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Study tips for teens

I watched a great interview this morning on ABC TV about Jess AKA Study With Jess. Her mission is to help students live happy, healthy and productive lives. Her YouTube channel has a range of informative and helpful videos on how to get organised, beat stress, boost your grades and more. She has also written a study guide for students….read more →

30 Jan, 2017
  • Curriculum
  • School libraries

Education Central for your book needs

 Booktopia has set up a great portal at Education Central where you can grab all the educational books you need for your classroom or school library. In this section you  will find books and other resources for Primary, Secondary and Higher Education. Check out the range of resources by clicking on the graphic. You are bound to find some great…read more →

17 May, 2016
  • Curriculum
  • School libraries
  • Teacher librarian

Book Week 2015: Digital Resources to Engage Students

Book Week is a significant event on the annual calendar for classroom and English teachers and teacher librarians with its focus on quality literature. Supplementing and extending these reading experiences with resources available on the Internet and the use of web tools for students to respond creatively to the literature enriches the Book Week experience. This webinar provides an overview…read more →

17 Jul, 2015
  • School libraries
  • Teacher librarian

A Profession at the Tipping Point (Revisited)

“On one hand, budget and testing pressures have led to decisions to eliminate or de-professionalize school libraries. On the other hand, the increased emphasis on college and career readiness and the integration of technology have opened an unprecedented door to school librarian leadership” (Stripling 2014). At the end of May 2014 I stepped down as the Chief Executive Officer of…read more →

26 Mar, 2015
  • Advocacy
  • Information Professional
  • School libraries
  • Teacher librarian

Lessons plans to support the Australian Curriculum

There are an increasing number of resources, many developed by subject associations, freely available on the web to support the delivery of content in the Australian Curriculum. In this presentation, Dr Jennie Bales introduces a selection of quality web sites where exemplary lessons and units of work have been developed to directly address content outlined in Humanities and Social Sciences…read more →

1 Dec, 2014
  • School libraries
  • Teacher librarian
  • Webinars

Learning and literacy

June Wall and Karen Bonanno provide an introduction to the research base behind the need for students and teachers to develop new learning skills, formerly known as 21st century learning skills. An outcome of this research has been the recognition of the need for teachers to upskill in these new areas. It presents the argument for, and research about, the…read more →

28 Oct, 2014
  • Digital literacy
  • Professional learning
  • School libraries
  • Teacher librarian

A profession at the tipping point

Just returned from the Australian School Library Association (ASLA) Biennial Conference where I presented a keynote session — A profession at the tipping point: time to change the game plan Abstract: The nationalisation of K-12 education in Australia has the potential to have a Jupiter Effect (prediction that an alignment of the planets would create a number of catastrophes) on…read more →

6 Oct, 2011
  • Advocacy
  • Conferences
  • Information Professional
  • Professional learning
  • School libraries
  • Teacher librarian

KB Enterprises (Aust) Pty Ltd sponsorship — Keynote speaker for IASL 2011 conference in Jamaica

The keynote address at the 2011 International Association of School Librarianship (IASL) 40th Annual Conference incorporating the 15th International Forum on Research in School Librarianship. Conference Theme: School Libraries: Empowering the 21st Century Learner Read More …

23 Aug, 2011
  • Conferences
  • School libraries

Do school libraries really make a difference?

During the House of Representatives Inquiry into School Libraries and Teacher Librarians in Australian Schools, the principals and personnel from the State and Federal Departments of Education were asked if they were aware of the research. The definitive answer was, no. I find this staggering, especially when it is these decision makers who espouse either the ‘Google it’ approach or…read more →

23 Jun, 2011
  • Advocacy
  • School libraries

Seven successful strategies to add to your advocacy toolkit

Although numerous studies of school libraries in other states have proven that well-funded, well-staffed school library programs have a positive impact on student achievement, a 2008 meeting with Lucille Davy, then NJ Education Commissioner, prompted NJASL to commission a New Jersey study to clearly answer the following questions: What does a good school library look like? What role does a…read more →

23 Jan, 2011
  • Advocacy
  • School libraries
  • Teacher librarian
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