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by Betsy Bird
January 28, 2009 by Joyce Valenza
A while back I noticed my databases were changing. Until recently, I ignored what the changes meant for my learners. These features are too good to be ignored. A few of my favorite Gale products (Opposing Viewpoints, for instance) offer a new text-to-speech feature. An audio player dashboard appears above documents, enabling researchers to to […]
January 27, 2009 by Joyce Valenza
The etiquette of relationships (aka hooking up) has always been thorny. But our kids now deal with new layers of issues, far more complicated than we could have even imagined waiting by the phone or passing notes or slam books around in class. Texts drive their communication worlds and their cell phones present new dilemmas […]
January 24, 2009 by Joyce Valenza
The 2009 edition of the Horizon Report was released this week in the form of a downloadable pdf. This 6th in a series of annual documents: seeks to identify and describe emerging technologies likely to have considerable impact on teaching, learning, and creative expression within higher education. Though the intended audience is the academic world, […]
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January 22, 2009 by Joyce Valenza
I am (over)packed for Denver. Excited about the work I will do there. Sad about the choice I had to make. Again. I tread two worlds. When I hit Philadelphia International this afternoon I expect to see friends arriving in my town for Educon 2.1. My ed tech friends, and fellow librarians, will be unconferencing […]
January 19, 2009 by Joyce Valenza
Bill Ferriter’s Tempered Radical Blog is currently hosting a discussion with author Kelly Gallagher about his new book, Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It. The author describes Readicide as: The systematic killing of the love of reading, often exacerbated by the inane, mind-numbing practices found in schools. Readicide […]
January 19, 2009 by Joyce Valenza
For those of you who haven’t yet found a compelling reason to try Google docs . . . Google docs recently announced the addition of 309 templates, a Google Docs directory, to give folks an opportunity to make their calendars, and letters, resumes, photo albums, invitations, labels, and business forms. Educational offerings include paper […]
January 18, 2009 by Joyce Valenza
I am still processing what happened on Friday. Our school is about five blocks away from the city border. Friday, a group of 12 students from one of the nearby urban high schools, came by for what turned out to be a nearly whole-day visit. The students were working with their alumni association and their […]
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