Make the web work for you – new VicPLN course
Many of you are part of the community that has grown out of the VicPLN series of online courses. With your feedback in mind, we’ve created a new course for 2015 which integrates the best of two previous courses into one: Make the…
Your library, your career – SLAV / SLV forum
On Friday 16 May, School library Association of Victoria, in conjunction with the State Library of Victoria, held a forum to explore the role of individuals working in a school libraries and the importance of their personal approaches to the…
PLN Plus – be the change you want to see
Kelly Gardiner, Online Learning Manager at the State Library of Victoria, is a well-known voice in the VicPLN community, particularly in relation to professional learning for educators and librarians. This post introduces the guiding questions that underpin the new PLN+…
PLN Plus March 2014
In March the State Library of Victoria will begin a new kind of PLN program, PLN Plus. PLN Plus is designed for teacher librarians and educators who want to find out how to effect change in their schools and learning…
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Influence and Enchantment
As part of a new series on advocacy in school libraries, regular Bright Ideas contributor Catherine Hainstock shares her reflections on how school librarians can assert their place at the heart of the school. The School Library Association of Queensland in partnership…
Global Education Project
In this guest post Heath Graham (Project Officer for the Geography Teachers’ Association of Victoria) introduces resources and webinars for the Global Education project. The Global Education Project is an AusAid-funded initiative, designed to encourage teachers to take a global perspective…
Talking about content curation
Rhondda Powling was part of a group, including staff from the State Library of Victoria, who presented at SLAV ‘s ‘Be in control: participate in the new age of school libraries’ on the value of personal learning networks, workflows and online…
The value of shares
There was an interesting development last week in the United Kingdom, where Education secretary Michael Gove gave a speech addressing a perceived lack of relevance and rigour in school education. A key talking point of the speech was Gove bemoaning…
Bamboo Dirt: I need a digital research tool to …
Whenever we are faced with learning new skills or new methods we tend to focus on the tools. However, when we shift our focus from the tools to what can be done with them, real transformation occurs. Mastery and success become…
New Libguides from the State Library of Victoria
Librarians at the State Library of Victoria answer complex reference questions for patrons everyday, whether it be onsite, via email or on the phone. After years of experience with the questions people bring to the collection, reference librarians have developed…