Jon Spike

The Importance of Librarians – Reflections from AASL Conference I had the immense privilege to attend the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) Conference in St. Louis this past week. Librarians and Library Media Specialists have always been an impor…

It's the least I could do after hearing the incredible stories from librarians and library media specialists.

A Love Letter to Librarians - #AASL Reflections Blog

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#AASL25 #AASL2025 #futurereadylibs #libchat

Hey #AASL folks! GamestormEDU is hanging out at Tabletop T3 - stop by and say hi. We've got educational board and card games for the library thst focus on storytelling and social media literacy. #AASL25 #AASL2025

Navy blue promotional graphic titled, “We Need Diverse Books Presents: Bringing Literature to Life for Learners - AASL 2025 Saint Louis”. This is a general session taking place at the AASL 2025 Saint Louis conference on Friday, October 17th, starting at 8:00 AM. Beneath the title are four circular photo frames containing headshots for the panelist participating in this session: author Soman Chainani, author Ellen Oh, Librarian Lauren Mobley. The panel will be moderated by WNDB board member Jordan Lloyd Bookey.

Are you attending #AASL25 this weekend in Saint Louis? We Need Diverse Books will be hosting a general session on Friday, October 17th, starting at 8 AM!

Start your Friday at the AASL conference with a conversation that brings stories to life for learners. 📚

📅 Friday, Oct. 17
⏰ 8 AM

Very random, Rain - but we made you a custom game card at our GamestormEDU Booth! Swing by today or tomorrow to pick it up! Booth T3 in the Tabletop section.

You should definitely swing by and say hi to us at GamestormEDU Booth T3 - we'd love to chat and hear about your upcoming session. We heard you talk about games in the library - that's our passion!

AASL Expo Hall Map with GamestormEDU pointed out.

Hey #AASL folks! Come stop by GamestormEDU Booth T3 in the northwest corner of the Expo and say hi! We make storytelling and social media games for the library - and we'd love to turn YOU into a custom game card! #AASL25

In honor of AI Literacy Day, I would like to share the first "big" change to my attribution4ai.org site - Human and AI Iterative Attribution for creative projects.

This type of attribution would acknowledge when a human user leverages AI technology in an iterative process. #AI #AIinEDU

I was fortunate enough to attend the Wisconsin Esports Summit in MKE today. Always great hearing panel presentations, chatting with vendors, and networking with fellow educators, students, professionals, etc in the esports world!

Let's be honest - the Science of Reading curriculum doesn't often jump off the pages for our students!

So I thought - what if we created resources to help educators use GAMES to practice skills like phonics, fluency, and comprehension with our learners?!

Welp, here it is!

https://buff.ly/3CWR23f

Noooooooo! I can't do ISTE this year and this sounds so rad! Gonna run it back next year?

I just tell people "I know her!"

Lots of my game design projects are focused on creating commercial products for the education space, but some of my projects are, well, just for me and my loved ones!

Take CanDnD - I developed this mix of Dungeons & Dragons & Candyland after being bored with Candyland by itself.

Five Ways Games Align with State Standards One roadblock to implementing games in the classroom and library involves aligning the skills involved to the state and national standards that guide instructional experiences. To help with impleme…

We know, we know - it's really HARD to work games into the curriculum, #ideacon

So we did it for you - here's FIVE ways our games align with state standards! #IDEACon2025

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Oh hey #IDEACon - do you like games? Do you like education?

Check out our educational board and card games - Gamestormers and Doomscroll - at our GamestormEDU site! We've got free lesson plans for each game that explore persuasive speaking, social media literacy, and more!

There is a CRAZY amount of talent and knowledge in this photo!

I am missing #IDEACon this year, but I've got a good reason (see copy-paste below).

Tomorrow is the big day--the start of #IDEACon! If you are attending the conference, I hope we can connect in person! It would be incredible to see some friendly, familiar faces in the audience when I present about cinematic VR & empathy at 9:30 am in Nirvana C! #TLsky #Skybrarian #edtech #ARVRinEDU

I give it two years before Duke's Mayo pours a million gallons of their twangy goodness in the gulf as a marketing stunt.

When I see your sessions, I DO think "cardio-thoracic" as one attendee noted in the word cloud.

In lieu of gifts on my birthday, I humbly request that you buy anywhere from 1-50 copies of Gamestormers and/or Doomscroll from our GamestormEDU site.

The money goes to a good cause - my daughters' college funds.

This prediction aged like fine wine that is currently engulfed in flames.

33-27 Chiefs.

Sorry, Carl. I am rooting for the Eagles, but KC is ... inevitable.

It goes without saying, but this might be one of my favorite visual depictions of data in the history of the universe.

I wrote a short blog about how our games align with Common Core State Standards across a range of subjects for literacy, writing, and speaking. You can check out the blog and our snazzy infographic at the included link!

#Tabletop #Tabletopgaming #EduSky #LevelUpEDU

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The hard work comes in waves for sure. I was fortunate to be able to spread it out a bit, heh!

Thank you, sir!

I like to think I'm a pretty humble person overall, but man, I'm gonna make an exception and brag for a moment.

Really proud of this FINAL degree (I think it's the last one, heh).

Once again, please don't call me doctor 😂

#PhDone #EduSky #LevelUpEDU

Starter Villain was fun.

I'd try to muster up the courage to sit by you at the bar and ask some questions about your process when approaching this type of fiction.

I'm excited to share that my full dissertation is available on ProQuest with full access!

If you're curious the link is below - I researched collaborative design in virtual reality compared to video conferencing.

https://buff.ly/40X7oSJ

#EduSky #LevelUpEDU

It's bad enough we're reading Anne Frank's personal journal without her permission.

Maybe we shouldn't recreate her using AI without her permission as well.