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August 24, 2010 by Joyce Valenza
In a blog post today, Scott McLeod shared whathesaid’s list of the 10 things he believed teachers should unlearn. Scott and whathesaid got me thinking about what ideas or beliefs our own subset of educators might also want to lose. (I got carried away and I will probably continue to add to this list.) A […]
August 22, 2010 by Joyce Valenza
This morning my husband and I visited the Late Renoir exhibit at our Philadelphia Museum of Art. While enjoying the audio tour led by two distinguished curators, I wondered if the museum also had an app for that. I wondered, if beyond those temporary exhibits we regularly tour, if our museum offered tours of the […]
August 19, 2010 by Joyce Valenza
I’ve just returned from nearly three weeks in Australia. It’s been a long time since I was away from home for so long. During the first leg of my trip, I spoke at the Winter(!) conference of the librarians of SLAV (School Library Association of Victoria). I’ve never met a more intrepid, creative, energetic and […]
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August 16, 2010 by Joyce Valenza
As iPhones and iPads and other mobile devices enter our classrooms and our learners’ backpacks and pockets, I’ve been wondering what types of little libraries they might be building to support their learning. And how we as librarians might help them select and build those libraries. This gathering of worthy apps may be especially timely […]
August 12, 2010 by Joyce Valenza
The Library of Congress, recently launched a virtual tour app, mirroring its fabulous Library of Congress Experience, an award-winning group of exhibitions and features that has drawn record numbers of visitors. I had the privilege of visiting the interactive exhibit live earlier this summer as a member of the TPS Mentor program cohort. Granted, it’s […]
August 8, 2010 by Joyce Valenza
Don’t miss our TLCafe’s fall (eek!) kick-off event. We are honored to host a session on the New Learning Commons with guest Dr. David V. Loertscher and host Marie Slim, on Monday, August 9th and 8PM Eastern. This important session will address: How can the Virtual School Learning Commons become the center of Teaching and […]
August 8, 2010 by Joyce Valenza
Yesterday I came across a pretty fabulous NYT Learning Network Blog Post: 10 Ways to Use the New York Times for Teaching Literature. I plan to share it with our Language Arts Department. But the great ideas in the post reminded me of how much I really love the whole New York Times Learning Network […]
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