Helen Boelens recommended this video by Taylor Mali to readers of Bright Ideas:
It is rather funny and quite true! It certainly shows how passionate some people are about the school library and I’m sure that many teachers would identify with it.
Andrew Churches has developed this fantastic interpretation of Bloom’s taxonomy for the digital era.
His wiki also contains a number of PDFs that include more information about the taxonomy as well as comprehensive presentations.
This chart, which features on the wiki, is an excellent ready reference for you to see how tasks such as commenting on blogs fits into Bloom’s taxonomy.
There is much more to explore in this informative and broad wiki. Thank you to Andrew for permission to feature his wiki here.
The Living Sky School Division in Canada has developed and shared an excellent digital citizenship continuum for students, parents and teachers. Covering students from pre-K to year 12, this public document covers topics such as:
What a great idea to include teachers and parents in this document to encourage good modelling of digital citizenship at home and at school. Well worth a look.
The library staff at Bialik College are preparing for their new library to be completed. In the meantime, they have produced a number of resources about the library. These include:
Information about the new Bialik library building including:
- facts about the new library,
- construction photos and floor plans,
- information on the spaces in the new building, and
- how the new library will support teaching the curriculum and build a culture of learning, independent thinking, and reading within the Bialik community.
A number of photos of the construction of the library are also available here. We thank David Feighan, the Director, Libraries and Learning Resources and his team for providing this exciting information and look forward to seeing the physical library completed along with more news on the developing virtual library.