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18
Mar
Blog / Posted by Tasha White
To better explain where I am now in my Twitter journey, I feel the need to start with where my Twitter experience first began. The next section of this blog is an excerpt from my first Twitter post after learning some of the basics through the Summer Institute of Digital Literacy run by URI.
This brings me to the idea of digital authorship and how I now perceive myself as a digital author. I am an occasional Facebook poster and extremely new to Twitter. Since taking this course, I am now...
03
Mar
Blog / Posted by Kristen Mitchell
As a Media Specialist, I spend a lot of time planning lessons for my fifth graders about Digital Literacy and Citizenship. When I saw that Lynette Owens, Founder and Global Director of Internet Safety for Kids and Families, would be facilitating a workshop, I eagerly signed up. I was surprised to learn that Lynette works for Trend Micro, an IT Company whose goal is to promote a vision of making a world safe for the exchange of digital information. They company has a division devoted to...
02
Mar
Blog / Posted by Mary Moen
“Archive the Wisdom of Generations.” How can any librarian not be attracted to StoryCorps’ tagline? A great group of school and public librarians were intrigued enough to find out more about oral histories and podcasting at the Media Smart Libraries workshop held at Rochambeau Library in Providence on February 8th.
A team of oral history experts delivered an informational and motivating experience. Leah Lubman, the manager at the Washington Park branch of the Providence Community Libraries,...
28
Feb
Blog / Posted by Kristen Mitchell
As a Media Specialist, I spend a lot of time planning lessons for my fifth graders about Digital Literacy and Citizenship. When I saw that Lynette Owens, Founder and Global Director of Internet Safety for Kids and Families, would be facilitating a workshop, I eagerly signed up. I was surprised to learn that Lynette works for Trend Micro, an IT Company whose goal is to promote a vision of making a world safe for the exchange of digital information...
14
Feb
Blog / Posted by Sam Simas
The 2017 Providence Children’s Film Festival is taking place February 17th-26th, and there is an incredible line up of independent and international children’s films! To get a taste of what this year’s festival will feature, please view the 2017...
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