I am adding this little video to my 9th grade orientation agenda for the fall and I’ve added it to my documentation guide. Produced by the University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries, the film features a college student sharing his soul on an information ethical therapist’s couch and a visit from an uncited journalist. [...]
Our new orientation video
June 10, 2011 By 5 Comments
On watching our kids walk the red carpet
May 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment
They rolled out the red carpet again at the Keswick, our beautiful local arts theater. Earlier this week I attended the 2011 Greenfield Youth Film Festival. With twice the number of Philadelphia-area high schools participating as last year, it is clear that something big was going on at the Keswick. I wish it could happen [...]
Why I need my library: Check out these videos!
May 5, 2011 By 1 Comment
It may be too late to enter, but it’s not too late to enjoy and share some of the fabulous submissions in ALA’s Why I Need My Library Video Contest. Here’s just one of the many true gems. Check out this professional produced music video from New Canaan High School. (Directed by Nicola Scandiffio. Production [...]
Vimeo Video School
May 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment
I recently discovered that the place I store and share my videos is also a place to learn how to make videos better. Vimeo Video School offers a growing array of sharp, clever bite-sized tutorials, illustrated with clear examples, created by the Vimeo filmmaking community. Here’s one example: Shooting Basics, from the Video 101 section: [...]
On writing prompts (video and otherwise)
April 10, 2011 By 2 Comments
If your language arts (media/social studies/science/health) colleagues are growing tired of their usual bag of writing prompt tricks, share these ideas with them. TeachHUB offers a wide variety of provocative prompts that are designed to inspire critical thinking and either written or verbal response. Among the goodies on the pages of prompts, with differentiated questions [...]
The Seven-Keynote MLS?
March 24, 2011 By 4 Comments
In my last post I wrote of Buffy Hamilton’s Crowdsourcing Recommended Reads for Issues in School Librarianship. Inspired by a request from her mentor and friend, Dr. Mary Ann Fitzgerald, of the University of Georgia, Buffy polled her PLN and compiled their impressive list of recommendations. That post echoed a post I’ve left in draft [...]
AASL Vision Tour: A look back at our morning with Nancy Everhart!
January 25, 2011 By 1 Comment
I am delayed a bit in reporting back on our visit from AASL President Dr. Nancy Everhart on the Pennsylvania leg of her Vision Tour. Springfield Vision Tour from Joyce Valenza on Vimeo. It was a very special honor. I was personally touched by the kind comments from those who spoke and sang and danced [...]
History for Music Lovers on YouTube
December 31, 2010 By 4 Comments
An article in the Washington Post yesterday turned me on to an amazing creative effort developed by a couple of teachers in Hawaii. History for Music Lovers on YouTube is song parody and remix at its most useful. And you are going to want to share it with your history, and many of your other [...]
Edublogs Awards 2010
November 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Nominations are now open for the 7th annual 2010 Edublogs Awards. Think of this event as an opportunity to celebrate your favorite blogs, but more importantly, as an opportunity to discover and explore outstanding blogs and also tweeters and podcasters and wiki owners and hosts of online communities and media producers you have never heard [...]
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