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Michael Stephens commented on the post, The Power of Questions, on the site 1 weeks ago
@maggierogers Absolutely!
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Michael Stephens commented on the post, Blogging! Stories!, on the site 1 weeks ago
@francesmorovat Thanks for that nice thought!
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Michael Stephens commented on the post, Reflection on New Models: What if some barriers were removed?, on the site 1 weeks ago
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Michael Stephens wrote a new post on the site INFO 287 – The Hyperlinked Library 1 weeks, 1 days ago
Dokk1 Library Overnight Readathon From Marie Østergård on Facebook: 54 kids, 9-12 year old and 4 adults on a 14 hour all night Readathon at Dokk1. They rocked the pl […]
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Michael Stephens wrote a new post on the site INFO 287 – The Hyperlinked Library 1 weeks, 1 days ago
Welcome to Module 12: Infinite Learning CYOA 2 For this module, we will explore how learning is changing and the ways new literacies are impacting how information is shared. This is another […]
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Michael Stephens wrote a new post on the site INFO 287 – The Hyperlinked Library 1 weeks, 1 days ago
Blogging! Stories! Hey all! I have been reading all your reflection blogging this weekend. Well done! I am knocked out by the high quality of your writing and media […]
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Thank you for your encouragement and positive attitude in our reflection blogging.
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@francesmorovat Thanks for that nice thought!
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Michael Stephens commented on the post, Reflection #5: Infinite Learning Modules, on the site 1 weeks, 1 days ago
@oliviaevans yes, to promoting creativity and fun in our library spaces. You summed this up well.
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Michael Stephens commented on the post, The Power of Questions, on the site 1 weeks, 1 days ago
@maggierogers oh, this is absolutely wonderful. I am going to save this because you pulled out such interesting questions from all of those references. Thanks for this. I also really like the picture of the bench.
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Michael Stephens commented on the post, Reflection on Hyperlinked Environments: Libraries can be anywhere, and should be everywhere, on the site 1 weeks, 1 days ago
@matilda this was such a fun and informative post. I’m going to hone in on a Fleetwood Mac reference that I actually made Friday at my talk in Illinois. What’s the Fleetwood Mac song that could represent how we want to be available for our public. “I want to be with you everywhere!” 🎶
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Michael Stephens commented on the post, Teenagers Get Messy in the Library: Not Your Mama's Home Ec Class, on the site 1 weeks, 1 days ago
@emmizo I am loving the quesadilla video! I cannot recall if I had encountered this before. So cool. Thanks for this post – I am all about culinary stuff in libraries.
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Michael Stephens posted a new activity comment 1 weeks, 1 days ago
@matilda SO COOL! I have been thinking about all three of these and will give them a try. I am currently binging “One Day” on Netflix. I am hooked. (Also, the Scotland scenes send me! 🏴)
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Michael Stephens commented on the post, From Book Warehouses to Storytelling Spaces, on the site 1 weeks, 1 days ago
@savannahpolizzi So good! and ✔✔✔ ❤️.
I so appreciate the picture you paint of the library as a story telling space in every possible way that that could take place: storytime, the human library, and anything else in between.
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Michael Stephens commented on the post, Blog reflection#4- The Power of Stories- Soccer Field Confessions, on the site 1 weeks, 1 days ago
@royaflin Thnak you for such an honest and thoughtful exploration of your story as a aprent and how it all relates to the big picture. The nbook you suggested sounds amazing and so useful for understanding others’ stories.
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Michael Stephens commented on the post, Hyperlinked Communities – Libraries as Spaces for Community and Democracy, on the site 1 weeks, 1 days ago
Quarry – The book sounds amazing. Will add to my reading list. Thanks for these thoughts!
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Michael Stephens commented on the post, Reflection #4: The Power of Stories, on the site 1 weeks, 1 days ago
@oliviaevans those are good memories from your reading that took place in the library. I agree, encouraging everyone to enjoy stories and to come together around stories can be so beneficial.
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Michael Stephens commented on the post, Reflection on New Models: What if some barriers were removed?, on the site 1 weeks, 1 days ago
@maggierogers both of your ideas are good ones. I think having one day a week when students could have lunch would be so interesting to try and it might be a very valuable experience to see if something like that could work more than one day a week. Please keep us informed if you try it.
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Michael Stephens commented on the post, Storytelling & Social Cohesion: How Libraries Can Make Voices Be Heard | Reflection Blogging: Week 10 – The Power of Stories, on the site 1 weeks, 2 days ago
This song resonates deeply with me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qrcd1SMD924
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Michael Stephens commented on the post, Storytelling & Social Cohesion: How Libraries Can Make Voices Be Heard | Reflection Blogging: Week 10 – The Power of Stories, on the site 1 weeks, 2 days ago
@gilbertmaryjoy OH! The recordings you shared are amazing. Thank you. On a personal note my family on both mom and dad side came from Eastern Kentucky and hearing the voices in your recordings reminded me so much of my family. That accent is just so special to me. My mom had 11 sisters and one brother and they all called their parents “mommy and…[Read more]
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Michael Stephens commented on the post, Sound & Skill-Building: How Libraries Embody “Creativity, Community, Innovation, and Entrepreneurialism” | Reflection Blogging: Week 8 – New Models, on the site 1 weeks, 2 days ago
@gilbertmaryjoy thank you for this reflection on the teen creation space at the San Jose Public Library. It is such a good example of how to do something like this so well. Smith’s TedTalk really resonated with me as well. I have been lucky to work with her at conferences before her retirement.
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Michael Stephens commented on the post, Reflection Blogging: The Power of Stories, on the site 1 weeks, 2 days ago
@laurele this is a wonderful story about your connections to Half Moon Bay. I did that exercise yesterday with the library staff in Illinois and was very interesting when we debriefed: Most of the people said they imagine themselves outside or in nature. Most that shared said they were alone as well. Interesting.
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I would have loved this as a kid. Kind of like experiencing the book “From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler” in the real world and a library instead of a museum.
@laurele, I LOVE that you brought up that reference!! I keep seeing it crop up in circulation at work but had never read it as a kid. It was, however, a beloved TV movie of mine filmed in the 70s, but they called it “The Hideaways.” Here it is on YouTube if you’re interested (really funny costumes, funky music and a cameo of Madeleine Kahn): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AC5JhVohSI
@lauraw They made a movie out of this? I had no idea!
@matilda, it’s a MUST watch!
I’m gonna find it!
Thanks so much for distracting me from my SJSU schoolwork! How did I also not know there was a TV movie of this classic book?? The music in the intro is enough to bring me straight back to my childhood.
@laurele A++ reference and I completely agree!
@michael This is a fantastic idea! Our local library sometimes does “teen lock-ins” at night where they play games and other organized activities and evidently have a lot of candy, but to my knowledge they’ve incorporated a read-a-thon component.
@matilda The lock in sounds like fun!
Wow, what fun it is to have a sleepover at a library. I love to play games, tell good stories, and read excellent books.
@francesmorovat Yay to stories and excellent books! 📚