Category Archives: Conferences

The 4T Virtual Conference Has Sunsetted!

Posted on July 15, 2016 by Kristin Fontichiaro
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4T Data Literacy Conference Coming July 14-15: free and online!

Posted on July 5, 2016 by Kristin Fontichiaro
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Free maker learning conferences in Ann Arbor 3/28 OR 4/18&25

Posted on March 8, 2015 by Kristin Fontichiaro

Howdy! Please help us spread the word! Thanks to funding from the U-M Third Century Initiative and the UMSI Founders Fund, Michigan Makers is hosting two free Making Maker Learners conferences for those who work with K-8 students in formal or informal … Continue reading →

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Favorite Quote from SLJ Summit

Posted on October 26, 2014 by Kristin Fontichiaro

Jole Seroff and Tasha Bergson-Michelson gave a talk on research strategies that was a breath of fresh air. They used as their premise the idea of tacit knowledge: how we go about early stages of research ourselves and how we … Continue reading →

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Longwood Summer Literacy Institute

Posted on July 18, 2013 by Kristin Fontichiaro

I am delighted to be speaking this morning at the Longwood Summer Literacy Institute at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia. What a beautiful campus and town! It’s not every day you get to sleep a room with furniture once used … Continue reading →

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UMSI’s Quasi-Con featured at OpenSource.com

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Kristin Fontichiaro

Congratulations to Victoria Lungu, Sharona Ginsberg, Shauna Masura, and Kelly Davenport, who have published a post at OpenSource.com. The team created digital badging for Quasi-Con 2013, a student-run unconference held at the University of Michigan School of Information. From the … Continue reading →

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Ohio, Here We Come!

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Kristin Fontichiaro

  Are you going to the OELMA conference October 17-19? So are the Michigan Makers, our band of experimenters here at the UM School of Information. At the request of Susan Yutzey, we’re going to try an experiment: badging your … Continue reading →

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UMSI Students Featured on Hack Library School

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Kristin Fontichiaro

I love my job. How could you not when I teach awesome folks like these, who put on their own unconference and then collaboratively write about it? You can find most of them in this book as well. Thanks for … Continue reading →

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Proposals Now Open for the 4T Virtual Conference!

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Kristin Fontichiaro

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