Joyce Valenza

542 Articles

 

Date Range

Last 30 days
Last 6 months
Last 12 months
Last 24 months
Specific Dates

Category

Best Websites and Best Apps, my faves and a brief reflection on when it really needs to be an app

Best Websites and Best Apps, my faves and a brief reflection on when it really needs to be an app

Joyce Valenza | Blogs,  Jun 24, 2018

Joyce Valenza covers the top picks among the annual list. 

Off to ALA and ISTE (and how to follow along when you’re #notat . . .)

Off to ALA and ISTE (and how to follow along when you’re #notat . . .)

Joyce Valenza | Blogs,  Jun 19, 2018

I’ll be off to New Orleans this week and then Chicago after that for my fairly regular attempt to attend two overlapping conferences. I am not complaining, but it’s good to know how to follow along or catch up with the events on your own time during and after the fact.  Last year I felt […]
Highlights Hangout launches: a sonic spin on a classic kids favorite

Highlights Hangout launches: a sonic spin on a classic kids favorite

Joyce Valenza | Blogs,  Jun 11, 2018

Just in time for road-trip season comes the new free monthly podcast series, Highlights Hangout  Launched this week, the series is a collaboration between the makers of the popular and iconic Highlights For Children magazine (now 72-years old!) and the creators of NPR’s also popular science podcast Wow in the World, both produced in partnership with Tinkercast.com, a leading producer of educational audio. […]
The Great American Read and its sweet by-products

The Great American Read and its sweet by-products

Joyce Valenza | Blogs,  Jun 05, 2018

I was mesmerized by the two-hour launch of PBS Great American Read campaign.  While I believe choosing one book is impossible and not actually the point of this celebration,  I was enchanted by one compelling little book talk after another.  And it was delightful to listen to people talk with such passion about their books. Yesterday, I discovered When […]
LOC introduces its Story Maps

LOC introduces its Story Maps

Joyce Valenza | Blogs,  Jun 02, 2018

Joyce Valenza covers Story Maps,  which feature a bounty of primary sources, including period newspapers, images, photographs, quotes as well as innovative, narrative approaches to mapping data.

On immersive technologies and the library: a visit with author Jamie Donally

On immersive technologies and the library: a visit with author Jamie Donally

Joyce Valenza | Blogs,  May 28, 2018

Imagine the possibilities. of immersive virtual field trips–a walk through the solar system, the experience of a tornado, a tour around a refugee camp of a science lab with the opportunity to fully explore, rotate and dissect a 3D model of the human body. of your students designing their own 360-degree, interactive, immersive stories with augmented […]
WalkWoke: an iOS app for your student activists (and a media literacy opp)

WalkWoke: an iOS app for your student activists (and a media literacy opp)

Joyce Valenza | Blogs,  May 23, 2018

Your student activists are going to love WalkWoke.The iPhone app allows for the creative of impactful political posters to print, publish or share with meme-style ease.The app was launched in January by Tangelo, a venture studio and an innovation lab with a diverse team–built and founded by immigrant women. Posters were selected for their powerful and empathetic artwork drawn by real […]
On that video about non-book reading

On that video about non-book reading

Joyce Valenza | Blogs,  May 22, 2018

A few days back I kinda jumped on a social media bandwagon reposting the Jimmy Kimmel video, Can you name a book? I cringed when I watched that video. And I had an icky feeling when I hit the Tweet button. But I did it anyway. Kimmel referred to a Pew survey released in March that explored […]
Google Science Journal: A lab in your pocket

Google Science Journal: A lab in your pocket

Joyce Valenza | Blogs,  May 20, 2018

Sometimes an app truly demonstrates the power of mobile. Google’s Science Journal app transforms your mobile device into a little science laboratory, encouraging students to conduct authentic experiments, collect and visualize data and record observations from the world around them. 

ALREADY A SUBSCRIBER?

We are currently offering this content for free. Sign up now to activate your personal profile, where you can save articles for future viewing

ALREADY A SUBSCRIBER?