The Daring Librarian

I've been blogging about my favourite Social Media outlet Twitter for over five years now. From Twitter: The Art of the Follow , header and background design tips with Are You Ready for a New Twitter? to What's YOUR Twitter Formula? I figured it was time to try and put a lot of these tips into one package. This is a new presentation that I'm still fine-tuning, but I thought I would share it to get some feedback. Below are a few slides to give you a taste, as well as the full embedded Slideshare . Your suggestions are very welcome - but please remember a lot of these tips are just my opinion or rather, enjoy this disclaimer ...       Here's the full presentation - Enjoy!  Tweet Like a Ninja from The Daring Librarian Experience I know it's a LOT of slides but I swear it all fits into a one hour presentation, really! But it's not as fun without me presenting it LIVE! You gotta belie...

Hello Alexa!  Back in November Amazon announced that it was taking pre-orders for the new Echo - by invitation only. Intrigued, ever geeky, & with a big discount offered as a Prime member - I jumped on it with my own money! (Just in case it was a flop!) It took months of waiting but finally, just a few weeks ago it came and we now have a new information tool in the library!  It's the Amazon Echo! Have you heard of it? The original commercial can't be found anywhere...the goofy family with the mom who had the best facial expressions. There are NSFW language parodies, but not the original one. Womp Womp. UPDATE! No Invitation Needed Now ! In stock July 14th Since I'm not going to have an assistant full time next year, (don't get me started!) I thought this could be a cool way to answer basic questions. Kids are delighted to discover Alexa, living in the Amazon Echo. Not only is it a fun way for kiddos to learn how to ask the right questions, to speak ...

The hot new Makerspace Movement is NOT new to Murray Hill Middle School. Eighteen years ago we designed and opened the school with the idea that we would have creation labs in the Media Center, GT room, and the TV studio. We started with video production, iMovie, Specular LogoMotion , Hyperstudio, and animation with Hollyood High kids. Here's an example of an EARLY (2003) video production called Bookfellas, featuring some Guy Ritchie-esque film direction techniques . These kids are now all grown up and we've kept evolving, too! --------We interrupt this blog post for an important announcement-------- -------------------- As of August 2018 the--------------------   Makerspace Starter Kit Has Been Updated We return you back now to our first and original Makerspace post ......Thank you! It's OK to Start Small! We recently expanded upon our Makerspace offerings thanks to being inspired by several of my librarian friends in our amazing...