Gaming @ State Library of Victoria
Xperience XBOX FRI 17 JULY, 6.30 – 9PM Come in and experience some of the best XBOX 360 games with an evening of modern, multiplayer, and online XBOX 360 games, such as Guitar Hero: World Tour, Halo 3, Harry Potter…
Teen Librarian
British website Teen Librarian (no, our colleagues are not getting younger before our very eyes, it’s for librarians who work in young adult settings) provides some excellent resources for those of us who work in schools or public libraries. The site…
The Publisher’s Office
Penguin USA has developed a very interesting website, that adds value to their publications. The Publisher’s Office. Homepage From the website comes the following information: At Penguin we know that readers have a wide variety of interests and that finding…
LearnCentral
LearnCentral is an online, social learning network for teachers and is affiliated with Elluminate, the online conferencing system featured here previously. LearnCentral homepage From the FAQs page comes the following information: What can I do on LearnCentral? Use LearnCentral to: Connect with…
Elluminate revision session
A reminder to Victorian SLAV members that there is an Elluminate revision session on Thursday 25 June from 3.30-5pm. Feel free to drop in at any time for a short or longer session. Don’t forget you will need your headset. Click…
The Role of Reading in Guided Inquiry: Building Engagement and Understanding
Following on from a previous post about the excellent professional learning session delivered by Dr Ross J Todd from the Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries Rutgers University, The State University of New Jersey; his colleague Dr Carol A…
Once upon a digital time
A very interesting article on e-books was published in The Age on Sunday (the headline of the print version was E is for eye-pod): Once upon a digital time Christina Bell, of Mitcham’s Central Book Services, browses her e-reader over…
The future starts now:e-books and everything
Curriculum Corporation and the School Library Association of Victoria present a joint conference, The future starts now: e-books and everything, on Friday 14 August 2009 at ACMI, Federation Square, Melbourne. What IS happening around the world in e-book publishing? How…
Tania Sheko’s English wiki
Whitefriars College teacher librarian Tania Sheko has been busy! She has also created a wiki for the English class she has been working with. Tania explains how the wiki came about: The English wiki was created to support a particular…
Powering Up Minds and Powering Up Machines: Guided Inquiry, Reading and Web 2.0
Dr Ross J Todd and Dr Carol A Gordon from the Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries Rutgers University, The State University of New Jersey presented two vital presentations this week to the Planning Learning Perspectives: Guided Inquiy Masterclass…
