iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Leigh Woznick @wozleigh.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Reposting to boost. They need an adopter for two medically fragile cats ASAP. NYC area.

Leigh Woznick @wozleigh.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Unpopular opinion: Theo of Golden is the ‘literary’ (and I use that term loosely) of a Hallmark movie, or the Christmas Shoes song. Tugs at your heartstrings and will make you cry but TBH is totally terrible writing. But as a librarian I would totally recommend it to the right readers.

110

Leigh Woznick @wozleigh.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

@njasl.bsky.social Prodigy Math games. 2021 complaint filed to FTC about marketing to students. Found complaint. can’t find results of investigation. They are still being used all over. Not interested in AI response. Know anything about it? #math #edtech #gamification

121

Reposted by Leigh Woznick

News Literacy Project @newslit.org · 08/05/2026

Can you spot the extreme sports AI-generated video? Here's a tip for this week's Two Truths and AI: When viral videos are legit, they usually come with some context. So ... how'd you do? Let us know in the replies! youtu.be/6gC45tgUSWc

youtu.be

Which extreme sports video is AI-generated? | Two Truths and AI

YouTube video by News Literacy Project

054

Leigh Woznick @wozleigh.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

6th and last stop for #IndieBookstoreDay crawl: Labyrinth in Princeton

Storefront with sign Labyrinth in Princeton

260

Leigh Woznick @wozleigh.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Fourth stop on #IndieBookstoreDay Here’s the Story in Union

140

Leigh Woznick @wozleigh.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Third stop on #IndieBookstoreDay crawl The Cranford Bookstore

Store sign above glass doors and windows of The Cranford Bookstore

110

Leigh Woznick @wozleigh.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Second stop for #IndieBookstoreDay The Town Bookstore in Westfield. DARN forgot to ask for teacher discount

Sign above big window on brick building saying The Town Bookstore, in Westfield.

120

Leigh Woznick @wozleigh.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

First stop on the #IndieBookstoreDay Cindelle’s in Plainfield

Sign for Queen City Coffee Roasters in Plainfield, where Cindelle’s Bookstore is located

130

Leigh Woznick @wozleigh.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

@njasl.bsky.social I thought I had heard that the new #InfoLit standards were going to be released this spring. Any word? #schoollibrarians

210

Reposted by Leigh Woznick

YAbookscentral @yabookscentral.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Join YABC for our #bundledgiveaway to celebrate #Spring! yabookscentral.com/yabcs-buzzwo... One #winner will receive all of these #MGbooks! #Entertowin #free #freebooks #giveaway #Mg #middle-grade #mglit

1102

Reposted by Leigh Woznick

Mike Caulfield @mikecaulfield.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

I'm rebuilding SIFT to reflect the new realities of the web. This is a bit of a rant about how the web has changed, but ultimately the job of a information literacy model is to adapt to the task environment, and that's what I'll do with SIFT mikecaulfield.substack.com/p/a-sift-reb...

mikecaulfield.substack.com

A SIFT Rebuild (in progress)

It's probably too important to keep my mouth shut until it is done

23913

Reposted by Leigh Woznick

Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Thank you to @authorsabb.bsky.social heroes @beccacoffindaffer.bsky.social and Ed Underhill, we have some slides that can be shared by anyone about this, with particular reps to target. Let's kill this bill in committee.

House Republicans have introduced a bill to effectively grant the federal government decision making power over what books make it to the library.

Misleadingly called the "stop the sexualization of children act" HR 7661 is a national level book banning bill that would ban any book that, according to the bill's language "involves gender dysphoria or transgenderism"

This means any book about a trans peson or the trans experience would be banned from every public school in the US

The bill has been referred to the House Committee on education and workforce. If you're represented by one of the members of this committee listed below they need to hear from you:

Kevin Kiley, CA
Mary E Miller, IL
Glenn Thompson, PA
Burgess Owerns, UT
Michael Rulli, OH
James Moylan, Guam
Ryan Mackenzie< PA
Mark Harris, NC
Mark Messmer, IN
Suzanne Bonamici, OR
Jahana Hayes, CT
Summer Lee, PA
John Mannion, NY
Federica Wilson, FL
Alma Adams, NC
Adelita Grijalva, AZ

CALL YOUR REPS

THem they must oppose this bill at every turn.
It's egregiously unconsiutional, targets based on ideological disapproval, and misleads parents and the public about the content of children's books.
It does nothing to protect kids and will badly harm education.
It will tie school material funding into knots and hurt anyone who is alibrary materials vendor regardless of content
If you're a publishing pro, tell them your livelihood depends on the next generation of readers.

3727857

Reposted by Leigh Woznick

Maia Kobabe @redgoldsparks.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

H.R. 7661 is a national book banning bill which seeks to remove any book that "involves gender dysphoria or transgenderism" from all public schools in the US. This would ban all my books, & any other book with trans themes, from public schools. PLEASE call your House Reps & say: NO ON H.R. 7661!

