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SCIS is more
By Dr Ben Chadwick
Issue 95, Term 4 2015
e as Library Services Coordinator. I hope many of you will come across her at workshops, conferences, or online. She comes to us with experience as a teacher-librarian in a range of Melbourne schools. Helen Le joined our Customer Support team and has jumped in with both feet, assisting with your tec
Save time and effort with Scootle learning paths
By Daniel Hughes
Issue 95, Term 4 2015
Scootle plays host to more than 20,000 digital learning resources, all of which target Australian teachers and students, and many of which are aligned to the Australian Curriculum. The good news is that you can save your favourites and organise sequences of resources into learning paths. Learning
Website and app reviews
By Nigel Paull
Issue 90, Term 3 2014
discover an intriguing website filled with games, stories, puzzles, videos, and creative activities. Resource links are available for early learning teachers and parents. SCIS no. 1664402 Digital excursions – Museum of Contemporary Art Australia www.mca.com.au/learn/schools/digital-programs
Website and app reviews
By Nigel Paull
Issue 93, Term 2 2015
to additional websites are also available. SCIS no. 1704704 Inspirational school libraries from around the world – gallery www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/gallery/2015/jan/08/school-libraries-world-books-gallery Is your library looking a little dated? Feel like a library makeover? This
Website and app reviews
By Nigel Paull
Issue 99, Term 4 2016
dents aged 9–11 can learn how to create computer games, websites, and animations. Curriculum information and training programs are also available for teachers. SCIS no. 1777690 CSIRO is celebrating 100 years www.csiro.au/en/100YearsInnovation CSIRO’s forerunner, the Advisory Council of Scie
Internetting Corner
By Nigel Paull
Issue 31, Term 4 1999
is age appropriate site offers concise information and graphics regarding most aspects of the flourishing life of Ancient Egypt. Additional links for teachers include lesson plans and resources. Backyard Birdwatch -The Birds of Urban Australia <http://www2.abc.net.au/science/birds/> Students a
Reviews
By Schools Catalogue Information Service
Issue 32, Term 1 2000
A Survival Guide to the Internet tor Teachers Publisher: Curriculum Resources, South Australian Department for Education and Children's Services, 1997 RRP: $84.95 This is a resource that every school should have for its teachers! The aim of this CD-ROM is to provide teachers with help in unde
The Great Divide? Physical and Digital Resources in School Libraries
By Keith Grove
Issue 34, Term 3 2000
), but very few school library automation systems currently have that capacity. Reflecting these challenges, there is a range of strategies used by Teacher Librarians to manage physical and digital resources: some create catalogue records for Internet sites; others encourage users to search EdNA o
Handy Hints for SCISWeb
By Schools Catalogue Information Service
Issue 29, Term 2 1999
aloguing are logged. This searc~able database is located at <http://www.eddept.wa.edu.au/centoff/cmis/ caVsearch.cfm>. Not only does this site inform teacher librarians about resources that are about to be catalogued onto the SCIS database, but it also ensures that the agency does not receive duplic
Internetting Corner
By Nigel Paull
Issue 29, Term 2 1999
safety. Included on the site are activities for students, information for parents and units of work for primary teachers. Australian War Memorial http://www.awm.gov.au/default. htm The official site of the Australian War
Internetting Corner
By Nigel Paull
Issue 28, Term 1 1999
are looking for educational journals, this site, which is updated regularly, has an extensive annotated list of current educational journals for K-12 teachers. Internet links are provided for those journals with a web presence. Environmental Monitoring of Australia from Space http://www.erin.go
What's New
By Katrina Kolt
Issue 11, Term 4 1994
ikely covers the cost of staff time spent scanning, clipping and filing newspaper articles. An impressive full text product such as this also affords Teacher Librarians the opportunity to train students in more complex Boolean searching; a skill which is becoming increasingly necessary.
Content is King, but Content Management Rules (part 2)
By Colin Bell
Issue 36, Term 1 2001
rarchical classification • medium • specific subjects • security • arbitrary comments. These attributes are developed using a methodology driven by Teacher Librarians and information management specialists, and implemented using a technology that provides for the capture and management of required
Internetting Corner
By Nigel Paull
Issue 36, Term 1 2001
for Issue 36 at <http://www.curriculum.edu.au/scis/connect/connect.him>. Air Travelers http://www.omsiedu/explore/physics/air/ Senior primary teachers who are teaching buoyancy, properties of gases and temperature may wish to combine aspects of these topics and use this site to study the tec
A national celebration of storytime
By Brendan Eichholzer
Issue 105, Term 2 2018
the publisher for more information. There are free resources available on the ALIA website to help make NSS 2018 a special day for all, including teacher’s notes to accompany the book. You can also download printable files containing instructions to create cut-out finger puppets, find-a-words, a
Website and app reviews
By Nigel Paull
Issue 106, Term 3 2018
g arts company. Of particular relevance to schools are details of school-based performances and workshops, outreach programs, education resources and teacher-specific seminars. SCIS no. 1761017 Bloomz: For Teachers & Schools https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/bloomz-for-teachers-schools/id6904374
So, you have established a reading culture: now what?
By Catherine Barnes
Issue 108, Term 1 2019
‘Fortunate’ is a word I use to describe my school. We are fortunate to be in an environment where we have a full-time teacher librarian and library technician. We are fortunate to be located within walking distance of a public library and a university library. We are fortunate that we have adequate
Using technology to promote reading
By Bev Humphrey
Issue 110, Term 3 2019
e than 38,000 times! I think your students are much more likely to give a book a go if it is recommended by a YouTuber of a similar age rather than a teacher or librarian. Other videos Publishers and authors have realised the power videos have too, and many of them produce book trailer videos fo
Website and app reviews
By Nigel Paull
Issue 110, Term 3 2019
atlas ‘is a collaborative, national project that aggregates biodiversity data from multiple sources and makes it freely available and usable online’. Teachers and students can search interactive maps of flora and fauna, investigate data sets, and browse natural history collections. SCIS no. 1521391
Digital fluency vs. digital literacy
By Clint Lalonde
Issue 111, Term 4 2019
profession. Despite the widespread agreement on the importance of digital media literacy, training in the supporting skills and techniques is rare in teacher education and non-existent in the preparation of faculty. This view was reiterated in the 2018 Horizon Report , showing that the issue of