Teen Librarian Toolbox
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Teen Librarian Toolbox
by Karen Jensen, MLS
The Classroom Bookshelf
by Denise Davila
May 23, 2010 by Joyce Valenza
Sources for video reviews and trailers of books are multiplying. I’ve been collecting a little list of what I find on the BookLeads wiki. (Please join and help me grow this wiki!) Let’s update a few of the choices for sharing on our websites, during our booktalks, and inspiring student projects. Okay. I am […]
May 20, 2010 by Joyce Valenza
Just a little update on my last post about Gale’s AccessMyLibrary School Edition app. This database app thing is big. We must meet kids where they live and work and play. Here is the official Gale Press Release. And don’t miss Buffy Hamilton’s Unquiet Library post and her wonderful video (embedded above), which clearly explains […]
May 18, 2010 by Joyce Valenza
Last week I wrote about Gale’s AccessMyLibrary iPhone app. (The blue one.) Nice. It got me into the Gale resources held by our public library. Yesterday I discovered that the AccessMyLibrary School Edition app (the green one), is now available at the app store. Hooray! Here’s the official Gale Press Release. Here’s how it […]
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May 15, 2010 by Joyce Valenza
Here’s just a little taste of the energy that was the 2010 Greenfield Youth Film Festival. Last night I attended a different kind of red carpet event. Moms and dads performed chauffeur duty. Minivans replaced limousines. The few tuxedos I spotted were nattily accessorized with flip flops. Over the past couple of years, here in […]
May 14, 2010 by Joyce Valenza
Frances Jacobson Harris shared this YouTube video today. Don’t you just love that Brontësaurus? Share this with your Brontë fans and young feminists!
May 11, 2010 by Joyce Valenza
This morning, my students and I discovered Gale’s new AccessMyLibrary iPhone app. The free app available through iTunes app store allows folks to visit their public library’s Gale e-collections–magazines, journals, e-books, e-reference, etc. Gale describes how the app works: Based on your current location, AccessMyLibrary locates libraries within a 10-mile radius. You can then […]
May 9, 2010 by Joyce Valenza
I am looking back at the school year and thinking differently about a few tipping point moments that I initially considered very forgetable. 1. I introduced Mashpedia as a Wikipedia alternative for students researching a breaking news stories. In addition to the encyclopedia-type background article, they saw instantly that a lot more was happening on […]
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