Marilyn Carr
@msmecarr.bsky.social
Teacher Librarian in a K-7 school in Surrey, BC Canada.
Love reading, hockey, crafts, and being by the water.
Love reading, hockey, crafts, and being by the water.
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I know that some of you were looking for my FREE PD over the summer. Just Read It by Jarred Amato is on there among 7 others.
Link to Sign Up #TLSky #EduSky #Skybrarians #BookStudy #Education
Link to Sign Up #TLSky #EduSky #Skybrarians #BookStudy #Education
June 16, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I know that some of you were looking for my FREE PD over the summer. Just Read It by Jarred Amato is on there among 7 others.
Link to Sign Up #TLSky #EduSky #Skybrarians #BookStudy #Education
Link to Sign Up #TLSky #EduSky #Skybrarians #BookStudy #Education
This should be a global event because it’s impacting almost every country in the world!
May 6, 2025 at 6:12 AM
This should be a global event because it’s impacting almost every country in the world!
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Our weekly big list of kid lit links is up (May 2): www.kidlit411.com/2025/05/the-... Inside: New Query Trends, Midpoint Slump, Power of Punctuation in Poetry @inkedvoices.bsky.social. Thanks @anetacruz.bsky.social for the illo & Scholastic and @kariallenwrites.bsky.social for the PB giveaways.
The Weekly 411 (5/2/25)
A one-stop place for all your kid lit information needs.
www.kidlit411.com
May 2, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Our weekly big list of kid lit links is up (May 2): www.kidlit411.com/2025/05/the-... Inside: New Query Trends, Midpoint Slump, Power of Punctuation in Poetry @inkedvoices.bsky.social. Thanks @anetacruz.bsky.social for the illo & Scholastic and @kariallenwrites.bsky.social for the PB giveaways.
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I've been working on coding a custom AI APP for teacher tools like "make a lesson plan" and "Write a parent letter", etc... using Google Gemini API
I recorded a demonstration of using Gemini to make the "Educator AI Assistant" app
buff.ly/QII91C5
#GoogleEDU #EduSky #GoogleGemini
I recorded a demonstration of using Gemini to make the "Educator AI Assistant" app
buff.ly/QII91C5
#GoogleEDU #EduSky #GoogleGemini
Make Your OWN Custom AI Teacher Tool with Google Gemini
Need an AI lesson builder? AI rubric creator? Just an AI partner? There are a lot of AI teacher tools out there... but did you know you can BUILD YOUR OWN us...
youtu.be
May 2, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I've been working on coding a custom AI APP for teacher tools like "make a lesson plan" and "Write a parent letter", etc... using Google Gemini API
I recorded a demonstration of using Gemini to make the "Educator AI Assistant" app
buff.ly/QII91C5
#GoogleEDU #EduSky #GoogleGemini
I recorded a demonstration of using Gemini to make the "Educator AI Assistant" app
buff.ly/QII91C5
#GoogleEDU #EduSky #GoogleGemini
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“Cost of paper has gone up an average of 6% each year for the past 5 years. The budget hasn't gone up. Paper is symptomatic of an absolutely deep problem, which is how little attention is paid to what children actually need.”
@lizannefoster.bsky.social on @vancolour.bsky.social
#BCTF #BCED #BCPoli
@lizannefoster.bsky.social on @vancolour.bsky.social
#BCTF #BCED #BCPoli
April 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM
“Cost of paper has gone up an average of 6% each year for the past 5 years. The budget hasn't gone up. Paper is symptomatic of an absolutely deep problem, which is how little attention is paid to what children actually need.”
@lizannefoster.bsky.social on @vancolour.bsky.social
#BCTF #BCED #BCPoli
@lizannefoster.bsky.social on @vancolour.bsky.social
#BCTF #BCED #BCPoli
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I have been saying this when I call my reps to yell at them. Now I can say "As Justice Sotomayor says..."
Call your reps and demand they call for the release of Mahmoud Khalil and all of the other detained students as well as the folks sent to the concentration camp in El Salvador.
reps.fyi
Call your reps and demand they call for the release of Mahmoud Khalil and all of the other detained students as well as the folks sent to the concentration camp in El Salvador.
reps.fyi
Sotomayor: "The implication of the Government’s position is that not only noncitizens but also United States citizens could be taken off the streets, forced onto planes, and confined to foreign prisons with no opportunity for redress if judicial review is denied unlawfully before removal"
#BREAKING: 5-4 Court, with Barrett joining the three Dem. appointees in dissent *vacates* Chief Judge Boasberg’s temporary restraining orders in the Alien Enemy Act cases. Judicial review must be available, Court holds, but has to come through habeas petitions:
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
April 7, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I have been saying this when I call my reps to yell at them. Now I can say "As Justice Sotomayor says..."
Call your reps and demand they call for the release of Mahmoud Khalil and all of the other detained students as well as the folks sent to the concentration camp in El Salvador.
reps.fyi
Call your reps and demand they call for the release of Mahmoud Khalil and all of the other detained students as well as the folks sent to the concentration camp in El Salvador.
reps.fyi
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NEW: ALA is going to court to stop the President’s attempts to illegally dismantle the Institute of Museum & Library Services.
