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Sep
News / Posted by Susan Rose
Create and Collaborate with Code
24 September 2016.
Providence, RI.
Presenters: Arnell & Mathias Millhouse
One of the most engaging and motivating professional development activities that I have attended this year was co-presented by a thirteen year old.
To be fair, Mathias isn’t an ordinary thirteen year old. His father, Arnell Milhouse, is the founder and executive director of Intracity Geeks, an organization...
03
Sep
News / Posted by Alyssa Taft
This week we welcome Sam Simas to the Media Smart Libraries program team. Unfamiliar with Sam? Don't be:
Sam Simas [Sam Sigh-mus] n., 1 - A current graduate student in the GSLIS, pursuing his MLIS and MA in English. 2 - Helps the program team (see also: Dr. Valerie Karno, Dr. Lauren Mandel, Dr. Mary Moen & Alyssa Taft) design web content, plan events, and advocate for libraries. 3 - A native Rhode Islander who has never visited Block Island. 4 - Lifelong learner and lover of literature,...
03
Sep
Blog / Posted by Sam Simas
August 11, 2016. East Bay Educational Collaborative, Warren, RI. Library professionals participating in the RILINK summer conference dove into coding with Jennifer Robinson, from FabNewport, who is also a school librarian at Thompson Middle School in Newport. Robinson presented on Scratch Coding (her presentation is linked below), a browser-based coding tool, developed by MIT, which is widely used as a foray into coding for all ages. Her zeal and model teaching techniques coaxed a hesitant...
29
Jul
News / Posted by Alyssa Taft
July 24-29, 2016. Providence, RI. The Summer Institute in Digital Literacy hosted over 150 participants at the University of Rhode Island’s Providence Campus for Continuing Education for a week of learning, creating, collaborating, and camaraderie. Media Smart Libraries cohort members who completed the digital badge program, were funded by the grant to attend. These library leaders included James Barrett, Kristin Almeida, David Fontaine, Lee-Ann Galli, Carrie Kelly, Karen McHenry, Marianne...
05
Jul
Blog / Posted by Alyssa Taft
May 25, 2016. Warwick, RI. Media Smart Libraries was excited to share our progress on the digital badge program with the Rhode Island Library Association at their Annual Conference. The poster session was a chance for us to connect with Rhode Island librarians, share the progress of our grant, forge partnerships, and encourage new workshop attendees. Our poster is included below and highlights the amazing work that our cohort members have done over the last year.
To view a more detailed pdf: ...
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