On one of my various drives recently, I learned about Sarah Andersen, an artist/illustrator/cartoonist. She recently published a book called, Adulthood is a Myth, which I definitely need to get my hands on. I also learned about her through this podcast from Real Simple (it's a good interview).
The history of how emojis came to be. I'm a big emoji user so I like to know more about how they came to be. And this story is cute and adorable (bonus points).
From the MLA Committee on Technology, this blog post is about the scholarship of Twitter. I know that people have lots of opinions on Twitter, but I find it fascinating and a culture of its own. There is scholarship on Twitter and I'm glad this blog post is recognizing that.
Minecraft is sweeping the world in its popularity and this article does a nice overview of how it can to be and why it's important to kids today. Personally, I'm more of a Roblox gal, but I think both these games are helpful when thinking about digital literacy, technology, and working with kids.

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