Jean Darnell: Awaken Librarian!

If you attended our Texas Library Association's Decloaking Wakanda: Creating Space for BIPOC Nerds, then here's our collaboration Wakelet for creating "comic themed ideas" in your library. This QR code will take you to the Wakelet to add your information. And because I'm an AI nerd, please take a look at this Microsoft Image Generator in the style of Black Panther's Wakanda! Here are my beloved results: OR...do you perfer me as Black Panther in Charlie Brown style??😂 Regardless, here's a free bookmark! Decloaking Wakanda Bkmark by Jean Darnell We began with a "Wakanda Forever" salute, and we must end with a new addtion: #TXLA24 Wakanda Forever Salute!!! WAKANDA FOREVER!!! via GIPHY P.S. Please give my son some love because he etched out this picture of Black Panther (still in progress) for art class and I think he's doing a fine job! 🥰

Hey Y'all, We made it to April! I promise that this newsletter is less ADVOCACY and more light-hearted fun compared to last year's newsletter . The content is still relevant, so please take a look. I've had a busy year advocating for libraries as the 2023-24 Intellectual Freedom Chairperson. Plus, I've invested in myself this year, regarding teaching other educators how to EMBRACE and ELICIT some of the traits of Artificial Intelligence (AI) . I'll be presenting at the end of the month in Ontario, CA about the wonders of AI and how educators can use it to an advantage in their classrooms. In doing my research, I found these statistics alarming: This data tells me that I have A LOT of work to do in order to bring folks into the "Age of AI Enlightenment!" Stay tuned...😅 Until then, please enjoy this newletter below, click here , if you prefer the PDF. April 2024 School Librarian by Jean Darnell P.S. I just recently learned this AI D...