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Collaborative learning with Scootle Community
By Leigh Murphy
Issue 91, Term 4 2014
eate their own. Scootle Community can also be a collaborative platform for school teams. Scootle Community is simple, intuitive to use, and is even available as a mobile app. Thousands of teachers from schools across Australia have already registered. Join the conversation in Australia's biggest st
Supporting Australian book creators
By Laura Armstrong, Will Kostakis
Issue 91, Term 4 2014
rs across Australia. These payments compensate Australian book creators and publishers for income potentially lost as a result of their books being available for loan in educational lending libraries. As numerous Australian authors and illustrators have attested, ELR enables them to continue doing w
Schools Online Thesaurus (ScOT): Read all over
By Les Kneebone
Issue 91, Term 4 2014
RQL' webservice. RDF, or 'Resource Description Framework' is a data syntax and format that can be used to model information (such as the concepts contained in thesauri), which can then be communicated between machines, and even 'understood' by machines. RDF data can be queried by other systems using
Website and app reviews
By Nigel Paull
Issue 91, Term 4 2014
Australian Poetry Library www.poetrylibrary.edu.au The Australian Poetry Library contains 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 an
Cybersmart Digital Citizenship
By Kellie Britnell
Issue 93, Term 2 2015
ge of virtual classrooms throughout 2015. Using the latest developments in online shared learning Cybersmart's Virtual Classrooms allow an Outreach trainer to reach more schools, even those in remote areas. Schools can sign up for as many sessions as they wish over the year. Presentations are usual
The end of an era
By Michelle Harvey
Issue 93, Term 2 2015
esources under the Curriculum Press imprint. As of 1 July 2015, ESA will close Curriculum Press and discontinue publishing, distribution, and retail activities. A brief history Originally trading under the name of Curriculum Corporation, ESA set up a not-for-profit mail order bookshop durin
Reading like a girl
By Bec Kavanagh
Issue 93, Term 2 2015
slapping, hand-waving, typically weak and effeminate. Young girls are then placed in front of the same camera and asked to do the same activities, again, 'like a girl'. When asked to run like a girl, they run. When asked to hit like a girl, they hit. When asked if doing something 'like a girl' is a
An African library journey
By Cheryl Lopez
Issue 93, Term 2 2015
s situation. This decision was made due to the absence of a consistent power supply, a lack of funds, and that there was only a small chance of any trained library staff being available to manage a library. The idea for the library was to have a simple, functioning, and fairly foolproof circulation
Positive promotion of the school library
By Jae Rolt
Issue 93, Term 2 2015
t the books they are reading. If there is a series they are excited about, I take the time to read it so I can chat with them about it. I find that maintaining a strong Library Monitor Program is highly valuable in creating a lively library atmosphere. I choose the library monitors myself, and libr
Get the best out of ABC Splash
By Leanne Robertson
Issue 93, Term 2 2015
ir life when environmental conditionals are suitable. First Day of winter, 1 June Check out ' What's in a year? ' from the Mixed up Maths series. Aimed at years 1 and 2, and covering the Using units of measurement strand, this video explores the seasons around Australia, in other parts of the wo
SCIS is more
By Ben Chadwick
Issue 93, Term 2 2015
Most SCISWeb subscribers obtain SCIS records by visiting the SCISWeb Orders page to download MARC data files. However, increasingly our subscribers are downloading records by searching from within their Library Management System (LMS). This method is usually referred to as 'Z39.50', 'Z cataloguing'
Supporting Australian book creators
By Laura Armstrong
Issue 93, Term 2 2015
graphic data and all that is required is for staff to provide a back-up file. What if I encounter difficulties when running the survey? Ring or email the ELR school library survey help desk for prompt, friendly support. How will the privacy of my school data be protected? The privacy and int
Website and app reviews
By Nigel Paull
Issue 93, Term 2 2015
ww.schrockguide.net/3d-printing.html The impact of 3D printers on industry, and therefore education, is going to be immense. Schrock succinctly explains the basics of 3D printers and their application in the classroom. She also includes a variety of lesson plans applicable to most 3D printers. SCI
Copyright for Educators
By Jessica Smith
Issue 92, Term 1 2015
pying whenever this is an option. Limit the amount you copy to what you actually need for educational purposes. Label the content with the details of its author, owner, source, and the basis on which you are copying it. Later delete or archive the content once you no longer require it fo
Explore AustLit; explore our storytelling heritage
By Dr Catriona Mills
Issue 92, Term 1 2015
aginings of Australia, such as Gabriel de Foigny's utopian La Terre Australe Connue (1676), as well as the rich dataset of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writings that is BlackWords. AustLit covers all forms of works (from newspaper to websites), all types of works (from film and televisio
The fourth age of libraries
By Sean McMullen
Issue 92, Term 1 2015
ies will still exist in twenty years, let alone two thousand. The past holds some clues about the future of libraries. What did people do for entertainment in the Dark Ages? Outside the monastic libraries there were very few books but there were bards and minstrels. Their chansons de geste , 'son
Teaching Australian Cinema with Rabbit-Proof Fence
By Dr Stephen Gaunson
Issue 92, Term 1 2015
bit-Proof Fence by Doris Pilkington Garimara (the daughter of the central character). The film follows the story of the children as they are taken against their will to a Christian missionary camp at Moore River. Refusing to settle, the girls escape and set off on the 2400-kilometre long journey ba
Subject headings update
By Les Kneebone
Issue 92, Term 1 2015
Where to find summary lists of subject heading revisions A summary list of new and revised subject headings is available from the SCIS website . Readers should note that we will not list detailed changes in Connections as was done previously. Consult the SCIS website for recent changes and an ar
Down the library path
By Bernadette Bennett, Kerry Gittens, Lynette Barker
Issue 92, Term 1 2015
formation Skills strategy and accompanying programming guide that would provide consistency across the Diocese. The NSW Department of Education and Training's Information Skills Process (ISP) was used as the basis for creating the guide. As time progressed, changes occurred that started a few of
SCIS is more
By Dr Ben Chadwick
Issue 92, Term 1 2015
enefits of being a subscriber. For example, a typical school of between 200 and 400 students downloads 950 records per year. If we were generous and said each record took only twenty minutes to catalogue from scratch, this school would require over 316 hours to catalogue those items, which is nearly