Resources for the Australian Inquiry into Teacher Librarians
Thanks to a number of concerned school library supporters around the world, some excellent resources for addressing a response to the Australian Inquiry into Teacher Librarians have forwarded to Bright Ideas. Carl A. Harvey’s What should an Administrator expect a School Library…
Bookstash
This is a Facebook app that should appeal to young adult readers. Developed by the UK’s Channel 4, the Bookstash Facebook app says, “Create and expand your stash of books, review them with stickers, and tag them with keywords you choose!”…
TubeChop
TubeChop is a really cool tool. Basically, TubeChop lets you edit YouTube videos and then embed them into websites. So videos you want to use in class or for professional learning are always ready to go and there is no…
Digital Citizenship wiki
A very useful resource is the Digital Citizenship wiki, which caters for students in grades 1-12. The wiki explains more: This is a resource for grade level teachers to prepare students to use technology appropriately and being mindful of the…
Celebrate Change: Conference and Blog
On Monday 22 March, the School Library Association of Victoria hosted a conference entitled “Celebrate Change: Let’s Make the Whole School a Library“. Now the presentations, links and podcasts from the day are freely available to everyone via the Celebrate…
Seven tools for organising web research
Richard Byrne‘s excellent Free Technology for Teachers site has outlined seven useful tools for organising web research. Some of the tools you may have seen before, some may be new. iCyte Memonic Lumifi Wet Mount Zoho (Bright Ideas post 29/10/08)…
Using Ning in the Year 12 classroom
Whitefriars College teacher librarian Tania Sheko has agreed to share the success story of using a ning at her school. Alan November in Curriculum21 by Heidi Hayes Jacobs (found on Flickr in Great quotes about learning and change). I want to share…
Periodic Table: elements and their real-world applications
This resource contains all of the Periodic Table of Elements, but what is really fantastic is that it includes their real world applications. Knowing that, for example, Iridium is used to develop cancer treatment, hypodermic needles, helicopter spark plugs and…
The many and varied roles of the teacher librarian
Carl A. Harvey II is the library media specialist at North Elementary School in Noblesville, Indiana. Carl A. Harvey II, a library media specialist at North Elementary School in Noblesville, Indiana has developed a document on the expectations of teacher…
Fancy Goods
Fancy Goods is the blog of the Australian Bookseller and Publisher magazine. The website explains: Fancy Goods is about all things book-related. You’ll find book reviews, information about what titles are selling or being mentioned in the press, news from the…
