@authorjuliedarling.bsky.social
Author. Teacher. Librarian. Maker. Follow me on my website: authorjuliedarling.com
I’m presenting at #CSforMichigan on Sept 23!
💻 Computational Thinking in Early Childhood
📚 Books + 🎲 Games + 🎵 Songs = Engaged K–2 learners
Let’s make CS fun for our youngest students!
#CSTA #CSforAll
Deal alert! My books are on super sale on Amazon right now:https://a.co/d/fDzZC9L
30.04.2025 01:57 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Oh my goodness...I want to "speak dolphin"! Does this means I also need to learn to scuba dive? blog.google/technology/a...
#AI #AnimalLanguage #DolphinGemma #Gemma #dolphins
Come join me at the Whittaker branch of the Ypsilanti District Library this Saturday April 12th from 11 a.m.-12 p.m.
I'll read my pictures books Little Computer Scientists and Little Hackers, make and take home a Caesar shift cipher decoder: ypsilibrary.events.mylibrary.digital/event?id=163251
I'm super excited to be presenting on Tuesday at the AI Summit with these fabulous folks! If you're there too, I'd love to connect.
#MACUL #MichiganVirtual #AI #AISummit #SchoolLibrarian #mea
Iowa CS Family Night images of speakers for Thursday December 12th Register at IowaCSWeek.org
If you'd like to hear a live reading of my picture book, Little Hackers, and a bit about my journey as an author, register for Iowa’s Computer Science Education Week on Thursday, December 12th!
#CSEdWeek #CSforAll #Author #Books #Education #EarlyChildhood #computerscience #hackers #hacking
Guess what?! EdTech Magazine just published an article interviewing me about my new books!
Here's the link to Q&A: edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/...
#EdTech #CSforAll #Techforall #K12 #computerscience #STEM #STEAM #earlyelementary #hacking #hackers#author #books #makerspaces #MakerEd
THIS Saturday (11/16) at 11 a.m. I will be doing a storytime and book signing at Schuler Books in Ann Arbor. You can find more details here: www.schulerbooks.com/event/stem-s...
#booklaunch #STEM #Storytime #Author #ciphers #picturebooks #BookSigning #CSforAll #computerscience #earlyelementary
Okay. So this made me laugh.
Especially on the heels of folks using AI to begin to understand elephant language:
www.nytimes.com/2024/06/10/s...
Art by Ed Emswiller
Original post from comedian Geekysteven
#AI #elephants #animals #languagelearning #dolphins
Today is a dream come true! My illustrator @darrencools.bsky.social and I were interviewed on NPR
Our interview will air around 3:30 p.m. and again at 8:30 p.m. EST
MichiganPublic.org - online streaming
I'm super excited to share that my new 3-book series, Little Computer Scientists, Little Hackers and a Guidebook to teach K-2 computer science releases in *just* over two weeks! Monday, 9/30/24 is the official date!
They're available for pre-order now, anywhere you buy books! #bookrelease
My ISTE session is tomorrow! Hope to see you there!
Here are the details:
Teaching CSTA K-2 standards using books, games and songs.
Location: Bluebird Ballroom 3AB
Time: Monday, June 24 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
#iste24
#istelive #csta #csforall #authorsofinstagram
ICYMI- Panel presentation with London & Claudia Walker (and me) in honor of National Children's Book Week! Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sq20...
What are your suggestions for computer science books for early childhood (and robot dance party songs)?! #CSforall #Books #authors #robots
OMG, our book covers and pre-orders are live on Amazon!
www.amazon.com/stores/D.-J....
I am so proud of the work @authorjuliedarling.bsky.social and I did together. Check it out!
#compsci #kidlit #picturebooks #girlswhocode #girlpower #childrensbooks #childrensbookart #illustration #art
It's been such a pleasure working with Darren Cools on our forthcoming book series! If you'd like a behind the scenes peek at our process, Cools was just featured in the SCBWI Michigan blog: scbwimithemitten.blogspot.com
Pre-order our books here : www.amazon.com/stores/Julie... #Education #CSforAll
My author page is live on Amazon! I can hardly believe it... www.amazon.com/stores/autho...
You can now pre-order the books I illustrated for @authorjuliedarling.bsky.social (cover reveals coming soon). I can't wait for you to read them...
#childrensbook #kidlit #picturebooks #compsci #steam
Just got my copyedits! Going through these is both overwhelming...and immensely satisfying. #writing #WIP #Books #education #forthcomingbooks
17.03.2024 17:37 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0UPDATE: MACUL talk - room switchback! Apparently they moved things around and I'm back in the Thornapple room (same floor) - 3rd floor of the Amway. Hope to see you there! #Macul24 #books #earlyelementary #cs
15.03.2024 13:36 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
MACUL talk room change! I'll be speaking tomorrow about; my forthcoming books and teaching CSTA K-2 standards using games, songs and other engaging activities at 11:30 a.m. in the KENDALL room, which is on the 3rd floor of the Amway. Hope to see you there! #Macul24 #books #earlyelementary #cs
Image is the MACUL inside the MACUL logo, a mitten representing Michigan with a lightning bolt through it and the words MACUL 2024 Presenter, Devos Place, Grand Rapids, MI, March 13-15
I'm presenting at #MACUL24 on Friday! I'll be speaking about CSTA for K-2 students, our forthcoming book series from #Routledge and other free resources for promoting diversity and inclusion in computer science. Hope to see you there! #education #books #author @darrencools.bsky.social
11.03.2024 14:10 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A picture of me wearing my Girls Who Code T-shirt
The best part of my Thursday is running my Girls Who Code club. We're learning #python3 together! #STEMEducation
23.02.2024 00:45 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Looking for a read-aloud to celebrate upcoming Lunar New Year (2/10)? Amy Wu and the Patchwork Dragon by KatZhang, illustrated by @charlenedraws is an excellent choice! There are free activities too: katzhangwriter.com/index.php/amy-… #LunarNewYear2024 #Reading #SchoolLibrarian #ReadAloud #Books
04.02.2024 19:43 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Picture of myself and two friends from the MACUL conference, where we all presented two years ago with information about registering for the conference on their website macul conference.org
Truth! Also it's super fun. Bit of a surprise to see me (and two of my pals) in this...but I am presenting again this year! I would love to see you there. #MACUL #MACUL24 #presentations #CSTA #CSTAstandards #books #forthcomingbooks #earlyelementary #education #computerscience
28.12.2023 18:03 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Image shows a stage with musicians performing taken from high up in the stands.
Trying to make my way back to my novel with some ideas based on real locations (Ann Arbor/Detroit), including secret steam tunnels. Rumor has it there's an entrance under here.
#Writing #research #WIP #dystopian #fiction
An image displaying the book cover of The Plot in front of a fireplace.
Reading in front of a fire tonight. An interesting read so far! #ReadingInsteadOfWriting #SaturdayNight
26.11.2023 00:14 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A sneak preview teaser of some of the artwork (created by the extremely talented Darren Cools) from one of my forthcoming books! Stay tuned for more between now and June! #writing #picturebooks #technology #computerscience #teaching #earlyelementary
18.11.2023 22:01 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Some works in progress from the book arts projects! #Books #BookArts #4thgrade #teachingaboutwriting #creating
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