1. Writing Personalized Senior Letters

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    April 11, 2026 by Dr. Robbie Barber

    What did your last written Thank You note look like? I’ve seen many that go like this: “Thank you for …
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  2. School Librarians: Effective Communicators?

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    March 28, 2026 by Dr. Robbie Barber

    What is effective communication? How do we know we did it? Weaver (1953/2017) defines communication as “all processes in which …
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  3. Telling A Good Story

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    February 1, 2026 by Dr. Robbie Barber

    Telling A Good Story by Robbie Barber

    Sam Helnick, current ALA President, has said repeatedly, we need to share our stories. Telling our stories helps others understand …
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  4. Launch Is My #OneWord2026

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    December 28, 2025 by Dr. Robbie Barber

    Picture of rocket launching above the clouds

    Instead of a New Year’s Resolution, for the past 10 years, I have picked #oneword to focus on throughout the …
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  5. Teaching Teens About AI & Mental Health

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    November 8, 2025 by Dr. Robbie Barber

    Teaching Teens About AI & Mental Health

    Teens in my high school appear addicted to their devices. It is a constant distraction. This means that in the …
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  6. Teaching How ‘NOT’ To Present

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    September 21, 2025 by Dr. Robbie Barber

    How do you teach students to be able to make confident, succinct presentations in class? How do you teach colleagues …
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  7. Teaching AI Energy Use – Part 2

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    August 10, 2025 by Dr. Robbie Barber

    Part I: Teaching AI Environmental Impact In April 2025, Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, stated on social media that there …
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  8. Teaching AI Environmental Impact

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    July 11, 2025 by Dr. Robbie Barber

    Teaching AI Environmental Impact

    At a recent conference, I gave a presentation about images and image manipulation. I then added artificial intelligence (AI) image …
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  9. Teaching High School Students to Understand AI

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    June 1, 2025 by Dr. Robbie Barber

    What if we teach what artificial intelligence (AI) is before we dive in? Hollands & Breazeal (2024) reviewed the MIT …
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  10. The Year of Caring for Each Other – EOY SY25

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    May 11, 2025 by Dr. Robbie Barber

    Year of Caring for Each Other - EOY SY25

    May is the time flowers and the End-of-Year (EOY) reports for the school year. This year became the Year of …
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