Jean Darnell: Awaken Librarian

Hey Y'all! I returned home to attend SXSWEdu as a conference speaker. My session was titled: Teaching the Headlines: When World News Strikes, in conjunction with the Council of Foreign Relations , the Financial Times and PBS Newshour Classroom ! Thanks to @cfreducation.bsky.social for creating this #SXSWEdu panel! We're excited @vicpasquantonio.bsky.social will get to join Charlies Hopkins, @awakenlibrarian.bsky.social & Andrew Jack💫 Teaching the Headlines When World News Strikes 🌎🗞️ Wed., March 5 11:30 AM-12:30 PM Room 9AB #SXSW #SXSW2025 [image or embed] — PBS News Classroom ( @pbsnewsclassroom.bsky.social ) March 3, 2025 at 1:44 PM Here's my FABULOUS PANEL: But more importantly, if you didn't get a chance to attend our session, then here's the LIVE RECORDING of our session! To my beloved panel of esteemed colleagues, THANK YOU for choosing me to serve as your AI educator expert and librarian. To SXSWEdu , THANK YOU for giving...

So in tribute to T exas Library Association's Snap-Shot Day 2015 , I created a "Library of Gloom" video for Halloween: AND, to be more professional, I've show-cased what I do during my conference period: RUN THE MORNING BROADCAST! I've embraced the role of Broadcast Media Team (BMT) Leader in efforts to better promote library initiatives and coach the students that truly want to go into the field. We have a team of 4th graders (Tuesday/Thursday) and 5th graders (Monday, Wednesday & Friday). We're teaching them skills like how to angle the camera, switching viewing inputs from PC to camera to out in the classrooms, and of course, the major skill-set: SPEAKING ON LIVE TV ! My district has an excellent layout for creating a broadcast team. Check out these helpful tips ! The students enjoy it so much so that they argue, rationally , over who gets to anchor the broadcast and why. I love their constructive criticism and feedback! I call them my ...