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Teen Librarian Toolbox
by Amanda MacGregor
The Classroom Bookshelf
by Mary Ann Cappiello
August 8, 2016 by Joyce Valenza
Last week I enjoyed the great variety of edCamp Global sessions across a variety of platforms–Periscope, Twitter chats, and Google+ Hangouts. One session that continues to resonate with me is the Hangout on Kidcasts, or podcasts for kids. I suppose it’s because I was largely unaware that kidscasts were a thing, a potentially important thing. […]
January 6, 2015 by Joyce Valenza
Booktalks are an art form. They are low-key, personal commercials that encourage children (and other potential readers) to connect with books. They are teasers, designed to sell a book. After a powerful grabber, they might include simple summaries, dramatic readings, a presentation in the voice of a character, a sharing of a dramatic moment. They […]
November 14, 2010 by Joyce Valenza
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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August 22, 2010 by Joyce Valenza
This morning my husband and I visited the Late Renoir exhibit at our Philadelphia Museum of Art. While enjoying the audio tour led by two distinguished curators, I wondered if the museum also had an app for that. I wondered, if beyond those temporary exhibits we regularly tour, if our museum offered tours of the […]
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