The 21st Century Librarian

I’m just starting to get caught up on all of the podcasts I missed when I was on vacation. A couple weeks ago, the guys over at EdTechTalk hosted LibraryFest, a webcast on the role of libraries and librarians in 21st century schools. Their primary guest was Joyce Valenza, a dynamic, forward-thinking, technology-focused school librarian [...]

Posted on July 26th, 2006 by John Schinker
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Considering the Source

Emily started the dinner conversation. “According to Ruff Ruffman’s web site, cheetahs can run 70 miles per hour.” “Really? What else did you find out?” “Dad, I think we should Google cheetahs after dinner.” We did. We found the Nature site, which says cheetahs can run 60 miles per hour. National Geographic agrees with Ruff [...]

Posted on July 25th, 2006 by John Schinker
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