A digital drawing of author Maia Kobabe, a white nonbinary person with short brown hair wearing a patterned blue shirt, who scowls while holding up a copy of eir book GENDER QUEER: A MEMOIR. Maia is saying: H.R. 7661 is a national book banning bill which seeks to remove any book that "involves gender dysphoria or transgenderism" from all public schools in the US. This would ban my books, and any other book with trans themes, from public schools. PLEASE call your House Reps and say: NO ON H.R. 7661!

241343439

Leigh Woznick @wozleigh.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Thinking of how to use this with my students…

020

Reposted by Leigh Woznick

Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Proof your public library loves you: they leave you alone when you're reading, they love when you bring your kids over, and they'll literally let you borrow any book you want...even their hardcovers

1041155

Leigh Woznick @wozleigh.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

The USA-Canada men’s hockey game was a nail-biter! Fitting that a toothless Hughes got the golden goal. NGL i teared up a bit when they brought out Gaudreau’s kids for the pic. Almost as exciting as the women’s medal game!!

020

Leigh Woznick @wozleigh.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

This is challenging and enlightening! I definitely lost most of the plot with the last two or three, though admittedly stopped trying as hard.

010

Reposted by Leigh Woznick

Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 20/02/2026

So there's a black girl scout troop trying to raise money to to to Europe but they aren't close to their goal as of yet. Please share this and buy some cookies if you can digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/reagan...

digitalcookie.girlscouts.org

Order your Faves on my Digital Cookie Site Today

That's right! You can order your favorite Girl Scout Cookies from me online, all while helping my troop and I do great things in our community and beyond! Check it out.

8016051640

Leigh Woznick @wozleigh.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

I’m a little late posting but did my annual #BlindDateWithABook for my middleschoolers on Friday. Scaled back a bit this year— prepped about half as many books, maybe 300? Checked out 235!!! Always a hoot! #schoollibraries 📚

Beribonned baskets brimming with library books, each wrapped in a white paper bag with a pink, purple, or red heart on the front, so as to be a surprise for the reader. On a hightop library table

390

Leigh Woznick @wozleigh.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

I didn’t take enough pics at #njasl #njla conference but couldn’t pass up the chance at one with THE @mychal3ts.bsky.social We were SO happy you were there! Thanks for being a perpetual #librarykid with the rest of us and for spreading #libraryjoy #bookjoy

Librarian and Reading Rainbow host Mychal threets poses smiling widely and holding up his pic book “I’m so Happy You’re Here” next to redheaded glasses-wearing middle school librarian also beaming because she is happy to meet him

11086

Leigh Woznick @wozleigh.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Oh, how I missed conference… been too long. Loved seeing all my #schoollibrary peeps at #NJASL #NJLA. I’ve been doing this almost 20 years but I still learn something new, make new connections. Always leaves me exhausted yet energized! @njasl.bsky.social #schoollibrariesrock

061

Reposted by Leigh Woznick

Martha Hickson @sassylibrarian.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

If you watched THE LIBRARIANS, turn your anger into action by donating to my fundraiser to support EveryLibrary. Donate at least $5 and I’ll toss a book banner into the litterbox to await a tribute from my cats. gofund.me/9c5f9f290

gofund.me

Donate to Make a Stink About Book Banning!, organized by Martha H

Hi everyone! My name is Martha, a recently retired high school librarian. In celebration of … Martha H needs your support for Make a Stink About Book Banning!

44329

Leigh Woznick @wozleigh.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work. Oh, so many to choose from. I will go with: “Just put it in the book drop. With the big red sign that says ‘return here.’”

100

Reposted by Leigh Woznick

kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Here are all of this year's Youth Media Award winners and honorees. What a great day to celebrate something, and how nice that it is youth literature. bookriot.com/2026-youth-m...

bookriot.com

The ALA Youth Media Awards Are Here: Meet the Latest Award-Winning Books for Young Readers

Here are the 2026 Youth Media Award winners and honorees, highlighting the best of the best in youth literature.

37455

Reposted by Leigh Woznick

News Literacy Project @newslit.org · 12/01/2026

#Educators: Do you subscribe to The Sift? Our FREE, weekly newsletter drops on Mondays & today's issue covers a lot, including: 1 - How journalists used videos of the ICE shooting in Minneapolis 2 - A copycat student newspaper full of AI slop 3 - #MediaLiteracy inspiration in Finland + more!

go.newslit.org

The Sift: ICE shooting coverage - The News Literacy Project

How journalists covered the ICE shooting, student journalists challenged by an impostor student newspaper site, and debunking AI-generated images of Nicolás Maduro.

