Learning in the Lou

There are three HUGE things happening at the library soon. #1 June 3rd - you can swing by and pick up books! While you can't browse, just load a bunch of books up on a  list, request them and then they will bring them to your car. Check out the process here.  #2 Contest! They are offering a contest to design a new bookmark. Ages 6-17. #3 Reading Summer Club! While we have never won, we have always done this year after year. Ages are 0-infinity, we all can participate. I am secretly hoping to win the Sonos speaker, that would be pretty sweet.

A few years ago I was able to hear an oracle speak, and it was amazing. He talked chatbots, which are now everywhere, to CRISPR and how we will be able to edit our own DNA. It was fascinating. While he painted a big picture of the world, he brought it down to us, how this new world impacts educators. At one point he mentions how a cancer researcher, Kevin Jones, stays sharp by holding on to two super important values, humility, and curiosity. These two values really made me think, mostly because what he said about research didn't make sense to me.  Leave the science out of it for a second, could we teach the kids these two values which empowers the researcher to do great work? Absolutely. That was the whole purpose of this talk, see the future and empower those around you to do great things. The whole time Tom Vander Ark spoke he talked about these big ideas while making them approachable to even our youngest learners. If you have a few minutes on May 28th, 2-4PM, join this event.