Joyce Valenza

Notes from the Canyons School District Ed Tech Retreat:
A Conversation With Joyce Valenza

What does a technology rich teaching environment look like?

Use technology to promote books, not replace them.

Google search - click "Show options"

• Wonder Wheel
• Related Searches
• Timeline

Springfield High School Library

• Page Flakes

This is what a modern librarian does. Help organize data and resources for their students.

Wikis

• Use it as a place to organize their research.
• Embed RSS feeds from the research sites they like the best on their wiki, instead of having to keep going back to the sites.
• It's a container or a parking lot for all the work they're doing.
  
• Also use for collaboration
• Also use for presentation

turnitin.com
Checks student work for plagiarism
Students have to check their work at the early stages, and they know right from the beginning whether they're in trouble with it.
Gives them a chance to discuss copyright, fair use, etc.

They have banned reports from their district.
No more reports on presidents, for example. Instead, compare two presidents' policies.
Or instead of doing a report on cats -- What would be the best pet to have at home?
Don't do wasteful, unproductive reports. Ask questions and encourage inquiry instead of giving an assigned report.

Librarians are defenders of

• Access
• Equity
• Intellectual Freedom

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