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May 26, 2011 by Joyce Valenza
In It’s a Wonderful Life, George Bailey was forced to consider what would happen to Bedford Falls had he never lived. Perhaps, like George, it is time for us to seriously consider our full impact on those around us. Perhaps, it is time to explain exactly what our own Pottervilles might look like should short-sighted […]
May 24, 2011 by Joyce Valenza
Interested in international children’s literature? Elizabeth Greef recently shared her new Great Global Reads for Kids project on the IASL-Link listserv. And she invites us to help populate and enrich what she calls her new wiki shell. The intention is: – to offer a growing book list of great children’s authors and titles sorted by […]
May 21, 2011 by Joyce Valenza
Google announced this one in December and I don’t know how I missed it. Today at edcampphilly, I learned that Google offers a newish feature in its Advanced Search. (Thanks Dan Callahan!) You can now add a three-level reading level filter to your search using a pulldown. Options are: no reading level displayed, annotate results […]
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May 21, 2011 by Joyce Valenza
It was one of those days. My students were hard at work creating their Civil War newsletters from the perspective of a northern or southern journalist. They happily used our wiki lesson and pathfinders, but hundreds of relevant books on our shelves (and on the cart I dragged over) were going unused. The fact is, […]
May 18, 2011 by Joyce Valenza
At a time when so many folks don’t have a clear enough picture of what libraries look like, or where libraries are going, or who librarians are, we need to point to vision. The Salem Press 2011 Library Blog Awards literally does that kind of pointing with its nominated library bloggers. It presents a cross-section […]
May 16, 2011 by Joyce Valenza
Perhaps, no one expected a library inquisition. Just in case you haven’t been following the situation in California, I asked California colleague, Rob Darrow to describe the frightening situation in a guest post. (May 18th update: LAUSD librarians, fighting for their jobs, get a grilling | 89.3 KPCC Listen to this call in show from […]
May 16, 2011 by Joyce Valenza
If, like me, you have a few students and teachers who fancy themselves fill-in-the-blank war buffs, if the Civil War, World War II, and the Revolutionary War are part of your curriculum, you’re going to want to share HistoryAnimated. The site brings to life those dashed and dotted line maps to depict key naval and […]
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