New tools workshop wiki
Joyce Valenza has done it again. This time she and David Warlick have created a vibrant and informative wiki that showcases new social media tools for learning. With pages covering topics such as: WallWisherIdeas Backchannel PlayaroundPage What is 2.0? Learning…
National Year of Reading 2012
What brilliant news! A National Year of Reading for 2012 has been announced. So far the website has only the basics, but will adding much more content for children adults reading professionals events There are, however, already a number of…
Readers’ Cup blog
The School Library Association of Victoria has developed a blog to support the running of the Readers’ Cup in Victorian schools. Featuring details of entry, rules and procedures, the blog also has links to a number of questions and answers…
Adventures in Library Instruction podcast
This is a great idea! Adventures in library instruction is a monthly hour long podcast (available in mp3) ”about teaching information literacy in libraries.” School and University librarians are often interviewed and a range of topics including technology and assessment are…
Sharing eLearning at MESC
Lynn Swannell, a Librarian at Mount Eliza Secondary College has developed a very useful eLearning wiki. Lynn explains how the wiki came about: I created this ‘Sharing eLearning at MESC’ wiki with two things in mind – teaching myself how to use…
Weekly links (weekly)
Alan November: effective searching | Bright ideas tags: alannovember Education web2.0 technology learning libraries searching Live and Interative with Heidi Hayes Jacobs on Curriculum 21 | LearnCentral tags: HeidiHayesJacobs FutureofEducation Elluminate Steve_Hargadon Education collaboration web2.0 technology learning ISTE Learning tags:…
Alan November: effective searching
I recently attended a workshop by Alan November that focused on ways to teach students effective internet use and searching. Alan had some interesting tips and tricks that readers may find useful (I certainly did!) Wikipedia puts title of article…
Heidi Hayes Jacobs – an Elluminate recording
Curriculum designer Heidi Hayes Jacobs was recently interviewed by Steve Hargadon in an Elluminate session. Heidi Hayes Jacobs, editor of Curriculum 21: Essential Education for a Changing World, talks about the book, the contributors, and the ideas! DR. HEIDI HAYES…
ISTE learning
Recently The Journal revealed a new and exciting site for professional learning for educators worldwide. ISTE Launches Professional Development Site for Ed Tech at Annual Conference explains how: At its annual conference this week in Denver, the International Society for Technology in…
Mooroopna Secondary College Library
Teacher librarian Rachel Fidock, has been involved in an exciting library program at Mooroopna Secondary College. There has been a lot of work put into development of social media and Rachel explains more: By Rachel Fidock I am proud to be…
