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April 26, 2014 by Joyce Valenza
During National Library Month, it’s so lovely to celebrate a victory for children and that the hard work of advocacy can pay off. VSLA President, Denise Wentz, just wrote to share the following great news in advance of my visit to the the Vermont Dynamic Learning Landscapes Conference. I am very happy to finally announce […]
April 23, 2014 by Joyce Valenza
Preso.tv is a free, sweet, little tool that will allow you to easily present/broadcast your slideshows, pdfs, docs on desktop and mobile or projector screens at the same time. No registration required. Upload a presentation and get a short URL to share. Your presentation may be viewed on any device with a Chrome, Safari, Microsoft […]
April 21, 2014 by Joyce Valenza
For years, I’ve been a fan of Alan Levine’s (@cogdog) 50 Ways to Tell a Digital Story and his groundbreaking, open kick-butt DS106 (digital storytelling) course. I recently rediscovered the DS106 Assignment Bank and I see it as a truly inspiring resource for inspiring K12 creativity. This collection presents an array of options for student […]
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April 20, 2014 by Joyce Valenza
Booktrack is a new, free platform designed to encourage readers to immerse themselves in their readings by accompanying digital texts with movie-style soundtracks. Booktrack Classroom offers a library of public domain books to which soundtracks have already been added. Students may opt to create their own soundtracks content they’ve authored themselves. And teachers may create […]
April 19, 2014 by Joyce Valenza
Hi folks, Brenda Boyer, Della Curtis and I are finishing up our upcoming ALA book project on curation and there’s a missing piece we need your help with. We’d like to know about how librarians (and classroom teachers) are teaching students to perform digital curation. What tools are you using? How is student curation integrated […]
April 18, 2014 by Joyce Valenza
It’s almost #toogoodtobetrue The week, British Pathé, turned its archive of more than 90,000 historical films (or 3500 hours) over to YouTube. This rich collection of captioned newsreels and documentaries spans the 1890s through the early years of the 21st century. With coverage ranging from fashion to warfare and sport to travel it should be […]
April 14, 2014 by Joyce Valenza
I am so embarrassed to have missed these announcement, and I want to make sure that others do not! SLJ just announced two new awards that are ripe pickings for so many of you! 1. School Librarian of the Year! You know who you are. I urge you to nominate yourself. School Library Journal has launched […]
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