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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#005654"><a href="https://www.webjunction.org/news/webjunction/partner-with-public-library.html"><span style="color:#005654">I Partner
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#006666"><a href="https://hangingtogether.org/advancing-ideas-inclusion-diversity-equity-accessibility-10-june-2024/"><span style="color:#006666">Advancing
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Storytelling is a vital strategy for communicating impact and justifying future investments. Powerful and effective stories allow us to create
a roadmap that weaves together information and emotion. This webinar will provide an orientation to storytelling that centers cultural humility while leveraging storytelling dynamics, including how to practice and refine an impactful story with a live audience.
Participants will learn the techniques of story construction based on three classic narrative structures, with roots in folklore and
<a name="_Int_ObGcOX26"></a>narratology, and explore examples of data stories told by and about libraries. This is an opportunity to build confidence in the ability to recognize and craft a meaningful and memorable story.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">From falling for cheap fakes to trusting the credibility of AI-generated references, we can all be vulnerable to online misinformation. In
this webinar, learn about several research-based strategies that can supplement and expand on your existing information literacy approaches with patrons. Researchers from the University of Washington’s
<span style="color:#006666"><a href="https://www.cip.uw.edu/"><span style="color:#006666">Center for an Informed Public</span></a></span> (CIP) will unpack how online information environments influence what we see and<b>
</b>believe online. Come explore opportunities to increase capacity for public library staff and community members to address and navigate problematic information.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">This webinar will introduce you to
<span style="color:#006666"><a href="https://www.wgbh.org/foundation/gbh-education/early-learning/work-it-out-your-library"><i><span style="color:#006666">Work It Out @ Your Library!</span></i></a></span> a new program for families in your community, built
around <span style="color:#006666"><a href="https://pbskids.org/wombats"><i><span style="color:#006666">Work it Out Wombats!,</span></i></a></span> a national PBS KIDS television series for 4- to 6-year-olds. Through hands-on activities, library storytime
sessions, animated videos, and a family app, this flexible program helps library staff guide families through the exploration of computational thinking. Computational thinking is a creative way of solving problems in more organized ways. When children make
believe they're running a restaurant, they explore <i>sequencing</i> by figuring out the steps for serving a customer a meal. When they play with blocks to make a castle, they can practice the
<i>design</i> process by creating, testing, and improving the structure. Library staff are uniquely suited to promote this learning with their library families. The webinar will cover why computational thinking skills are important for young children, how the
free resources have been used to run fun and engaging programs in libraries, and how you can, too.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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