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By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 17, Term 2 1996

d teaching units for resource-based learning' contains thirty-seven tried and tested resource-based units of study all intended to provide ideas for teachers and T /Ls to apply to their own situation. Each unit includes general and specific goals and objectives, the planning process, lists resource

Have You Read This

By Heather Kelsall

Issue 15, Term 4 1995

kin Centre for Education and Change, of interest. He argues that schools may be looking too much at students access to the Internet and not enough at teacher support in Wired for words: the Internet and schools. ACE News. Vol.14. No.3 p:8.

LM-NET

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 10, Term 3 1994

Library Media Network is an electronic discussion group for school media specialists in the USA (read Teacher-Librarians in Australia). It now has members in many countries including Canada, New Zealand and Australia. On LM-NET members share information and experience. There are discussions about

CC News

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 36, Term 1 2001

chieve this. The year 2000 was a productive one for SCIS. Schools downloaded another 4 million records from the SCIS database, saving about $30m in Teacher Librarian time. We hit the '1,000 unique users in a day' mark during the year, making SCIS one of the more heavily used school sites in Austra

Graphic novels: providing a different perspective

By Karen Gray

Issue 91, Term 4 2014

isually reinforced through graphic novels that can be a tool to aid learning across the curriculum (Boerman-Cornell, 2013). What is the Role of the Teacher Librarian? The Australian School Library Association (ASLA, 2004) outlines three areas for standards of professional excellence for teacher

School library spotlight: Campbelltown Performing Arts High School

By Cathy Costello

Issue 101, Term 2 2017

What is your job title, and what does your role entail? As a NSW Department of Education employee my job title is that of teacher librarian. I particularly appreciate that it emphasises our teaching role by putting it first. As an educator, I view my role, first and foremost, as that of a teacher

Technology Studies Herald the Future

By Brian Hallewell

Issue 18, Term 3 1996

e 1980's when 'technology' was mentioned in a curriculum context, most educators tended to think in terms of computers, though a few more adventurous teachers were beginning to broaden their understanding of the term. From the mid 1980's to 1991, the Queensland days of P-10, technology tended to be

Brisbane Cath. Ed. Skills teachers with ‘C.L.I.C.ed’

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 14, Term 3 1995

Since the beginning of 1994 Brisbane Catholic Education have conducted Computer Key Teacher training courses to enable the presentation of a Computer Literacy Inservice Course to school personnel. On present numbers, by the end of 1995 this course will have trained more than 200 Key Teachers from 1

My ASCISRECON Experience

By Angie Barillaro

Issue 5, Term 1 1993

nded in to see which records did not exist, and these needed to be put aside to be manually imputed. As well, circulation statistics (ie class set, teacher reference etc ... ) had to be added. I was impressed by the program and in two terms had seen the complete automation of the nonfiction sect

Synergy highlights: The first 15 years

By Rosemary Abbott

Issue 112, Term 1 2020

ook is a collection of the best articles since publication of Synergy commenced in 2003. Each year SLAV offers dynamic, inspiring opportunities for teacher librarians, librarians and other library professionals to build their essential role in engaging and developing lifelong learners. An extens

CC News

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 28, Term 1 1999

for schools who wish to add resources to the I ibrary software system that are not housed in the main library collection, such as reading materials, teacher reference and subject collections. There is no need to move materials to the library to be added to the system. This portable unit is great fo

STEM in libraries: inquiry, fun and community

By Gary Lom

Issue 118, TERM 3 2021

I’m not a science, technology, engineering or maths teacher. Maths? I can’t build complex Dewey numbers for the life of me! I’m a voc-ed teacher and a librarian. My undergraduate qualification is in visual arts! So, what can I say here that will be of interest to you, and how do I get to be the exp

Reading Australia

By Josephine Johnston

Issue 128, Term 1 2024

he choice to read more Australian books. This is where Reading Australia ( readingaustralia.com.au ) can help. We’re an online portal that provides teachers and school libraries with freely available resources for Australian books. We’re delighted to partner with Education Services Australia, the

Addressing reconciliation in a school setting

By Jan Poona

Issue 94, Term 3 2015

I have been a teacher librarian in a government primary school for many years. In this time, not only have I taught students but I have made decisions regarding cataloguing and shelving books in the school library as well. I also have a close friend, Christine, who is an Aboriginal Elder and social

Libraries, languages and free resources

By Jill Wilson

Issue 98, Term 3 2016

ree online resource with ample materials for learning Chinese, Japanese, and Indonesian, as well as some generic materials suitable for all languages teachers and library staff. What is the Language Learning Space? The remit for the Language Learning Space (LLS) was as follows: build a digital

Reviews

By Nigel Paull

Issue 30, Term 3 1999

rder number: 973194 Described as 'a visual snapshot of the best the Internet has to offer in 1999' this book is aimed at P-12 students, parents and teachers using the Internet in an educational context. Poppy Masselos, a Queensland teacher and educational columnist for The Courier Mail has compile

Reading the Future

By Dianne Hager

Issue 19, Term 4 1996

ge". Evolution and revolution in School Library Practice was addressed by Suzette. She stated: To create the future you have to challenge the past. Teacher librarians must take risks -think big, be creative leaders who know their own strengths and weaknesses and have clearly defined mission statem

School Library Spotlight: St Stephen's School

By Lise Legg

Issue 120, Term 1 2022

oy and use. I am responsible for leading and managing the teams in the libraries. I have an enthusiastic, knowledgeable and experienced team of four teacher librarians, one library technician and four library officers – most working on a part-time basis. I am responsible for budgets, staffing, acqu

Let's talk about literacy

By John Parsons

Issue 95, Term 4 2015

test, I've retained these core skills to this day, so there is no question the basics remain with you through life. It wasn't until Year 2 that one teacher made a real difference. She did it by reading books to me that, had anyone found out, in those days would have probably seen her disbarred: T

What's New?

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 33, Term 2 2000

ership with Curriculum Corporation, providing educational resources for cataloguing onto their database. This provides access to cataloguing data for Teacher Librarians who purchase our programs, as well as valuable information when searching for new resources. VEA will be gradually adding SCIS numb