Jean Darnell: Awaken Librarian!

Here's a slide presentation of the same information with active "Open" link tabs that take you to a detailed explanation and sample of ChatGPT's work. It will explain exactly how you can use ChatGPT to expand literacy initiatives. Now for THE GOOD STUFF!!! Hot off the press and in collaboration with THE Matt Miller from Ditch that Textbook , here's a wonderful video that discusses my interaction with ChatGPT by Open AI: For the full lesson post directly from Ditch That Textbook, all you have to do is click here . AI for Literacy by Jean Darnell

I'm excited to share what's going on this month in the library. Yes, the newsletter below is a "call to action," but even more importantly, it's time to love your librarian! If People Magazine can celebrate our 2 AWESOME Texas Librarians (Yay, Carolyn and Becky!) making strides to keep students at the center of their book-choice selections for their own development and curiosities regarding their love of reading, then so can you! Meet all of the Texas Librarians you can this month at the Texas Library Association's Annual Conference in Austin , April 19-22, 2023. I'll be there interacting and uplifting as many of us as I can.💜 Within this newsletter you'll find all sorts of goodies from the wonders of AI (which I used to create this nifty, alter ego version of me ABOVE ☝🏾⏫☝🏾 ) to the actions you can take to speak-up about your LOVE for the library. Yes, it's a wee-bit long, but it's OUR LIBRARY MONTH, and everything is on the line in

Happy Women's Herstory (not HIStory) Month! I've often discussed the "glows-n-grows" of being a woman, therefore, I will keep my thoughts brief. Every woman walking this earth, lived inside her grandmother, as women are born with all the eggs she'll ever release. Having said that, I ache that I never birthed a daughter to continue the tradition of holding my daughter/grand-daughter within my being to transfer any bit of extra love and support I could muster as a mother. Through miscarriages and unsurvivable births, I know the importance of the female body and the strength it takes to carry, birth and nourish life. Women and only women know that magnitude of humanity. Let us excel in equality, endurance and empathy. We're a profession of healers, nurturers and parents. Every bit of our essence is worth its weight in gold...and the world must reflect, uplift and value women. Period. Enjoy this month's newsletter and treat the women in your life to a

Quite honestly, if AI (Artificial Intelligence) proves to continue racism/prejudices/biases in favor of white supremacist ideology--as it presently demonstrates-- I DO NOT WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT. I will use my platform to discuss the inequities--as I presently do--in hopes that improvements are made to represent all perspectivities with authenticity and relevance as it pertains to AI's successes and continuances. Black people have always been scholars, scientists and sage counsel for the world. AI needs to reflect that conviction. Enslavement represents what was done to us, not our history. All of the present hoopla discusses all the "amazing things" AI can do: colleges are in uproar about AI writing papers , entrepreneurs test out the ease of creating business plans , etc. To test out my theory, I asked ChatGPT to write a paper on Black History for #BHM. My gut believed it would present a "whitewashed" version of Black History worst than Flo

Those students looking for the details on our Sneaker Magic Giveaway on February 28, 2023, see below: Here's the quiz to EARN your 10 raffle tickets entry: Loading… The winner of last month's Check-out Your Dreams Series: Langston's 80s Fashion Designer is....MARIAH, the marvelous!!! 🏆💃🏾👏🏾 The raffle was held 02/28/23 at 3pm as promised. We gave away 3 pairs of shoes. Here's one of our winners (2 opted not to have their pictures taken):

Have you heard about Story Jumper ? 🤯 If you haven't here's a quick, fun tutorial giving the details: I came across it a few days ago. The ease of use is what sold me. In less than 2 hrs, I crafted an imaginative method to announce my Black History Month Sneaker Showdown. There will be more details in my newsletter next month, but in the meantime, enjoy this short story ... Read this book made on StoryJumper Let me know if you see anyone familiar...