly/PBS-AI-Zoom10-30
Thur. Oct. 30, 2025 7-8pm ET | #MediaLiteracyWeek @pbsteachers.bsky.social
RSVP: https://bit.ly/PBS-AI-Zoom10-30
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Students need clarity and be trained, educated in using AI. #EduSky
Stop Saying “Let’s Just Be Flexible with AI”
Why Students Need Clarity, Not Chaos. - The future of teaching with AI doesn’t require omniscience. It requires courage to draw lines, explain why they matter, and revise them together when the world shifts again.
substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Students need clarity and be trained, educated in using AI. #EduSky
Inventive and interactive #middlegrade illustrated memoir explores the effects of misaligned eyes and helps overcome “outrigue” of those who stare and misunderstand. By Emmy-award-winning doc film-maker James Robinson. Buy #WhaleEyes
#booksky #schoollibrarians #disabilitylit #kidlit
#booksky #schoollibrarians #disabilitylit #kidlit
October 19, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Inventive and interactive #middlegrade illustrated memoir explores the effects of misaligned eyes and helps overcome “outrigue” of those who stare and misunderstand. By Emmy-award-winning doc film-maker James Robinson. Buy #WhaleEyes
#booksky #schoollibrarians #disabilitylit #kidlit
#booksky #schoollibrarians #disabilitylit #kidlit
So, @wakelet.bsky.social is going the way of Padlet & Smore and every other tool librarians love. I get it, it’s a business and you can’t give it free forever. But i am so sad. Anybody got an alternative yet?? #schoollibrarians @aaslala.bsky.social @njasl.bsky.social #ISTE
October 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
So, @wakelet.bsky.social is going the way of Padlet & Smore and every other tool librarians love. I get it, it’s a business and you can’t give it free forever. But i am so sad. Anybody got an alternative yet?? #schoollibrarians @aaslala.bsky.social @njasl.bsky.social #ISTE
Huzzah! Perfect!!
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YAY, #ReadingRainbow is back AND with @mychal3ts.bsky.social as host!!!
#ReadingRainbow #KidLit #Books #Librarian #Readers
YAY, #ReadingRainbow is back AND with @mychal3ts.bsky.social as host!!!
#ReadingRainbow #KidLit #Books #Librarian #Readers
Meet the New Host of Reading Rainbow: Mychal the Librarian
After 20 years, Reading Rainbow is back! The new host is Mychal the Librarian, who has been spreading library joy online for years.
bookriot.com
September 29, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Huzzah! Perfect!!
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It looks like Dinosaur Field Station of NJ is closing and selling their Dino sculptures
September 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
It looks like Dinosaur Field Station of NJ is closing and selling their Dino sculptures
Does anyone have collectible author cards they’d be willing to share? Middle-school appropriate please. Thinking it might build reading excitement for my students. Canva or google shareable would be awesome.
September 5, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Does anyone have collectible author cards they’d be willing to share? Middle-school appropriate please. Thinking it might build reading excitement for my students. Canva or google shareable would be awesome.
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Some more good news about what happens when you take cell phones out of schools.
School cell phone ban creates surge in JCPS library visits
District leaders are calling it a culture shift within Jefferson County Public Schools.
www.wave3.com
September 5, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Some more good news about what happens when you take cell phones out of schools.
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When libraries lose access to federal funds, the entire community loses, including local schools. Public educators rely on libraries & museums for supplemental support and experiential education: www.edweek.org/policy-polit...
Tell Congress to #FundLibraries: ala.org/fundlibraries #ForOurLibraries
Tell Congress to #FundLibraries: ala.org/fundlibraries #ForOurLibraries
How Schools Will Feel the Federal Funding Cuts to Libraries and Museums
Cuts to library and museum grants threaten school databases, field trips, and teacher training programs nationwide.
www.edweek.org
August 15, 2025 at 3:08 PM
When libraries lose access to federal funds, the entire community loses, including local schools. Public educators rely on libraries & museums for supplemental support and experiential education: www.edweek.org/policy-polit...
