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AI in education and libraries, STEM, Learner, Leader, Reader, Explorer, Digital Learning, #Library Learning Commons, #edtech, #elearning, #education

West Haven, CT
Joined June 2009
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A timely post for Election week. The most dangerous words online may be: “I can tell by looking.” In a world filled with misinformation and well-crafted AI ads, students—and adults—need more than “real or fake.” Teach them to SIFT: Stop. Investigate. Find better coverage. Trace to the source. [fkompar.substack.com/p/sifti…] #MediaLiteracy #AILiteracy
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SIFTing for Evidence in a Post-Photoshop World fkompar.substack.com/p/sifti…
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What Social Media Should Have Taught Schools About AI fkompar.substack.com/p/what-…
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Check out my new post! There has been much talk about advisory boards at AI companies for oversight. Librarians will be asked to clean up the AI Slop, misinformation and thinking offloading mess - let’s get them at the table now. And, it is important that representatives include public, academic and K-12 school librarians. fkompar.substack.com/p/whos-…
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Check out my first issue of The Trending Commons - Where AI, literacy, leadership and innovation converge! The AI & EdTech Conversation Is Heating Up fkompar.substack.com/p/the-a…
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Check it out and subscribe! Timely headlines translated for the library and classroom #AI #libraries fkompar.substack.com/p/waiti…
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Wait—Is AI Now SI? Check out my Substack newsletter - this week's issue includes a discussion on "Moving from Buzzwords to the Classroom" + A Turnkey Faculty Workshop + Ready-to-go lesson plans. Subscribe for free. fkompar.substack.com/p/waiti…
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My first issue of The Trending Commons, join the important conversation, subscribe and share. fkompar.substack.com/p/the-a…
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Check out my first issue of The Trending Commons - Where AI, literacy, leadership and innovation converge! The AI & EdTech Conversation Is Heating Up fkompar.substack.com/p/the-a…
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Rest in power, Gloria Steinem. She understood that librarians do more than connect us with books. They democratize knowledge, protect our inner lives, and make freedom possible. Access to information is power. Reading the books others want banned is an act of resistance. Honor Gloria’s legacy. Read her work. Support libraries and independent bookstores. Keep fighting for equal rights and the freedom to know.
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“Users joked that the outage meant they would have to use their own brains at work.”from Independent reporting on ChatGPT outage today. #AIdown
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With book bans increasing in the U.S., it’s interesting that many of the top 10 banned books in 2022 include children’s literature. Here’s why parents should individually decide what their children read instead of making that choice for everyone. action.everylibrary.org/we_s… #library #libraries #read #reading #book #books #librarianship #lit
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Report: Arkansas Librarian Fired After Opposing Book Ban Efforts to Receive $275K in Settlement infodocket.com/2026/08/28/re… #libraries #librarians #bookbans #legal
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This!
A quote from Chris Lehmann (2012) that I saved. It looks like we need to share this one again in 2026.
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