The President does not have the authority to destroy a federal agency. That's why we're taking action with our co-plaintiff @afscme.bsky.social. #ForOurLibraries (1/3)
The President does not have the authority to destroy a federal agency. That's why we're taking action with our co-plaintiff @afscme.bsky.social. #ForOurLibraries (1/3)
April 8, 2025 at 1:57 AM
NEW: ALA is going to court to stop the President’s attempts to illegally dismantle the Institute of Museum & Library Services.
The President does not have the authority to destroy a federal agency. That's why we're taking action with our co-plaintiff @afscme.bsky.social. #ForOurLibraries (1/3)
The President does not have the authority to destroy a federal agency. That's why we're taking action with our co-plaintiff @afscme.bsky.social. #ForOurLibraries (1/3)
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When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public
March 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public
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Teaching w CDN books
🇨🇦 I partnered w TEACH magazine to create a lesson centering refugee voices. My good friend, H.P. Fraser, generously shared her ideas. Please read her book,The Little Girl, and find inspo for engagement w Ss in the lesson❤️#sd38learn
teachmag.com/lessons/teachi…
🇨🇦 I partnered w TEACH magazine to create a lesson centering refugee voices. My good friend, H.P. Fraser, generously shared her ideas. Please read her book,The Little Girl, and find inspo for engagement w Ss in the lesson❤️#sd38learn
teachmag.com/lessons/teachi…
https://teachmag.com/lessons/teachi…
March 18, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Teaching w CDN books
🇨🇦 I partnered w TEACH magazine to create a lesson centering refugee voices. My good friend, H.P. Fraser, generously shared her ideas. Please read her book,The Little Girl, and find inspo for engagement w Ss in the lesson❤️#sd38learn
teachmag.com/lessons/teachi…
🇨🇦 I partnered w TEACH magazine to create a lesson centering refugee voices. My good friend, H.P. Fraser, generously shared her ideas. Please read her book,The Little Girl, and find inspo for engagement w Ss in the lesson❤️#sd38learn
teachmag.com/lessons/teachi…
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#ContestAlert 🎉
We're giving away a huge selection of #Canadian books featured in our latest Teaching Through Books series!
📌Like, follow & repost to enter
📌Contest ends March 31, 11:59 EDT
Explore our free teaching resource here: bit.ly/4kO3MKq #CanLit #Giveaway #K12
We're giving away a huge selection of #Canadian books featured in our latest Teaching Through Books series!
📌Like, follow & repost to enter
📌Contest ends March 31, 11:59 EDT
Explore our free teaching resource here: bit.ly/4kO3MKq #CanLit #Giveaway #K12
March 19, 2025 at 8:46 PM
#ContestAlert 🎉
We're giving away a huge selection of #Canadian books featured in our latest Teaching Through Books series!
📌Like, follow & repost to enter
📌Contest ends March 31, 11:59 EDT
Explore our free teaching resource here: bit.ly/4kO3MKq #CanLit #Giveaway #K12
We're giving away a huge selection of #Canadian books featured in our latest Teaching Through Books series!
📌Like, follow & repost to enter
📌Contest ends March 31, 11:59 EDT
Explore our free teaching resource here: bit.ly/4kO3MKq #CanLit #Giveaway #K12
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Creating fun stick friends for Louise and Milo with Grade 2’s in celebration of #ForestofReading Blue Spruce nominee #AnooshaSyed! #schoollibraryjoy #edusky
March 6, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Creating fun stick friends for Louise and Milo with Grade 2’s in celebration of #ForestofReading Blue Spruce nominee #AnooshaSyed! #schoollibraryjoy #edusky
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Want to Improve Schools? Education Assistants Have Ideas via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/03...
Want to Improve Schools? Education Assistants Have Ideas | The Tyee
The Tyee interviewed three EAs about bettering students’ learning conditions.
thetyee.ca
March 7, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Want to Improve Schools? Education Assistants Have Ideas via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/03...
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Yes
March 1, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Yes
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Spreadsheets aren’t scary! Start young! 📊✨ Even kindergarteners can use Google Sheets for simple budgeting and tracking.
Give kids tech AND money skills they’ll use!
👉 �‘‰ Read More Here: buff.ly/3F1iEEL
<a href="/hashtag/GoogleSheets" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#GoogleSheets #FinancialEd
February 28, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Spreadsheets aren’t scary! Start young! 📊✨ Even kindergarteners can use Google Sheets for simple budgeting and tracking.
Give kids tech AND money skills they’ll use!
👉 �‘‰ Read More Here: buff.ly/3F1iEEL
<a href="/hashtag/GoogleSheets" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#GoogleSheets #FinancialEd
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One reason why I think respectability is stupid is because it's often used as a mask. Such judgements are rarely about the clothes themselves, but more often about the bodies beneath them. To wit, no one raised an issue when Elon wore a graphic t-shirt and ball cap to meet the Trump cabinet.
