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by Amanda MacGregor
January 25, 2011 by Joyce Valenza
I just discovered that one of my very favorite booky destinations is now available as an app. The International Children’s Digital Library, a beautiful, multilingual portal, offering a large collection of free children’s books from around the world, can now be viewed on your iPad and on your iPhone, as well. The largest collection of […]
January 20, 2011 by Joyce Valenza
photo © 2007 telmo32 | more info (via: WylioWes Fryer turned me on to Wylio earlier this week, suggesting I add it to my Copyright Friendly Pathfinders. (Here’s our thumbnail version of that pathfinder.). Wylio is a little different from the other CC image portals and I kinda fell instantly in love. It’s also perfect […]
January 16, 2011 by Joyce Valenza
I’ve been thinking about it for a couple of years. I talk about it at conferences. And I use it myself. but I’ve never formally written about it. Here goes: I’d like to launch a little campaign, or merely make a little suggestion, for a very little edit that means a big deal to me. […]
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January 15, 2011 by Joyce Valenza
Mike Eisenberg, Dean Emeritus and Professor at the University of Washington iSchool and co-founder of Big6, shares a growing series of video conversations that should provoke both understanding and discussion of topics and issues near and dear to the hearts of teacher librarians, topics and issues that should matter to everyone involved in learning. In […]
January 15, 2011 by Joyce Valenza
Michael Zimmer (@MZimmer557), a Technology Integration Specialist in Western Kentucky, shares Tools for the 21st Century Teacher, a wonderful little e-guidebook offering a basic introduction to most things social media and discussion about how they may be effectively integrated into instruction. Among the many tools covered are Twitter, Diigo, Prezi, Evernote, Wallwisher, Skype. I am […]
January 12, 2011 by Joyce Valenza
Here’s a cross post of piece I am writing for Tech & Learning: Last week a young colleague wrote to me with a dilemma. Her high school was cutting funds for textbooks. Teachers were panicked. She wanted to help. She phoned and we brainstormed some strategies. It occurred to me that others might want to […]
January 9, 2011 by Joyce Valenza
You know who you are! I meet you at state and national conferences. Your students are achieving. You are effectively engaging learners and you teach and integrate information fluencies. You tweet and blog and present about your discoveries and successes. Your work is replicable. And you deserve to share virally and to be rewarded for […]
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