Posted by
joycevalenza on August 28th, 2010
The POWER Library is offered as a service of Pennsylvania’s public libraries, school libraries and the State Library.
The POWER library allows you to access thousands of full text periodical articles, newspapers, a major encyclopedia, plus photographs, pictures, charts, maps, reference materials for young people and more. You will find materials of interest in most subject areas for all age groups from
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Posted by
joycevalenza on August 24th, 2010
In a blog post today, Scott McLeod shared whathesaid’s list of the 10 things he believed teachers should unlearn.
Scott and whathesaid got me thinking about what ideas or beliefs our own subset of educators might also want to lose. (I got carried away and I will probably continue to add to this list.)
A bunch of things I think teacher librarians should unlearn:
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Posted by
joycevalenza on August 22nd, 2010
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 rest of its great stuff. And if there was a way I… Read More
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Posted by
joycevalenza on August 19th, 2010
I’ve just returned from nearly three weeks in Australia. It’s been a long time since I was away from home for so long.
During the first leg of my trip, I spoke at the Winter(!) conference of the librarians of SLAV (School Library Association of Victoria). I’ve never met a more intrepid, creative, energetic and forward thinking group of professionals. They are a strong tribe. And I… Read More
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Posted by
joycevalenza on August 16th, 2010
As iPhones and iPads and other mobile devices enter our classrooms and our learners’ backpacks and pockets, I’ve been wondering what types of little libraries they might be building to support their learning. And how we as librarians might help them select and build those libraries. This gathering of worthy apps may be especially timely with Apple’s news this week of a bulk purchasing option for education.
Back… Read More
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Posted by
joycevalenza on August 12th, 2010
The Library of Congress, recently launched a virtual tour app, mirroring its fabulous Library of Congress Experience, an award-winning group of exhibitions and features that has drawn record numbers of visitors.
I had the privilege of visiting the interactive exhibit live earlier this summer as… Read More
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Posted by
joycevalenza on August 8th, 2010
Don’t miss our TLCafe’s fall (eek!) kick-off event. We are honored to host a session on the New Learning Commons with guest Dr. David V. Loertscher and host Marie Slim, on Monday, August 9th and 8PM Eastern.
This important session will address:
How can the Virtual School Learning Commons become the center of Teaching
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Posted by
joycevalenza on August 8th, 2010
Yesterday I came across a pretty fabulous NYT Learning Network Blog Post: 10 Ways to Use the New York Times for Teaching Literature. I plan to share it with our Language Arts Department.
But the great ideas in the post reminded me of how much I really love the whole New York Times Learning Network
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