Valenza

=Joyce Valenza= Joyce is a teacher-librarian, blogger, and technology writer. She works at Springfield Township High School in Pennsylvania.

[|Never Ending Search blog] [|NING] Virtual Library

Joyce is very interested in different library media techniques and technology, and talks a lot about these topics on her blog and NING. She is also involved in writing about technology, such as her article about Google gaining competition for its position as the number one search engine. Joyce promotes the use of scholarly databases in her library, and includes special topic information on her blog about JSTOR and Google Scholar, and how to use them with students. She gives a lot of tips on research that can be helpful to both students and teachers. On her NING, Joyce starts discussions and conversations with other teachers and librarians about sharing ideas and concepts like how to start the beginning of the school year. Her virtual library is very in-depth and interactive with several links in the form of notecards to resources for students, teachers like lessons, the catalog, a style guide, and copyright information. I think Joyce is a very influential individual in the school library world. She is a great example of how powerful media specialists can be for students and teachers in schools. She works very hard to promote the use of school libraries and she keeps up with technology, which is essential in the 21st century learning environment. -AAF