Tell Congress to #FundLibraries: ala.org/fundlibraries #ForOurLibraries
Tell Congress to #FundLibraries: ala.org/fundlibraries #ForOurLibraries
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Fobazi is currently in the ICU and could use your support. Apologies to those I haven’t been able to reach out to yet. You can message me for more info and I will be posting updates to GoFundMe. Please share, send healing thoughts, prayers, etc. ❤️ -Elena
gofund.me/c8485b58
gofund.me/c8485b58
Donate to Fobazi’s road to recovery: Kidney and liver transplant, organized by Ysabel Gerrard
Hello all, my name is Ysabel and I’m fundraising for my friends … Ysabel Gerrard needs your support for Fobazi’s road to recovery: Kidney and liver transplant
gofund.me
August 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Fobazi is currently in the ICU and could use your support. Apologies to those I haven’t been able to reach out to yet. You can message me for more info and I will be posting updates to GoFundMe. Please share, send healing thoughts, prayers, etc. ❤️ -Elena
gofund.me/c8485b58
gofund.me/c8485b58
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How a public library's summer game took over a Michigan city
#AnnArbor #Michigan 📚
www.npr.org/2025/08/04/n...
#AnnArbor #Michigan 📚
www.npr.org/2025/08/04/n...
How a public library's summer game took over a Michigan city
Summer in Ann Arbor, Mich., means thousands of people hunting for hidden codes around the city and reading books to earn points. It's part of a popular game organized by the public library.
www.npr.org
August 6, 2025 at 1:27 PM
How a public library's summer game took over a Michigan city
#AnnArbor #Michigan 📚
www.npr.org/2025/08/04/n...
#AnnArbor #Michigan 📚
www.npr.org/2025/08/04/n...
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1960s pop star Connie Francis has died. The first female singer to chart a number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100, she sold over 40 million records before the age of 25.
1960s pop star Connie Francis has died. The singer's life was touched by tragedies
1960s pop star Connie Francis has died. The first female singer to chart a number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100, she sold over 40 million records before the age of 25.
n.pr
July 17, 2025 at 1:16 PM
1960s pop star Connie Francis has died. The first female singer to chart a number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100, she sold over 40 million records before the age of 25.
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BTW you can listen to Shirley herself read the story. Details herein:
June 27, 2025 at 12:47 PM
BTW you can listen to Shirley herself read the story. Details herein:
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From Cracked.com:
"Spotted an incredible video on YouTube? It might be a scrape.
Scrapes are pieces of existing videos that are re-uploaded, often with fraudulent claims. Amnesty International has created a tool for detecting such videos..."
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#TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibraries #InfoLit
"Spotted an incredible video on YouTube? It might be a scrape.
Scrapes are pieces of existing videos that are re-uploaded, often with fraudulent claims. Amnesty International has created a tool for detecting such videos..."
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#TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibraries #InfoLit
June 20, 2025 at 12:04 AM
From Cracked.com:
"Spotted an incredible video on YouTube? It might be a scrape.
Scrapes are pieces of existing videos that are re-uploaded, often with fraudulent claims. Amnesty International has created a tool for detecting such videos..."
1/
#TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibraries #InfoLit
"Spotted an incredible video on YouTube? It might be a scrape.
Scrapes are pieces of existing videos that are re-uploaded, often with fraudulent claims. Amnesty International has created a tool for detecting such videos..."
1/
#TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibraries #InfoLit
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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📚There's a few weeks left to enter your picture book manuscript to our New Voices Award writing contest (deadline 6/30/25)! We're looking for unpublished authors of color or Indigenous/Native writers hoping to break into the publishing industry for the first time!
💻Learn more: bit.ly/EnterNewVoices
💻Learn more: bit.ly/EnterNewVoices
June 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
📚There's a few weeks left to enter your picture book manuscript to our New Voices Award writing contest (deadline 6/30/25)! We're looking for unpublished authors of color or Indigenous/Native writers hoping to break into the publishing industry for the first time!
💻Learn more: bit.ly/EnterNewVoices
💻Learn more: bit.ly/EnterNewVoices
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A wearable navigation assistance system helps blind and partially sighted people navigate through complex environments. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/visual-ass...
Visual assistance system helps blind people navigate – Physics World
A wearable navigation assistance system combines visual, audio and haptic senses to assist visually impaired people with daily life tasks
physicsworld.com
May 21, 2025 at 9:57 AM
A wearable navigation assistance system helps blind and partially sighted people navigate through complex environments. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/visual-ass...