The new Victorian Curriculum
As has been the practice for a number of years, the first SLAV conference for 2016 focussed on the role of teacher librarians and school library staff in the learning and teaching program. The 18 March SLAV Conference entitled Student Centred, Curriculum…
Top Tools for Learning 2015
Last week Jane Hart, founder of the Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies released the 2015 Top 10 Tools for Learning. Now in its ninth year, this list is a creditable indicator of trends in the top online learning tools used…
Upcoming conference – School Learning Commons
On Friday, 8 August, the School Library Association of Victoria will host a one day conference on the theme of the ‘Learning Commons’ model of school libraries – The Virtual Learning Commons: Building a Participatory School Learning Community. Great excitement…
Student blogging with Verona Gridley
Verona Gridley, classroom teacher at St Luke the Evangelist School has developed an excellent blog that acts as a resource for her students. Verona explains how she uses JuniorsJig with her students. When our students reflect on what they have…
Listen2Learners
Hamish Curry, the Education and Onsite Learning Manager of the State Library of Victoria has kindly sent the following information: HI warmly invite you to join me at the groundbreaking Listen2Learners event. The Department of Education and Early Childhood Development 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…
Learning from the Extremes by Charles Leadbeater and Annika Wong
Learning from the Extremes is a recently released white paper by Annika Wong and WeThink: mass innovation, not mass production author Charles Leadbeater. A two page executive summary of this important 40 page document that focuses on schools and learning has…
Students as Documentary Makers with Mitzi Goldman
Victorian teachers are invited to participate in this free professional learning session. Students as Documentary Makers with Mitzi Goldman Throughout this session teachers will find out how media is a deeply engaging tool when students use it to express their…
