Category Archives: Presentations

Making & Play Talk for AACME

Thanks to the AACME organizers for inviting me to be on their mini-talk roster today! You can find the slide deck here.

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STEAMers Think Tank, Rochester Hills Public Library

Thanks to the Rochester Hills (MI) Public Library for hosting today’s STEAMers Think Tank Unconference Missed dose : Take this drug when needed but viagra 100 mg not more than one tablet a day. Intake of herbal male enhancement supplements … Continue reading

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Presentation at Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis’s Beyond the Numbers Conference

Hello! It’s been a while! Team member Wendy Stephens and I are presenting about our project at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis’s Beyond the Numbers Conference, an economic data conference for librarians, today. Polyps: Benign growths in the … Continue reading

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North Texas Expo – Design Thinking

I’m happy to be back in Texas today for the North Texas Library Expo to talk about design thinking in our libraries both in our makerspaces and as a way of attuning ourselves to our building and designing responsive instruction, … Continue reading

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Makerspaces presentation for Liz Kolb’s Teaching and Learning with Technology Class

Thanks to Liz Kolb for inviting me to speak to her Teaching and Learning with Technology course to talk about the maker movement. It’s always great to have an excuse to hang around with her. You can find slides from … Continue reading

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Library 2.017 Presentation: Four Out of Five Dentists Say Coca-Cola Cures Cancer!: Data Literacy Strategies to Help Patrons Identify Fake – or Just Bad – Information

Hello! Thanks to Steve Hargadon for encouraging me to participate in today’s Library 2.017 conference on digital literacy and fake news with a short presentation on data literacy strategies. My slide deck is here, and you can view the archived … Continue reading

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SLJ Story About Upcoming Workshops

I was delighted to be featured in this online School Library Journal story on SLJ’s upcoming online maker workshop series. News today: it will also run in January’s print issue! Here’s an excerpt: Kristin Fontichiaro adds that librarians should consider what’s best for … Continue reading

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ESC 20

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Slides from STL in STL

Hello from St. Louis! It was an honor to be here  at the STL in STL conference to talk about my two ongoing projects. Here are the slide decks: Building K-8 Maker Culture Data Visualization for High Schoolers (slide deck … Continue reading

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Making Maker Learners: Ann Arbor

Wow, was it a luxury to get to be in our own building today for Making Maker Learning in Ann Arbor. Thanks to everyone who came out despite the cold weather and lunchtime hail! You can find photos here. Around … Continue reading

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