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School library spotlight: Glen Eira College

By Karys McEwen

Issue 102, Term 3 2017

ection development, encouraging a love of reading through library programs and astute readers’ advisory, working with teachers to provide information literacy sessions and curriculum support, and creating a warm, vibrant library space for the whole school community. I am lucky to have an incredibly

A Question of Technology?

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 33, Term 2 2000

articles examines the advantages of learning and communication technologies to engage learners and improve their learning through skills of critical literacy and effective information management. The articles, presented in three sections -'The Primacy of Questioning', 'The Research Cycle' and ' R

What's New?

By Nigel Paull

Issue 27, Term 4 1998

rd. Teacher Librarians can correspond with each other and members of the NSW Department of Education and Training's (NSW DET) Library and Information Literacy team. Any suggestions that may be offered are checked to ensure that the answers provided are both manageable and workable. If you wish to

Have You Read This?

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 18, Term 3 1996

ve student learning. She suggests that all is reliant on what happens after the installation and highlights the value of teacher training in computer literacy in her article 'School networking: Where can it take us?'. Learning and Leading with Technology . Vol.23 No. 8 p :42 According to commun

New Zealand News

By Rosa-Jane French

Issue 17, Term 2 1996

in conference is Information at Work and Dale Spend er will be one of the plenary speakers. There will also be sessions on issues such as information literacy and the virtual library. Meanwhile Catherine Thomas, immediate past secretary of the School Library Network will be attending the Internation

The School Magazine

By The School Magazine team

Issue 103, Term 4 2017

for pleasure. It does more than instil a love of reading in children. Teachers appreciate the tailor-made texts that can form the basis of language, literacy and literature lessons. In 2016, The School Magazine ’s status as an iconic Australian institution was recognised during Education Week, w

School library spotlight: Galston High School

By Jade Arnold

Issue 107, Term 4 2018

, and research services, and I manage two school administrative and support staff who job-share one part-time role. Additionally, I teach information literacy classes to years 7 and 8, run ‘wide-reading’ lessons with every year 7–10 English class once a fortnight, and team-teach with teachers across

School library spotlight: Modbury High School

By Linda Guthrie

Issue 108, Term 1 2019

negotiate with teachers for the team-teaching of collaboratively planned units of inquiry, or literature circles. I provide just-in-time information literacy sessions, online learning packages, media production support, and regular literature promotion lessons. Individual attention for students and

School library spotlight: Mercy College, Coburg

By Anne Girolami

Issue 118, TERM 3 2021

ng leaders to order resources on their behalf or to share the cost of particular resources has been a positive step. How do you promote reading and literacy in your school? Are there any challenges in doing so?  The fiction collection is an important aspect of our resourcing. A significant porti

School library spotlight: Ocean Reef Senior High School

By Sarah Betteridge

Issue 109, Term 2 2019

g the collection, and providing information services.  I love collaborating with teachers to support student learning through providing information literacy, research and referencing sessions, and curriculum support. Our school library was one of the 17 Western Australian schools appearing on   A

Following @IndigenousX

By Michael Jongen

Issue 90, Term 3 2014

ds a textile artist who released a range of swimwear as part of the inaugural Indigenous Fashion Week. @AnitaHeiss writer, activist and Indigenous Literacy Day Ambassador @WarrenMundine former National President of the Australian Labour Party and chair of the current government’s Indigenous Ad

Resources

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 35, Term 4 2000

e cover date. Areas featured in recent editions include computers in education, civics and citizenship, vocational education, assessment, leadership, literacy and numeracy, curriculum targets, information technology and indigenous education. A question of technology? Dr Jamie McKenzie is well

SCIS is more

By Dr Ben Chadwick

Issue 113, Term 2 2020

from the home to the school, a digital ‘common ground’ across the school community, and access to digital resources enabling continuity in learning, literacy, research and the world of the imagination. This is the silver lining we have seen during these trying times, and SCIS is very proud to be pa

The future of Australian educational publishing

By Lee Walker

Issue 116, Term 1 2021

The year 2020 was a year like no other, and Australian educators and students have faced extraordinary challenges as schools closed, reopened, and then closed again in response to COVID-19. Overnight, teachers had to radically change how they delivered their teaching, and I have great admiration fo

Education in difficult times

By David de Carvalho

Issue 119, Term 4 2021

s no nationally consistent point-in-time assessment in 2020 to help them understand how their children were progressing against national standards in literacy and numeracy.  We know, through ACARA’s ongoing engagement with national peak parent representatives and through the many enquiries we have

Tinkering, making and building in the school library

By Jackie Child

Issue 102, Term 3 2017

ding in meaningful and real-life ways. Books to inspire coding and robotics can be found on my blog, TinkeringChild.com . ‘Code is the 21st-century literacy, and the need for people to speak the ABCs of programming is imminent. Our world is increasingly run by software, and we need more diversity

Thank you Heather, Welcome Nigel

By Lance Deveson, Heather Kelsall

Issue 23, Term 4 1997

Wales, South Grafton Primary School. His special interests are the application of technology, and the integration of thinking skills and information literacy. From 1989 to 1991, he was Senior Education Officer at Library Services with the NSW Department of Education working primarily with promoting

The Listserv for Australian Teacher Librarians

By Schools Catalogue Information Service

Issue 30, Term 3 1999

ons and activities including library, school and departmental policies, practices and procedures; location and use of Internet resources; information literacy issues, programs and strategies; reference questions for teachers and students; products and services for school libraries; general discussio

1999 SCIS Conference Report: Planning for 1999-2000

By Kevin Grove

Issue 29, Term 2 1999

e terms relating to major curriculum initiatives, responsive to State, Territory and Commonwealth government priorities. Areas for focus may include: literacy and numeracy, VET in schools and vocational learning, science, learning technologies, the Olympics. Consideration was also given to the monit

Impressions of the ASLA XIII and the IASL 22nd Conference: Dreams and Dynamics

By Jennifer Wraight

Issue 8, Term 4 1993

orkshops I attended I participated in role plays for human resource management, discussed whether student outcome statements will improve information literacy, looked at library services to Aboriginal people, explored trends childrens' literature (including violence and censorship) and new technolog