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January 28, 2008 by Joyce Valenza
I am planning to share much more with you about EduCon, the wonderful event I attended this weekend here in Philadelphia. This conference of conversations, organized by Chris Lehmann and his colleagues and students at the Science Leadership Academy, rocked for hundreds of reasons. You can experience some of the excitement at EduConTV. But in […]
January 27, 2008 by Joyce Valenza
I am just back from a thrilling two days downtown. Wonderful discussions about where we are going. Importance of personal learning networks. Issues of equity and intellectual freedom. Tech directors and classroom teachers not communicating.
January 23, 2008 by Joyce Valenza
Last night on WOW (Women of the Web), I discovered that the Library of Congress is sharing a wealth of photos on Flickr. As a former American Memory Fellow I was thrilled! I know the riches. I also know how much trouble I have getting students to those collections and, once they are there, gettting […]
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January 20, 2008 by Joyce Valenza
After 10 years, it was time. We could not sit through another bullet-ridden, brain-numbing student presentation. We interviewed the kids. For them it was just as bad. They dreaded each others’ PowerPoints. Though we’ve been using other tools for communication, sometimes the slideshow really seems the best choice. We knew that presentation styles had changed. […]
January 17, 2008 by Joyce Valenza
Shortly after my discussion of the need to de-criminalize student use of Google, I discovered two interesting news stories from the UK about young people’s searching behavior and ICT literacies. The JISC, a British educational ITC organization, and the British Library released a 35-page report, Information Behaviour of the Researcher of the Future that claims […]
January 14, 2008 by Joyce Valenza
A funny thing happened on the bus the other day. I was on my way back to my hotel from the Convention Center. I am sitting next to a university librarian from somewhere in Utah. Somehow the conversation turns to the subject of teaching. She says to me, "Aren’t we glad we don’t have to […]
January 12, 2008 by Joyce Valenza
In the spirit of a dear Abby who doesn’t have all the answers (but gets the power of social networking): I wanted to share an email I received from a couple of high school librarians somewhere in Georgia (with a remarkable website!). They asked to remain anonymous. It is a challenge enough to sell our […]
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