Joyce Valenza’s Neverending Search

It’s lovely that my daughter sees me this way. Thanks, Em!

I just realized I forgot to post the message I wrote on Wednesday! I am back from Computers in Libraries and newly charged. I wish I had more time to explore what was coming today in the school library strand and the workshopS our colleagues presented in the other divisions. For those of you who [...]

Back in 1996, when I started my Philadelphia Inquirer column, the Web was an infant.  In more than ten years, techlife@school allowed (sometimes forced) me to reach, to learn, and to share with readers–in this region and beyond–the excitement of watching that baby grow.  It was cool to be a columnist with a laboratory.  When I reviewed applications [...]

Thank you, Debbie Abilock, for updating and sprucing up one of my favorite tools for learners, “Choose the Best Search for Your Information Need.” http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/information/5locate/adviceengine.html. Debbie’s organized the search engines, directories, portals, etc. around learners’ authentic needs and includes major subject tools, media search tools, primary sources, and such emerging search strategies as tagging. A similar tool [...]

I love what’s happening at EdTechTalk! It’s where the real buzz is.  The stuff that goes on there just may be in my professional journals–two months from now. Every (well most every) Wednesday night at 8 PM EST, I join educators from all over the world for discussions about where the ed tech world is going.  [...]