Talking Difference
Jan Molloy, Programs Co-ordinator, Humanities at the Immigration Museum describes Talking Difference, a new multimedia project from Museum Victoria with content creation opportunities for schools and libraries. On Thursday May 9, Museum Victoria launched Talking Difference, a multi-platform online digital media project designed…
New writers in residence on Inside a Dog
Jordi Kerr, Learning Programs Officer at the Centre for Youth Literature talks about upcoming writers in residence on insideadog. Ever wanted to break into a writer’s mind and find out the true story – how do they do it? What…
Be in control: participate in the new age of school libraries
Cindy Tschernitz, Executive Officer from SLAV, introduces the second SLAV conference for 2013. Be in control: participate in the new age of school libraries is the second School Library Association of Victoria (SLAV) conference for 2013. The conference for library…
TeachMeet Time Machine
Hamish Curry, Education Manager at the State Library of Victoria, reflects on the evolution of Teachmeets and the next one coming up at the Library on May 16. Teachmeet Time Machine Thursday 16 May What’s the one thing all teachers…
Reading Matters 2013
The schedule for Reading Matters 2013 is now available, boasting an impressive line up of emerging and established authors from across Australia and the world. One of the themes explored this year is story told through different mediums with speakers…
History resources from Sovereign Hill
In this guest post Peter Hoban, Education Officer at Ballarat’s Sovereign Hill, introduces the comprehensive range of online resources and events produced by the Sovereign Hill education team. Sovereign Hill Education is using online tools to make AusVELS history accessible to…
Happy holidays
With the school year drawing to a close we wanted to wish all of our readers a happy and safe holidays. It’s been an exciting year here at Bright Ideas with a number of new additions to the site. We’ve…
CYL turns 21
The Centre for Youth Literature has come of age this year, reaching the ripe old age of 21. In celebration, the Centre is hosting two events, one for library professionals and another for students on Tuesday 21st and Wednesday 22nd…
PLN for 2012
The next Personal Learning Network (PLN) program will run for 12 weeks beginning 5th March 2012. For more information visit State Library website page or email learning@slv.vic.gov.au The program, run by the State Library of Victoria in association with SLAV,…
Future of Education: search literacy
This Friday at 12pm AEST time, Steve Hargadon will be hosting a panel discussion on search literacy as part of his Future of Education series. The panel for the session includes Google Search Education Fellow, Tasha Bergson-Michelson and Debbie Abilock,…
