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By Nigel Paull
Issue 28, Term 1 1999
Title: Understanding Australia: The land and its people Level: Upper primary Publisher: Department of Education Victoria RRP: $85.00 ISBN: 1 87597 205 6 SCIS Order Number: 919614 System requirements: Windows and Macintosh compatible. 486DX/33MHz IBM compatible PC, Windows 3.1 or 95
Reviews
By Nigel Paull
Issue 27, Term 4 1998
Title: Boys and Literacy Professional Development Units and Teaching Units Publisher: Curriculum Corporation, Carlton Victoria, 1997 RRP: $59.95 ISBN: 1 86366 419 X or Teaching Units only $39.95 ISBN: 1 86366 4211 Description: Professional Development Units and Teaching Units Re
Reviews
By Nigel Paull
Issue 26, Term 3 1998
Collection Management Issues Providing more with less: collection management for Australian school libraries is the aptly named title of a recently published book, edited by Ken Dillon and James Henri of Charles Sturt University. This comprehensive work tackles the problem school libraries ar
New Product Reviews
By Dianne Lewis
Issue 6, Term 2 1993
Austguide I received Austguide 1993 towards the end of April. The databases on the Austguide CD-ROM have been selected with school libraries in mind, The databases include Guidelines and Pinpointer, bibliographic indexes of popular (mostly but not exclusively Australian) magazines and some stat
Website and app reviews
By Nigel Paull
Issue 118, TERM 3 2021
EARLY YEARS HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT https://learningplace.eq.edu.au/cx/ resources/file/d1fe14fb-4339-4210-80e7- 27637e4e6411/1/portal/index.html A subsection of the Queensland Department of Education’s website featuring a range of resources, information and guidelines relating to early child
Website and App reviews
By Nigel Paull
Issue 119, Term 4 2021
THE A–Z OF AI https://atozofai.withgoogle.com/intl/en-US/ The Oxford Internet Institute at Oxford University and Google have collaborated to produce this straightforward guide to the multifaceted world of artificial intelligence. Searchable by specific subject or broader categories. SCIS
Website and app reviews
By Nigel Paull
Issue 122, Term 3 2022
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander curricula https://indigenousknowledge.unimelb.edu.au/curriculum An initiative of the University of Melbourne, this website ‘aims to empower teachers to integrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures into their teaching’. The curric
Website and app reviews
By Nigel Paul
Issue 126, Term 3 2023
Access Mars https://accessmars.withgoogle.com A joint development between Google and NASA, Access Mars enables users to explore a 3D replica of the planet’s surface as recorded by the Curiosity Rover. Key points are regarding the geology of the surface are analysed. SCIS no: 5453234
Website and app reviews
By Nigel Paull
Issue 127, Term 4 2023
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures https://www.abc.net.au/education/topic-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-histories-cultures/13651178 ABC Education has collected a plethora of resources pertinent to most aspects of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histo
Website and App Reviews
By Nigel Paul
Issue 128, Term 1 2024
AEC for schools: Teacher resources https://education.aec.gov.au/teacher-resources/ This Australian Electoral Commission website aims to enhance the practical skills teachers need to teach electoral education as part of the Australian Curriculum, in Civics and Citizenship. The professional lea
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
In this Issue
By Dianne Lewis
Issue 6, Term 2 1993
. The pros and cons of using SCIS numbers as opposed to ISBNs are discussed, and we continue to provide current awareness of interesting articles and reviews of new products. Your contributions, letters, comments, requests or complaints are invited.
Have You Read This?
By Nigel Paull
Issue 25, Term 2 1998
y of all the technical terms, acronyms and jargon associated with the Internet. Foley, C. 'Supporting teaching and learning via the Internet site reviews'. Scan. 17(1), February, 1998, 35-37 Colleen Foley has been coordinating reviews of books, CD ROMs and Internet sites for the NSW Departm
In this Issue
By Dianne Lewis
Issue 3, Term 3 1992
the full text? An article by Catherine Ryan describes a periodical-sharing network being developed by a group of schools in Melbourne. There are also reviews of some CD-ROM products which provide document delivery. Also in this issue are profiles of the new Curriculum Corporation staff, some letters
Have You Read This?
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 12, Term 1 1995
s on various aspects of the 'Net. Choosing the right service provider for your school can be quite difficult, I nternet access: the front door. p:88 reviews 20 which might well provide some direction. Incite has a regular two page feature in each edition headed Traversing the trelliswork of
SCISWeb Handy Hints
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 36, Term 1 2001
rce management • latest research and its relevance for teachers and Teacher Librarians. In addition, every Scan contains approximately 200 resource reviews and 60 Internet site reviews. These reviews, written by a team of practising teachers and Teacher Librarians across NSW, are invaluable to sch
Have You Read This
By Heather Kelsall
Issue 15, Term 4 1995
do T /Ls have successful conferences in Perth and Masterton: the Library Technicians conference in Darwin Techs at the top is still getting rave reviews! Kaye Bartlett, Convenor provides the formal report and Katherine Raper gives the delegates' perspective in Incite. Vol.16. Issue 9. p:18.
Internetting Corner
By Nigel Paull
Issue 30, Term 3 1999
com/ Teacher Librarians, teachers, parents and students are all catered for on this extensive directory. Links include: Internet, software and book reviews; a site specific search engine; and articles and reports for teachers. A subscription to the free monthly email newsletter, which includes new
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/
SCIS is more
By Ben Chadwick
Issue 120, Term 1 2022
nch of people by name. I should start by acknowledging former Connections editor and long-time contributor Nigel Paull, who has written our website reviews (now website & app reviews) since 1999. I have worked with a number of other fabulous Connections editors: Thank you to Meelee Soorkia, Laur