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A Good Lesson To Learn: New Systematic Synthetic Phonics Lesson Packs For F–2
Issue 132, Term 1, 2025
cs (SSP), an evidence-based approach that is now supported across Australian states and territories. These changes have created strong demand among teachers in Foundation to Year 2 for phonics lesson plans and resources. While many schools are turning to commercial programs, it’s good to know that
Computational thinking as the 'new literacy': professional development opportunities
By Associate Professor Katrina Falkner
Issue 95, Term 4 2015
be our experiences in providing the Computer Science Education Research (CSER) Digital Technologies MOOC – an open, online course designed to support teachers in the new Digital Technologies learning area. Why is this essential? A decade ago, Information and Communications Technology (ICT) educa
CC News
By Schools Catalogue Information Service
Issue 31, Term 4 1999
rd to your continued support next year. The Government, Catholic and Independent organisations that arrange bulk purchase SCIS subscriptions. The Teacher Librarians who have provided us with feedback by completing product surveys, contacting us by email, telephone or fax and attending conference
Reviews of SCIS Subject Headings Fourth Edition
By Barbara Braxton, Barbara Shardlow, Rod Barker
Issue 33, Term 2 2000
A Teacher Librarian My previous life must have been quite spectacular, because I seem to be paying for it now! Otherwise, why, just weeks after completing my cataloguing course at Library School, ruining my eyes and my brain trying to figure out the complexities of the SCIS Subject Headings Thir
Towards the New Century
By Heather Kelsall,
Issue 10, Term 3 1994
in the library. This was based on the vision that the computer would be a learning tool across all curriculum areas and provide interaction between teacher I student and student/ student in an active learning environment. The school recognised that the body of knowledge today and in the future is
Non-fiction: the elephant in the library
By Rebecca Tobler
Issue 107, Term 4 2018
Having recently completed my retraining as a teacher librarian, I have spent a great deal of time contemplating what to do with the non-fiction section. During my extensive research, I became increasingly frustrated that, as I’d initially discovered during the retraining, the only guidance was that
School library spotlight: Modbury High School
By Linda Guthrie
Issue 108, Term 1 2019
What is your job title, and what does your role entail? I am employed as a teacher librarian in a government secondary school with around 800 students. As a qualified teacher librarian, I really enjoy the range and scope of my role: teaching and learning, leadership, curriculum involvement, libra
Supporting multiple literacies through robotics clubs
By Chelsea Quake
Issue 110, Term 3 2019
ts will tend to prefer turning to each other to solve problems collaboratively. This is one of the things that makes robotics so appealing to me as a teacher librarian. Robotics has such an immense capacity to inspire inquiry-based learning, collaboration and knowledge-sharing between students. Rec
School library spotlight: Mercy College, Coburg
By Anne Girolami
Issue 118, TERM 3 2021
Melbourne approximately 10 km from the CBD. I am responsible for leading and managing the Information Centre. The library team comprises a 1.0 FTE teacher librarian position, shared between myself and another teacher who is studying to be a teacher librarian, and 2.0 FTE library technicians. T
Unique libraries: The School of St Jude in Tanzania
By Rebecca Hansford
Issue 119, Term 4 2021
o see what we’re doing and share their recommendations and expertise,’ Miss Judith says. Primary Library Mr Forehead is St Jude’s primary library teacher. He’s never met another Tanzanian with the same job. ‘It is not a common role,’ he laughs. ‘I don’t know any others.’ Mr Forehead has worke
(Re)Designing the library through school community participation
By Dr Hilary Hughes
Issue 111, Term 4 2019
xciting and sometimes daunting challenges. It can bring the whole school community together in a shared creative purpose. However, as one experienced teacher librarian commented: ‘It’s not enough to have a pretty building or space, it has to work as well’ (Bland, Hughes & Willis, 2013). Before deter
AI Leadership Framework: Advancing Australian school library professionals’ AI literacy and leadership competence
Issue 132, Term 1, 2025
its components, construction and processes (Australian Curriculum, 2024). In addition, the Australian government has initiated programs to support teachers in becoming AI-ready. A joint pilot program between the Australian and Western Australian governments focuses on reducing teacher workload
Read, respond, celebrate: engaging with the CBCA short list
By Josephine Laretive
Issue 102, Term 3 2017
ooks ensures students are given opportunities to ‘develop an informed appreciation of literature’ (ACARA). Engaging with the short list books enables teacher librarians to effectively apply the Australian School Library Association (ASLA) teacher librarian standards: Professional knowledge and promo
School Library Spotlight: Ellerslie School, NZ
Issue 132, Term 1, 2025
ur job title, and what does your role entail? I’m a Library Resource Manager. Up until two years ago, I was also a library resource manager, but our teacher resources have now gone out into classrooms. That was a big job (with help from my DP), relabelling everything and putting it all into differe
Filters in Scootle
By Daniel Hughes
Issue 96, Term 1 2016
your search by subject. For my World War I search, I am going to filter out all year levels other than years 9–10, as well as removing audio files, teacher resources, assessment resources, data sets, and text resources from the search. I will also use the ‘Learning area’ option to search by Histor
Get the best out of ABC Splash
By Leanne Robertson
Issue 93, Term 2 2015
Australian Curriculum there is something for almost any occasion. Splash provides a range of resources including video clips, games, collections and teacher resources in addition to a number of resources compatible with mobile devices. Among these are two new apps called 'Best of ABC Splash', one f
SCIS is more
By Dr Ben Chadwick
Issue 99, Term 4 2016
enough to attend the International Association for School Libraries (IASL) conference in Tokyo in late August. It was a unique experience to mix with teacher librarians globally, and with academics concerned with advocacy and advancement of school libraries. We also mingled with some wonderful new A
Website and app reviews
By Nigel Paull
Issue 102, Term 3 2017
n, teaching tips, appropriate apps, projects, and current research. SCIS no. 1817209 Australian Ballet australianballet.com.au Students and teachers studying dance will discover an assortment of material on this wonderful website. The Education section includes curriculum-related resources
Internetting Corner
By Nigel Paull
Issue 25, Term 2 1998
Electronic Resource Evaluations http://erep.qed.qId.gov.au/reviews/ webinqu3.dll? Coordinated by Education Queensland, this K-12 site provides teachers with evaluations of computer software and Internet sites. Bookmark Tutorial -Evaluating Resources http://Iibrary.berkeley.edu :8000/bkmk/
Cataloguing News
By Anne Dowling
Issue 30, Term 3 1999
mpiled, incorporating all the feedback from each stage of the consultation process. Because of the wide consultation with the Aboriginal community, Teacher Librarians from the North Coast of New South Wales, the State agencies and the Aboriginal Education officers, the list is now in a vocabulary