March 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM
One reason why I think respectability is stupid is because it's often used as a mask. Such judgements are rarely about the clothes themselves, but more often about the bodies beneath them. To wit, no one raised an issue when Elon wore a graphic t-shirt and ball cap to meet the Trump cabinet.
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"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."
February 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."
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Helping Students Become Authors Is Easier Than You Think
Check out the #BeAnAuthor competition, get your students involved!
buff.ly/4bruMLG
@bookcreator.com #EduSky
Check out the #BeAnAuthor competition, get your students involved!
buff.ly/4bruMLG
@bookcreator.com #EduSky
Helping Students Become Authors Is Easier Than You Think
It's easy to have your students be authors! Have them write a personal narrative using Book Creator and share it out!
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February 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Helping Students Become Authors Is Easier Than You Think
Check out the #BeAnAuthor competition, get your students involved!
buff.ly/4bruMLG
@bookcreator.com #EduSky
Check out the #BeAnAuthor competition, get your students involved!
buff.ly/4bruMLG
@bookcreator.com #EduSky
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Could not agree more. The Prez & VP are shameful, embarrassing Putin puppets & a disgrace to our country. 🤮
#SlavaUkraine 🇺🇦
#SlavaUkraine 🇺🇦
February 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Could not agree more. The Prez & VP are shameful, embarrassing Putin puppets & a disgrace to our country. 🤮
#SlavaUkraine 🇺🇦
#SlavaUkraine 🇺🇦
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This is a great resource for the lost art of book repair! Challenge: could this Master successfully repair a Branches “Super Rabbit Boy” book? 😂🤦♀️ #BCTLA #sd36tl
#TLSkyChat A5. I found this book repair presentation (with no attribution listed!) that contains A TON of awesome book repair resources -- including how to videos AND a supply list!
Book Repair Videos
Book Repair Guide Your how-to guide on basic book mending to make those purchases last a little longer!
docs.google.com
January 23, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Years ago, I built up a cart full of a collection of funky junk #LooseParts for some #StoryStudio #PlayLearning.
Gist:
Give kids building prompt tied to curricular learning; they make a scene; then, do either/both oral/written reflection/story/pres about what they’ve created to show knowledge.
1/2⬇️
Gist:
Give kids building prompt tied to curricular learning; they make a scene; then, do either/both oral/written reflection/story/pres about what they’ve created to show knowledge.
1/2⬇️
January 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Years ago, I built up a cart full of a collection of funky junk #LooseParts for some #StoryStudio #PlayLearning.
Gist:
Give kids building prompt tied to curricular learning; they make a scene; then, do either/both oral/written reflection/story/pres about what they’ve created to show knowledge.
1/2⬇️
Gist:
Give kids building prompt tied to curricular learning; they make a scene; then, do either/both oral/written reflection/story/pres about what they’ve created to show knowledge.
1/2⬇️
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A report on our press conference
www.mapleridgenews.com/news/bc-need...
www.mapleridgenews.com/news/bc-need...
B.C. needs to step up with education funding: Surrey unions, DPAC
Overcrowding, under-staffing and more make up issues in Surrey school district
www.mapleridgenews.com
January 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
A report on our press conference
www.mapleridgenews.com/news/bc-need...
www.mapleridgenews.com/news/bc-need...
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As a Cdn watching things unfold below the border lately (& fearing the same elements rising here), I don’t have much to offer (untyped so many things) except a sense of solidarity, empathy and commitment to resistance in all the ways that we librarians can do to show support for communities at risk.
January 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM
As a Cdn watching things unfold below the border lately (& fearing the same elements rising here), I don’t have much to offer (untyped so many things) except a sense of solidarity, empathy and commitment to resistance in all the ways that we librarians can do to show support for communities at risk.
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Hi, I'm Debbie Ridpath Ohi, author & illustrator, gamer, bibliophile. I Want To Read ALL The Books.
#BlueSkyTips links:
UNOFFICIAL GUIDE TO BLUESKY - Quickstart Guide - Curation Tips - KidLit Community - KidLit Mega Feed - Board Gaming
Uplift
💙🦋 Questions? Try SEARCH in my Unofficial Guide!
#BlueSkyTips links:
UNOFFICIAL GUIDE TO BLUESKY - Quickstart Guide - Curation Tips - KidLit Community - KidLit Mega Feed - Board Gaming
Uplift
💙🦋 Questions? Try SEARCH in my Unofficial Guide!
January 22, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Hi, I'm Debbie Ridpath Ohi, author & illustrator, gamer, bibliophile. I Want To Read ALL The Books.
#BlueSkyTips links:
UNOFFICIAL GUIDE TO BLUESKY - Quickstart Guide - Curation Tips - KidLit Community - KidLit Mega Feed - Board Gaming
Uplift
💙🦋 Questions? Try SEARCH in my Unofficial Guide!
#BlueSkyTips links:
UNOFFICIAL GUIDE TO BLUESKY - Quickstart Guide - Curation Tips - KidLit Community - KidLit Mega Feed - Board Gaming
Uplift
💙🦋 Questions? Try SEARCH in my Unofficial Guide!