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September 2, 2016 by Joyce Valenza
There’s redecorating and there’s just plain old decorating. When it comes time for a bit of library refreshing, in the form of posters and bulletin boards, there are so many wonderful shared options. In the spirit of fall refreshing, I thought I’d refresh on of my posts, Fall decorating: a round-up of smart (and free) […]
April 24, 2016 by Joyce Valenza
Many of us rely on Smore for student projects, for our flyers, announcements to parents, instruction and more. Many of us love it for its super-low, truly accessible learning curve. This week, the folks at Smore introduced The Educator Hive. The Hive currently features more than 450 flyer and newsletter templates shared by other educators […]
April 16, 2016 by Joyce Valenza
Perhaps it’s an inside librarian joke, but I so love this idea. I think it was Topeka Library that started the #READTransformed meme. If you’ve collected ALA’s Celebrity READ posters in your library, your students and faculty may just jump on board to help you reinterpret and remix these classics. So, pick a hero. Strike […]
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April 10, 2015 by Joyce Valenza
I’ve been in love with the elegance and free-ness of the Adobe Voice app for nearly a year now. It’s one of the easiest strategies I’ve seen for creating effective video stories. This week, Adobe introduced an equally elegant tool for digital publishing–for those times you want to tell a non-video story, largely based on […]
January 12, 2015 by Joyce Valenza
Brenda Boyer and I are getting ready for our edWeb webinar on use of subscription databases. In preparation, we created an infographic you may find useful in promoting databases with teachers and students. Please feel free to use and embed it if you find it helpful. Top reasons to use databases from Joyce Valenza During […]
November 22, 2013 by Joyce Valenza
Two inspiring/handy ideas came across my network yesterday. My dear friend, Shannon Miller shared the mashed-up Smore newsletter she is preparing for her students as a holiday gift. When it’s complete, My Teacher Librarian Gave to Me will offer Van Meter families 20 days of awesome library and technology tools and resources. Shannon embeds several Tellagami introductions […]
August 26, 2013 by Joyce Valenza
Every year, as we move back into our libraries and classrooms, we search for meaningful, inspiring, attractive visuals to fill our display cases, to grace our bulletin boards, to embed on our websites. Many of you have already experienced this, but if not, I must warn you of the dangers of searching Pinterest boards for […]
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