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Using technology to promote reading

By Bev Humphrey

Issue 110, Term 3 2019

ents access books as long as they are reading! It’s very satisfying when you can marry a love for technology with a passion for reading, however, and digital media is a powerful weapon in our fight to enthuse reluctant readers. Image credits Photo sourced from Unsplash

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

The Information Fluency Framework

By Carmel Grimmett

Issue 123, Term 4 2022

The Information Fluency Framework (IFF) is a new tool for teacher librarians in primary and secondary settings. The IFF is the primary source of information outcomes and processes for teacher librarians in the NSW Department of Education to use together with Information skills in the school as a