Biography -  3 Different Versions - Different Lengths - All Still Daringly Humble

Super Short Cool Bio (100 words):  

Gwyneth Jones, aka The Daring Librarian, is a blogger, a Tweeter, an international speaker, a citizen of Social Media, and a resident of Second Life. Gwyneth is a Google Certified Teacher, DEN Star, an elected member of the ISTE Board of Directors, and the author of the award winning Daring Librarian blog. Jones was named a Visionary Leader by Teacher Librarian Magazine and a Mover & Shaker by Library Journal Magazine. Her work & writings have been featured in the New York Times, The Washington Post, and the Huffington Post. Admittedly, she’s also a goofball, a geek, and ridiculously humble.

Short Super Hero Bio (see coordinating comic below)

Gwyneth A. Jones, also known as The Daring Librarian. Daring defender of books, libraries, & lifelong learning!  Super supporter of digital citizenship, curiosity, & intellectual freedom. Enthusiastic champion of transliteracy, creative commons, mobile media & shameless sharing. Fearless fighter of filters! Protector of goofballs & geeks! Committed to being a positive change agent within school community, district, state, nation, world, & the universe!  (Is that too much?)

Medium But SUPER Cool Bio 

Gwyneth A. Jones, aka The Daring Librarian, is a blogger, a Tweeter, an international speaker, a citizen of Social Media, and a resident of Second Life. Gwyneth Jones is a Google Certified Teacher, DEN Star, an elected member of the ISTE Board of Directors, and the author of the award winning Daring Librarian blog.  Jones was named a 2012 Best of the Best Visionary Leader by Teacher Librarian Magazine and is also a 2011 Library Journal  Mover & Shaker, and a Gale/Cengage New Leader. Her work & writings have been featured in the New York Times, The Washington Post, and the Huffington Post. The Daring Librarian is a digitally shifted Ed Tech teaching Ninja with a passion for re-mix mash-up production, transliteracy, cutting edge librarianship, creative commons, stunning curation, mobile media, graphic design, & being a positive change agent within in her learning communities both geographically and within the æthernets. Admittedly, she’s also a goofball, a geek, and ridiculously humble.

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The Longer - Even Cooler - TMI-  Bio:  With Bonus Daring Librarian Cartoon!

Gwyneth A. Jones, aka The Daring Librarian, is a blogger, a Tweeter, an international speaker, a citizen of Social Media, and a resident of Second Life. Gwyneth Jones is a Google Certified Teacher, DEN Star, an elected member of the ISTE Board of Directors, and the author of the award winning Daring Librarian blog.  Jones was named a 2012 Best of the Best Visionary Leader by Teacher Librarian Magazine and is also a 2011 Library Journal  Mover & Shaker, and a Gale/Cengage New Leader. Her work & writings have been featured in the New York Times, The Washington Post, and the Huffington Post.

The Daring Librarian is a digitally shifted Ed Tech teaching Ninja with a passion for re-mix mash-up production, transliteracy, cutting edge librarianship, creative commons, mobile media, graphic design, & being a positive change agent within in her learning communities both geographically and within the æthernets.  Fearlessly daring to take chances, fight the filters, and ignores the negative naysayers, all for our most important customers - our students. 

Gwyneth was named one of five National Cengage/Gale SLJ New Leaders, was the PBS-NTTI “Teacher of the Year” in 2001 and has been the MSET “Outstanding Educator Using Technology” (2004) and “Outstanding Technology Leader” (2012) for Howard County.

Leaving a career in advertising, public relations, and marketing to pursue a career in technology education she now uses effective design and communication skills gained through her experiences in the business world to communicate her love of research and information gathering, reading, and technology with her students, staff, and community. In her spare time, Gwyneth enjoys reading, traveling, digital photography, graphic design, alternative/progressive music, Welsh stuff, buzztime trivia, darts, exploring the Steampunk Aesthetic and writing biographies of herself in the third person. Admittedly, she’s also a goofball, a geek, and ridiculously humble.

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