Photo Diary: Nerd Camp MI 2017
For two days in July, the small town of Parma, Michigan becomes the center of the literacy universe.
I’m off to Nerd Camp and will be sharing photos here throughout the conference. Check back and I’ll be adding to this post as the day goes along.
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What is Nerd Camp? Short versh: an “un-conference” focused on literacy. Long versh: I wrote all about it for School Library Journal.











Just gave my 7 min keynote at #nErDcampMI pic.twitter.com/kFpVVUov48
— Shannon Hale (@haleshannon) July 10, 2017






Fired. Up. And. Ready. To. Go. @pernilleripp: professional game changer and inspirer. Thank you. #nerdcampmi pic.twitter.com/TmFDxphpSe
— Ashleigh Rose (@betweenmargins) July 10, 2017




I managed to get a bit of recording in for future episodes of The Yarn podcast:


https://twitter.com/mrs_cmt1489/status/884963650640936960
Thanks @nErDcampMI for two great days of learning and collaborating. Can't wait until next year! #nerdcampmi pic.twitter.com/8b2oPFKauc
— Todd Allgor (@toddallgor) July 12, 2017
And then, after all the grownups leave, kids arrive for Nerd Camp Jr.
Another wonderful nerdcamp Jr in the books! Gr8t big thx to Team #nerdcampmi for all u do to make this magical conference happen every yr✨💜✨ pic.twitter.com/mz92jKrzGs
— Lauren Castillo 🦔🏳️🌈📚 (@studiocastillo) July 12, 2017
This @MLive piece also includes some nice shots of our Nerd Camp Jr session #nerdcampMI https://t.co/XdBWmSMzQc @DisneyHyperion @nErDcampMI pic.twitter.com/KRp73stqor
— Minh Lê (@bottomshelfbks) July 12, 2017
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About Travis Jonker
Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.
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You’ve got a real gift for the conference re-cap, my friend! Always fun to read your takeaways. Also… I was beginning to think Jack Gantos really WASN’T there! I never saw him and never saw any pics posted. Thanks for the evidence!
Excellent photo and tweet recap. Glad we reconnected. There is nothing quite like Nerd Camp MI!
Love this post, Travis. So glad to have met you and shared a meal with you at Nerd Camp this year!