064

Reposted by Leigh Woznick

EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Here’s a happy holiday word for you: Jólabókaflóð! It’s an Icelandic word that means “Christmas book flood.”

buff.ly

Adopt This Icelandic Book-Loving Tradition This Holiday Season

Curl up, unwrap, and read together

0133

Leigh Woznick @wozleigh.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

67th day of school, so we had a staff spirit day. Made a 6-7 book display, bookmarks, and made myself a quick pair of earrings this morning! #schoollibraries #middleschool #bookdisplays

Redhead, middle school librarian wearing earrings with 6 on one and 7 on the other, holding books: Six Crimson Cranes and Seven Wonders of the World, with a 6-7 bookmark sticking out, standing in front of a readbox display of books with 6 or 7 in the title, and a standing list of relevant titles “Read 6 or 7 books”

030

Leigh Woznick @wozleigh.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

@etraintalks.bsky.social thank you for the inspiration! I am SO proud of my middle school students. They made *435* kindness bookmarks for Giving Tuesday. They voted to donate them to The Valerie Fund Children’s Cancer Centers. Here are some of the bookmarks:

Tables filled with colorful bookmarks on the theme of kindness or be kind to the earth, made by 7th and 8th grade students for Giving Tuesday

A flyer in a plastic holder. Explaining the giving Tuesday bookmark program

040

Reposted by Leigh Woznick

Katie @katiejmcnamara.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Ghost Boys #GraphicNovel by @jewellparkerrhodes.bsky.social Full of ghosts of today and the past who lost their lives too soon because someone in "power" felt threatened by a little boy. Ghosts of decades past address how little we have come. #MG #YA #TLSky #BookSky #YA #BookRecommendation

Ghost Boys Graphic Novel book cover. Red background. Black boy in center with head bowed wearing a black hoodie.

1113

Leigh Woznick @wozleigh.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

@drtlovesbooks.bsky.social that was a fantastic @pbsnewshour chat! Thanks for sharing your info.

241

Reposted by Leigh Woznick

Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

If you and your children are not ready for a particular book, that is okay. It is not okay to limit the access to books, stories, and experiences for other families. Every book is not for everyone, but every book is for someone. bookriot.com/the-day-the-books-disappeared-school-visit-cancelation/

bookriot.com

Why Did These Authors Have Their School Visit Canceled? They Were Talking About Their Book About Book Bans.

Country Club Elementary School in California's Bay Area canceled an author visit moments before it began. Why? It covered book bans.

8731229

Reposted by Leigh Woznick

Heather Perkinson @hkperkinson.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Studying legends and ghost stories about a community can help students develop historical thinking and information literacy skills #EduSky #TLSky www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...

edweek.org

This Halloween, Teach Your Students Ghost Stories and Urban Legends (Opinion)

There’s real academic value in tapping into local tall tales. Here’s why.

041

Reposted by Leigh Woznick

American Association of School Librarians (AASL) @aaslala.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Spread librarian love! Nominate an extraordinary librarian for the #ILoveMyLibrarian Award. Nominations are accepted online now through Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. ilovelibraries.org/love-my-librarian

Promotional poster for the I Love My Librarian Award 2026, sponsored by the American Library Association and the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Text highlights a $5,000 prize with a website link at the bottom.

03919

Reposted by Leigh Woznick

The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 24/10/2025

The Booker Prize Foundation has launched the Children’s Booker Prize, the charity’s first award for children’s fiction. 👇 #BookSky

ebx.sh

The Booker Prize Foundation launches Children’s Booker Prize

26630

Leigh Woznick @wozleigh.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Disturbing but hardly surprising. But what do we do about it?? I fear the horse has left the barn.

110

Reposted by Leigh Woznick

PBS News Classroom @pbsnewsclassroom.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

EDUCATORS: Join this PBS NewsHour Classroom zoom to share *your concerns* about AI in a supportive, caring space. We will not be recording this mtg. Thur. Oct. 30, 2025 7-8pm ET | #MediaLiteracyWeek @pbsteachers.bsky.social RSVP: bit.ly/PBS-AI-Zoom10-30

11610

Leigh Woznick @wozleigh.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Inventive and interactive #middlegrade illustrated memoir explores the effects of misaligned eyes and helps overcome “outrigue” of those who stare and misunderstand. By Emmy-award-winning doc film-maker James Robinson. Buy #WhaleEyes #booksky #schoollibrarians #disabilitylit #kidlit

Book cover of Whale Eyes by James Robinso white font on orange background with simple child-like illustration of half a boy’s face wearing baseball cap looking out of eye shape tunneled with concentric circles

1103

Leigh Woznick @wozleigh.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

So, @wakelet.bsky.social is going the way of Padlet & Smore and every other tool librarians love. I get it, it’s a business and you can’t give it free forever. But i am so sad. Anybody got an alternative yet?? #schoollibrarians @aaslala.bsky.social @njasl.bsky.social #ISTE

000

Reposted by Leigh Woznick

Fossillocator @fossillocator.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

It looks like Dinosaur Field Station of NJ is closing and selling their Dino sculptures

1141606482

Leigh Woznick @wozleigh.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Does anyone have collectible author cards they’d be willing to share? Middle-school appropriate please. Thinking it might build reading excitement for my students. Canva or google shareable would be awesome.

010