Joyce Valenza has been studying and writing about young people, technology and information fluency for more than twenty years. She is currently an Associate Professor at Rutgers University’s Master of Information program. For ten years, Joyce wrote the techlife@school column for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Joyce has authored books on information skills for ALA. She earned her doctoral degree from the University of North Texas in 2007. Joyce is a Milken Educator, a Google Certified Teacher, and a Library of Congress American Memory Fellow. She is active in ISTE, ALA, AASL and YALSA, and speaks internationally about issues relating to the thoughtful use of educational technology.