Joyce Valenza’s Neverending Search

I’ve been thinking this school year may be the perfect time to introduce students to interactive ways to communicate knowledge to real audiences.  The landscape is bursting with new communication possibilities! “In a sense we owe that to them,” said David F. Warlick, consultant and author and director of the Landmark Project.  “Most everything available [...]

The Wiki Prayer May I be granted …          … the serenity to accept the pages I should not edit, … the courage to edit the pages I should, … and the wisdom to know the difference. Lately I’ve been wondering about wikis and their place in student research and their potential as vehicles for [...]

With increased bandwidth and a virtual flood of new media resources for students and teachers, it makes sense to create some system for organizing this stuff.  (In fact, it seemed that apart from podcasting and assessment, streaming media was the big thing on the NECC exhibit floor this past June.) I’ve been working on our [...]

After 30 years, I cannot remember a time when it was more exciting to be a teacher or a librarian.  In this blog I will be sharing new discoveries, my Inquirer columns, and my experiences with students and teachers and the emerging tools relating to information and communication.  I hope you will join the dialog! [...]