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24
Oct
News / Posted by Alyssa Taft
October 15, 2016. Newport, RI. Media Smart Libraries showcased what local libraries are doing to promote Makerculture at the East Bay Mini Maker Faire located at FabNewport. The faire was open to the public and was a busy, bustling day attended by families, educators, community members, start-ups, and local business owners. Lee-Ann Galli demonstrated Stop Motion Animation and talked to participants about her making activities and programs held at the...
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24
Oct
News / Posted by Alyssa Taft
As our Media Smart Librarians cohort members finish the program, they are putting together their “wishlists” for a digital kit. Each librarian who finishes receives a $1,000 budget to purchase equipment for their library to help them implement digital and media literacy programming. Items have begun to arrive and we are so excited to see these digital kits making their way into the hands of librarians and their patrons. Lee-Ann Galli, Reference and Technology Librarian at Narragansett Public...
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24
Oct
News / Posted by Alyssa Taft
October 4, 2016. North Kingstown, RI. Media Smart Libraries hosted an IdeaFest at the North Kingstown Free Library where practicing librarians and library students could come to hear about the Media Smart Libraries grant and how Media Smart Librarians are implementing digital and media literacy programming in their libraries. The panel was moderated by Catherine Damiani, Emerging Technologies Librarian at the East Providence Public Library, and consisted of Kristin Almeida, School Librarian,...
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06
Oct
News / Posted by Mary Moen
Media Smart Libraries is pourd to share videos of our events ! We are pleased to be working with several talented film-makers: Kyle Sidlik, Alex DeCiccio, and Christian Renzi. They are recent University of Rhode Island Film graduates who are tasked with producing a series of videos documenting grant activities. The first video highlights best practices of a professional learning workshop on Stop Motion Animation. This video gives viewers a...
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05
Oct
News / Posted by Alyssa Taft
September 26, 2016. Warwick, Rhode Island. Media Smart Libraries was excited to partner with the Office of Library and Information Services for their annual Youth Services meeting. Youth librarians from both school and public libraries gathered at the Warwick Public Library for a day-long workshop with Media Literacy expert, Faith Rogow. The workshop covered a range of topics pertaining to Media Literacy, from setting goals, to asking the right questions, to scaling the lessons and activities...