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A renewed Scootle
By Article by Education Services Australia (ESA)
Issue 133, Term 2, 2025
um-aligned digital resources? These latest additions add to Scootle’s vast collection of resources designed to meet the needs of all educators – from teacher librarians to primary classroom teachers and secondary subject specialists. Remind me how Scootle works All Australian educators can creat
Website and app reviews
By Nigel Paull
Issue 91, Term 4 2014
ins over 42,000 Australian poems, and various critical and contextual resources relating to them. The website is searchable by poet, poem, or phrase. Teachers and students can create their own anthologies and download them for a small fee. SCIS no. 1522656 Best apps for teaching & learning in 2014
Issue 76 Summary
By Editor
Issue 76, Term 1 2011
e Bourke and Pru Mitchell, Education Services Australia Applying social media in schools Bridget McGuinness, Albert Park College Twitter for teachers, librarians and teacher librarians Anne Weaver, via Curriculum Leadership From little things big things grow - Part 4: The old library, t
Issue 74 Summary
By Editor
Issue 74, Term 3 2010
note this issue of Connections is only available in PDF format. Articles in this issue include: Taking the driver's seat Catherine Hainstock, teacher librarian Learning to lead libraries Jennifer Dyer, Birrong Girls High School, NSW What kids know (and don't know) about technology Ma
Issue 56 Summary
By Editor
Issue 56, Term 1 2006
Please note this issue of Connections is only available in PDF format. Articles in this issue include: Leaders in technology: role of teacher librarians Michele McLoughlin, Telopea Park School, ACT Educational Lending Right Are your work practices safe? Julie Smith, Torrensvil
What's New
By Heather Kelsall
Issue 23, Term 4 1997
the CD ROM but for those T /Ls who have not yet seen the flyer, the contents are worth mentioning here. The software package has been produced for teachers and teacher librarians as a support resource for use when instigating information skills and competencies in students. The professional conte
Using SCIS Subiect Headings Book with students: a school's view
By David Morris
Issue 32, Term 1 2000
use it productively. So it becomes another useful element to include in teaching library-research skills, especially for grade 10 upwards I encourage Teacher Librarians to consider buying an extra copy of the book version of SCIS Subject Headings for use by their students.
Handy Hints
By Schools Catalogue Information Service
Issue 33, Term 2 2000
is often queried. SCIS cataloguers correctly assign call numbers to resources related to the subject of the person's area of expertise or importance. Teacher Librarians who prefer to keep all biographies at the same Dewey number would need to change the call number for these resources.
CC News
By Schools Catalogue Information Service
Issue 33, Term 2 2000
o SCISWeb. This will enable you to download the catalogue record to import into your library software system. We have received positive feedback from Teacher Librarians who have trialled this. We advise customers to consult user groups or library software system support if they have any queries abou
What's New?
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 34, Term 3 2000
1. Valuing library collections SCIS sometimes receive requests from Teacher Librarians who are required to place a value on the their collections for insurance purposes. You may wish to read the useful information located at <http://www.eddept.wa.edu.au/centoff/cmis/eval/library/avprice/index.htm
What's New?
By Schools Catalogue Information Service
Issue 29, Term 2 1999
who was awa r ded the ALIA Merit Award . She was honou r ed for her long-standing support and encouragement of teacher li brarians and service to the School Libraries Sect i on. 1998 Evaluation of Library Software An eva
New Zealand News
By James Carroll
Issue 20, Term 1 1997
re is an information problem solving/gathering component. These changes together with the move to pupil centered education has impacted not only on teachers but school libraries as well. The expectation placed on school librarians are broadening to encompass an understanding of teaching a learning
What's New
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 17, Term 2 1996
d teaching units for resource-based learning' contains thirty-seven tried and tested resource-based units of study all intended to provide ideas for teachers and T /Ls to apply to their own situation. Each unit includes general and specific goals and objectives, the planning process, lists resource
Have You Read This
By Heather Kelsall
Issue 15, Term 4 1995
kin Centre for Education and Change, of interest. He argues that schools may be looking too much at students access to the Internet and not enough at teacher support in Wired for words: the Internet and schools. ACE News. Vol.14. No.3 p:8.
LM-NET
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 10, Term 3 1994
Library Media Network is an electronic discussion group for school media specialists in the USA (read Teacher-Librarians in Australia). It now has members in many countries including Canada, New Zealand and Australia. On LM-NET members share information and experience. There are discussions about
CC News
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 36, Term 1 2001
chieve this. The year 2000 was a productive one for SCIS. Schools downloaded another 4 million records from the SCIS database, saving about $30m in Teacher Librarian time. We hit the '1,000 unique users in a day' mark during the year, making SCIS one of the more heavily used school sites in Austra
Graphic novels: providing a different perspective
By Karen Gray
Issue 91, Term 4 2014
isually reinforced through graphic novels that can be a tool to aid learning across the curriculum (Boerman-Cornell, 2013). What is the Role of the Teacher Librarian? The Australian School Library Association (ASLA, 2004) outlines three areas for standards of professional excellence for teacher
School library spotlight: Campbelltown Performing Arts High School
By Cathy Costello
Issue 101, Term 2 2017
What is your job title, and what does your role entail? As a NSW Department of Education employee my job title is that of teacher librarian. I particularly appreciate that it emphasises our teaching role by putting it first. As an educator, I view my role, first and foremost, as that of a teacher
Technology Studies Herald the Future
By Brian Hallewell
Issue 18, Term 3 1996
e 1980's when 'technology' was mentioned in a curriculum context, most educators tended to think in terms of computers, though a few more adventurous teachers were beginning to broaden their understanding of the term. From the mid 1980's to 1991, the Queensland days of P-10, technology tended to be
Brisbane Cath. Ed. Skills teachers with ‘C.L.I.C.ed’
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 14, Term 3 1995
Since the beginning of 1994 Brisbane Catholic Education have conducted Computer Key Teacher training courses to enable the presentation of a Computer Literacy Inservice Course to school personnel. On present numbers, by the end of 1995 this course will have trained more than 200 Key Teachers from 1