I had to stop and make a to-do list through the end of the year on my big office whiteboard for exactly this reason. So much was happening in October that I can’t slow down, but even getting a lot done felt like things were slipping.
The fact they jumped straight to AI actors modeled after women when, if I’m not mistaken, male actors are a higher labor cost kind of says it all doesn’t it,
Like… it's kind of right there, no?
Just went to a pretty interesting webinar about designing AI-resistant assignments for meaningful learning, but the instructor mentioned she uses AI for all her communication but doesn't disclose that to students. How can you do that while talking about students being transparent about AI usage?
It would be such a good episode.
Photo of a projector screen with a gif of Katie Marovitch at the head of a table in the Dimension 20 dome with text “say hi, my people!” And text on slide that tells students to “Say hello to your neighbors!”
Concluded Rebel Ready Week by hosting round 2 of my identity exploration with TTRPGs and safety tools workshop; students loved the Katie gif, and they were all so wonderful and lovely! And then a second escape room for a grand finale. I love getting to create spaces where nerds can find each other.
Today’s Rebel Ready Week day was a whirlwind of awesome students! Co-led a silly workshop about podcasts with some amazing colleagues, talked to students about how to incorporate their fandoms into research, and had a jam-packed workshop about using safety tools, identity exploration, and TTRPGs. 💚
A screen says Locked in the Library in neon; in front is a table with six envelopes, black lights, and a single locked box.
Amber, with short blue hair, smiles in front of a screen that says “Game Changer Libraries Edition!”
Photo of a classroom where students sit in an audience. At the front of the room is a table with three contestants, where an assistant sprinkles confetti over them.
Rebel Ready Week is one of my favorite weeks of the year. I get to do the kind of instruction and programming that brings me so much joy (largely bringing nerds together). Today was Locked in the Library, an escape room experience, and Game Changer: Libraries Edition, and it was so wonderful.
I'm putting a panel together for my class, LIS 581, to have a variety of library workers talk about instruction. I have academic 4yr and community college set, looking for a public, school, and/or special librarian to join us. Message me if interested!
It is me, giving a short presentation on a workshop I’m hosting for first-year students this month! At the best conference of the year; can’t wait to return to the Transformative Play Institute Seminar sometime!
youtu.be/o2H0FYzxeYA
Weeding is something that gardeners, your neighbors, and even librarians have in common. And we're not talking about crabgrass.
This week, we're talking books, getting rid of them, and what happened when one library had to downsize.
Full episode 👉 99percentinvisible.org/episode/weed...
A bookshelf in an academic library. The top four shelves are filled with TTRPGs. The bottom shelf is empty
The top two shelves of a bookshelf, filled with TTRPGs. The top shelf contains several books. The second shelf holds small plastic totes that contain player kits for small, indie TTRPGs.
The bottom half of a bookshelf. The top pictured shelf contains player kits that hold tools that work across s wide array of games: a dice set, a coin, a character standee. The middle shelf contains TTRPGS that come in boxes and a couple plastic totes with player kits.
The new TTRPG collection is on the shelves at Oesterle Library! I just put in another order with @ipr.bsky.social on Friday using their library support program, so we'll add to this soon. 💙 We're also starting a new gaming club on campus to support the collection! #GamingInLibraries #PlayIsAValidEnd
Real bad. I have a whole class on this, btw.
My friends are cool and smart and awesome.
The battle is not keeping AI out of Canvas— that’s already been lost. The battle is giving individual faculty (not administrators, not campus IT, not ed tech consultants) the power to turn it off at will. That can happen through governance and advocacy.
In the midst of all the fuckery going on, I’m glad I have finally been reunited with my beloved Wimbledon after so long. I forgot how much I love watching tennis. 🎾
I used em-dashes before ChatGPT crawled out of math's asshole and I'll use them once LLMs join pet rocks and Betamax in the dustbin of history--God willing.
Another successful Annual down! What a great team. 😊
Imagine being so limited in your process as to not know that research is a creative act.
I really hope that every writer who doesn’t use AI is so enraged that you work on your poem or your essay or your novel tonight. I want a whole library of incredible original writing to come out this
Medic Kim @medickimw "Baby Got Back" is older than the first policy requiring women and minorities to be included in clinical trials and medical research. Sam Ghali, M.D. @ @EM.RESUS • Jun 9 Hit me with a shocking medical fact
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New blog post on ACRLog, "AI Refusal in Libraries: A Starter Guide." Got a lot of comments during a recent presentation that people hadn't heard of the concept of AI refusal, so here's some places to start. 📚 acrlog.org/2025/06/11/a...
Eyes up for ops
Conference badge for Transformative Play Initiative with Amber Sewell, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She/her pronouns circled in teal ink.
In Visby to listen to a bunch of great folks chat about using games in teaching. And very briefly chatting myself about a workshop I’m doing in the fall.
this is an interesting way to describe piracy and kidnapping
Known fans of violence LAPD says it was a peaceful protest today. Everybody mark this press release.
an orange and white cat looks proud; presidential
cats don't obey in advance and no one else should, either
Stop. Buying. Harry. Potter. Products.
Today is the last day!!!! don’t go into tomorrow regretting the fact that you didn’t make your voice heard about the importance of vaccines!!!!
The gasp I gasped.
