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The Classroom Bookshelf
by Mary Ann Cappiello
A Fuse #8 Production
by Betsy Bird
Good Comics for Kids
by Brigid Alverson
September 22, 2014 by Joyce Valenza
What if a book continued to resonate for its readers in a tangible way long after the pages were closed? What if books inspired, not just individual–but collective and collaborative response, creative expression, participation, action? What if communities formed around books? What if an author’s webspace inspired true dialogue and interaction? And how can librarians, […]
September 18, 2014 by Joyce Valenza
If you love or teach with primary sources, and if you’ve got a few iPads around the classroom, you’re going to be pretty happy. The Library of Congress announced and launched the first titles in its series of free Student Discovery Sets. The new Library of Congress Student Discovery Sets bring together historical artifacts and […]
September 14, 2014 by Joyce Valenza
I am thrilled to be keynoting at Library 2.014 this year (October 8-9). I’ll be talking about the importance of building social capital in our profession. I am doubly thrilled to be organizing our second Connected Librarian Day, as a pre-conference on Tuesday, October 7th. (Please help spread the word by sharing our flyer!) Sponsored […]
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September 9, 2014 by Joyce Valenza
I first wrote about Newsela nearly a year ago (Newsela: Making News Accessible for Learners). Across the curriculum, my teachers and students loved it. This morning, founder and CEO Matthew Gross, shared the announcement of the expansion of the news platform that engages readers in news at their own level, with launch of the Newsela Sports […]
September 5, 2014 by Joyce Valenza
Last week I was so excited to discover the Internet Archive Book Images project. Yesterday (also via @infodocket) I discovered Photogrammar— a digital humanities project from Yale University. Exploiting Library of Congress metadata, the Photogrammar team created a web-based platform for organizing, searching, and visualizing the 170,000 photographs from 1935 to 1945 created by the […]
September 4, 2014 by Joyce Valenza
If you’re a devoted Google Forms lover, take a new look. You’ll be excited and you’ll likely just want to create many more surveys and polls! Earlier this week the Google Drive Blog announced that, in response to user requests, they’ve added the ability to add your own personal touch to forms through custom themes. […]
September 1, 2014 by Joyce Valenza
I recently spent a full day presenting workshops for the Nashville school librarians with my buddy Shannon Miller. I expected to fall in love with the city. But I fell in love with it for an unexpected reason. Nashville is a city that truly loves its libraries. And that love has a lot to do […]
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