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February 23, 2008 by Joyce Valenza
I was chatting with my husband at dinner about my recent blog post on ubiquity and brand. Stop thinking inward and worrying about bylaws. Don’t wait to be asked to help. Go to the grades, the departments and say here is how our program can help.
February 21, 2008 by Joyce Valenza
Steve Dembo tagged me the other day with this meme challenge: Post a picture from a source like FlickrCC or Flickr Creative Commons or make/take your own that captures what YOU are most passionate about for kids to learn about…and give your picture a short title. Title your blog post “Meme: Passion Quilt” and link […]
February 16, 2008 by Joyce Valenza
In Doug Johnson’s blog post today, he suggests that the enemy is us. Doug’s recent interaction with two learning and technology coordinators from the International School in Bangkok led him to ask: If we take an honest look at what we as librarians have done since technology has come into our buildings, as painful as […]
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February 16, 2008 by Joyce Valenza
I am feeling very guilty. This morning my iGoogle homepage appeared to be hijacked. It automatically redirected me to sitesure.com, a site that seems to be related to Network Solutions. I felt awful after raving about iGoogle and its lovely new themes earlier this week. After searching frantically for a solution, using Yahoo! and good […]
February 15, 2008 by Joyce Valenza
Perhaps this is just a bit outside the usual scope of my blog. Please forgive me. Our wonderful high school is conducting a search for a wonderful new principal and I hope you folks will help me spread the word. High School Principal. Springfield Township High School. Enrollment 850; grades 8-12. Experienced high school administrator […]
February 15, 2008 by Joyce Valenza
If you’ve been following the wonderful story of Lisa, Susan, and Denette, you’ll be happy to know that the Washington State moms are half way there. Senate Bill 6380 passed by a resounding and unanimous vote of 49 to 0! It now moves to the State House. We’re not there yet but we’ve learned that: […]
February 13, 2008 by Joyce Valenza
Today Microsoft released a survey of 501 teens, grade 7 through 10. The study concluded: teens are less likely to illegally download content from the Internet when they know the laws for downloading and sharing content online. About half of those teens, however, said they were not familiar with these laws, and only 11 percent […]
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