Showing Up for Yourself: Mental Health and Your MLIS

I have been reflecting on my experiences in graduate school and I want to share some of these thoughts, primarily related to survival. Since April, I have had conversations with fellow students and friends that reminded me how much a certain ease of life is portrayed on social media and how easy it is to gloss over or overlook the real work that happens. We curate the posts of our public digital lives much like we curate the information we have been trained to organize and access through library school. One friend in particular shared a confusion that no one talks about their rejections in the MLIS job search process. This struck me as so true and really unrealistic

Open Access and Education: Expanded

Open Access (OA) and Open Education (OE) both stress the importance of making information available for individuals around the world, regardless of wealth or status. These are not wholly separate ideas or incompatible practices. This handout provides clarity on the similarities and differences between the two. This version includes reasons why OA and OE should be used

Why Open Educational Practices?

Brief bullet point handout regarding the benefits of open educational practices

Communities Fighting Inequity in Schools. A Review of \u3cem\u3eLift Us Up, Don’t Push Us Out!: Voices from the Front Lines of the Educational Justice Movement\u3c/em\u3e

In my 14 years as an educator, I have stood in the front of many different classrooms. I have taught in public and private schools, in high schools and two-year colleges, in schools with generous budgets and ones with little. What I have learned in those years is that not all schools are equal—so not all students will leave public education equally prepared for adult life in our society. In Lift Us Up, Don’t Push Us Out! Voices from the Front Lines of the Educational Justice Movement, Warren (2018) brings to light the stories of people who seek to reform public schools, particularly for students of color. Their circumstances vary, but their goal is the same: to lift up all schools to be safe and caring places where students are valued and prepared for productive adult lives. Their stories tell of the difficult road they have traveled and the need for alliances among citizens working together for educational justice

The classical capacity of quantum thermal noise channels to within 1.45 bits

We find a tight upper bound for the classical capacity of quantum thermal noise channels that is within $1/\ln 2$ bits of Holevo's lower bound. This lower bound is achievable using unentangled, classical signal states, namely displaced coherent states. Thus, we find that while quantum tricks might offer benefits, when it comes to classical communication they can only help a bit.Comment: Two pages plus a bi

Is This an OER? : Addressing the Complex Relationship Between Open and Affordable Course Materials

Our poster will examine the work that open educational resource (OER) advocates do to highlight OER and how this work often intersects with other affordable course material initiatives. Specifically, we will highlight the complex intersections between OER and affordable learning and why the differences between these types of course materials matter. In addition to discussing the unique challenges that present themselves when advocating for both OER and affordable course materials, this poster will address: Messaging for instructors and institutional stakeholders about what counts as OER Navigating support for the use of affordable course materials without undercutting the open message The institutional labor connected to these material type

Introduction to Series and Parallel Circuits

This lesson begins with an introduction on electricity and how it is formed at the molecular level. It then lets learners explore and define a circuit. This introduction is followed by an exploration where learners develop series and parallel circuits using LED lights and motors. Learners then consider what constitutes a series and parallel circuit, open and closed circuit, and a short circuit. The lesson concludes by having learners consider advantages, limitations, and instructional uses of various electronics kits (e.g., Snap Circuits, littleBits, LilyPad, paper circuits, conductive dough) based on their ability to display circuit paths