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Shaping Youth: Freecycling Kids Books Throughout December

December 4, 2010 by Amy Jussel 9 Comments

Dec. 4, 2010 Black Friday? Cyber Monday? Bah. Other than maybe beach towel joke gifts (silly kilt wraps, hula skirts for our wakeboarding tribe) they didn’t get much outta me this round, as I continue to purge more than splurge. So to continue this “simplify life” theme to FREECYCLE and gift myself some joy this season, I’m passing along a bounty of kids books to you, FREE … [Read more...]

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Socially Responsible Picture Books: Dream Village Part 2

March 23, 2010 by Amy Jussel 5 Comments

Mar. 23, 2010 Today I was honored to be the guest speaker at SFSU Professor Betsy Blosser’s Media & Social Change class, and brought a gazillion examples of cool work being done in the digital sphere ranging from Beth Kanter’s social media fundraising for Cambodian orphans to our own collaborative global effort with The Age of Conversation co-authors to benefit Variety the … [Read more...]

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26 Apr

Finally, some good news about #BookBans resulting in increased efforts for more diversity in #kidlit! Huge thanks to @LEEandLOW @ALALibrary and other folks like @reachandteach @transformworld that tirelessly advocate for children's #edu 📚

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23 Apr

Librarians, are you preparing the people in your community to recognize & resist the many forms of #Election2024 propaganda they will encounter, including deepfakes, AI chatbots, and more? https://www.ala.org/tools/sites/ala.org.tools/files/content/Media-Lit_Arch_Prog-Guide.pdf

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Avatar Faith Rogow @insightersed ·

12 Nov

The guide to #MediaLiteracy you've been waiting for: http://bit.ly/3FXv3XQ Centers librarians, IDs anchor skills & provides a developmental progression, describes components of inquiry-based, student-centered pedagogy, integrates media lit into existing core subject areas.

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10 Apr

Bout time #medialiteracy takes prominence with a strong resurgence again… Promising development🤞#misinformation #FactsMatter

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