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Finding Scootle resources that support the Australian Curriculum
By Daniel Hughes
Issue 97, Term 2 2016
The next time a distraught colleague comes to you asking, 'How on earth am I meant to teach this part of the Australian Curriculum?', consider pointing them in the direction of Scootle resources. Most Scootle resources support at least one Australian Curriculum content description, cross-curriculu
Website and app reviews
By Nigel Paull
Issue 115, Term 4 2020
NZ Parliament: Educators and Students parliament.nz/en/visit-and-learn/educators-and-students The New Zealand Parliament’s education staff have produced a thorough and contemporary resource relating to the workings of parliament. Features include a virtual reality tour, outreach programs, v
Website and app reviews
By Nigel Paull
Issue 124, Term 1 2023
Anzac correspondent https://apps.apple.com/au/app/anzac-correspondent/id1469171280 SCIS: 5426791 Students may direct their own learning with this free augmented reality app from the Queensland Museum Network. By using a smartphone or tablet, students can select photos and stories from Aus
Website and app reviews
By Nigel Paull
Issue 125, Term 2 2023
Athlete Personal Development https://www.ais.gov.au/career-and-education SCIS no: 5437008 PE teachers and talented Year 12 athletes will find authoritative information on this Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) website. Content includes: career paths for athletes; criteria for obtaining A
Librarians in the digital age: experts in e-health
By Susan Marshall
Issue 101, Term 2 2017
No one would argue against the perception that librarians have moved well beyond their traditional role. The view of the librarian as the keeper of knowledge and the guide to unlocking the best of it has been totally overthrown — and the disruption metaphor is entirely apt. No longer do we even bl
What is The GiST?
By Emma Durbridge
Issue 112, Term 1 2020
In 2016, the Office of the Chief Scientist released a data sheet that headlined with ‘Australia loses female talent at every stage of the STEM pipeline despite no innate cognitive gender differences’. This statement is mirrored around the world, particularly for countries that are more likely to
Website and app reviews
By Nigel Paull
Issue 123, Term 4 2022
ACMI schools & teachers www.acmi.net.au/education/ ACMI (formerly The Australian Centre for Moving Images) offers teachers and students access to onsite films, workshops, exhibitions and talks. It also features online programs and resources aligned to the Australian Curriculum. SCIS no: 1
BlackWords: celebrating writers and storytellers
By Dr Anita Heiss
Issue 90, Term 3 2014
Looking for some assistance in embedding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures in your curriculum? Then spend some time exploring BlackWords: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Writers and Storytellers, created by the research community of AustLit: The Australian Literatu
The positive potential of ebooks within school libraries
By Trish du Temple
Issue 113, Term 2 2020
‘What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.’ — Ralph Waldo Emerson How can we help students flourish in a world filled with increasing pressures and uncertainty? Academic expectations, social relationships, technology overload and identity formatio
SCIS is more
By Anthony Shaw
Issue 124, Term 1 2023
Welcome to the Term 1, 2023 issue of Connections . SCIS is back on the road in 2023, having restarted running our popular in-person workshops late last year. In November 2022, we undertook our first interstate trip since the pandemic began, running two wonderful workshops in Perth. It was a grea
SCIS is more
By Anthony Shaw
Issue 125, Term 2 2023
Welcome to the Term 2 edition of Connections. It’s hard to believe that Term 1 is already behind us, I guess time flies when we’re having fun. At the start of Term 1, SCIS welcomed our new SCIS Program Director, Product, Data and Insights in the Digital Services, Colin McNeil. Colin has a
Explore the Aussie–Kiwi relationship using primary sources
By Yasheeka Bertram, Rene Burton
Issue 126, Term 3 2023
Primary sources reflect a close friendship Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand have a close relationship and shared history including Anzac traditions, food and sport. Many primary sources reflect our close ties, such as photos of our Anzac troops serving together at Gallipoli, and our riva
Pivot! Moving a library forward when COVID gets in the way
By Catherine Barnes
Issue 117, Term 2 2021
‘Pivot’ used to be a word from the netball court, then it became the butt of a joke from the much loved Friends TV show, but over the last 12 months it has become an everyday reality in our schools. In 2020, our school calendar was full of excursions and incursions overwritten with the word ‘Canc
How to support early literacy with phonemic awareness
By Judith Barker
Issue 119, Term 4 2021
When I first read Oh, the Places You’ll Go! to children, it was clear that the repetition and rhyming of the sounds and letters in Dr Seuss’s whimsical story seemed to fully resonate with them. I was at an international school in Italy, and the children would separate the individual sounds (s-a-t
Unique libraries: The School of St Jude in Tanzania
By Rebecca Hansford
Issue 119, Term 4 2021
The School of St Jude is a unique school that is home to three unique libraries. St Jude’s is located in Arusha, Tanzania. The school provides 1,800 bright students from poor backgrounds with free, quality education. Established in 2002 with just three students, St Jude’s now stretches across thr
Digital literacy: using Wikipedia as a fact-checking tool
By Mathieu O'Neil, Rachel Cunneen
Issue 121, Term 2 2022
Can Wikipedia be used as a legitimate source? In November 2021 we published an article in The Conversation which obviously touched a nerve since it was shared by around 7,000 readers. The article, ‘Students are told not to use Wikipedia for research. But it’s a trustworthy source’, deriv
CC News
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 36, Term 1 2001
ave three major goals The first goal is to ensure that SCIS products and services respond to schools' evolving needs, especially in the management of digital resources. We are aware that schools are developing a range of strategies and practices to manage digital resources and their integration with
What's New?
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 33, Term 2 2000
1998 is located at <http://www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/itb/libryrpt/ index.him> and would provide further information. 4. The great divide? Physical and digital resources in school libraries School libraries face an increasing challenge to meet the needs of their users for integrated access to all re
The future of Australian educational publishing
By Lee Walker
Issue 116, Term 1 2021
mote and virtual learning. As president of the Australian Publishers Association, I witnessed the wider industry rally by simplifying access to their digital resources to expedite the change. The response from educators and parents was positively overwhelming. There was also quick action to move a
ELR: big win for Aussie authors
By Amanda Shay
Issue 126, Term 3 2023
with a calculation of how many copies of those specific titles there are in Australian schools. Although school libraries have had a wide array of digital resources available for years, our counts have only considered physical books. For the past few years’ groups such as the Australian Society o