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Teacher librarians as ‘information dietitians’
I’m looking forward to getting my hands on a copy of this book, The Information Diet when it is released in early January 2012. Love the subtitle ‘A Case for Conscious Consumption’. The book blurb...
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Content curation and the power of collective intelligence
I have been exploring this topic as part of the subject INF506 Social Networking for Information Professionals that I am teaching this summer (it’s an elective in our MEdTL amd MIS courses at CSU). A...
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Looking Toward the Future: Competences for 21st-Century Teacher-Librarians |...
Via Scoop.it – Student Learning through School Libraries This article reports on a study by Joanne de Groot and Jennifer Branch that explored what core competencies are required by teacher librarians...
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Reading to children has ‘long impact’ according to OECD’s PISA study
Via Scoop.it – Student Learning through School Libraries Children whose parents frequently read with them in their first year of school are still showing the benefit when they are 15. This PISA study...
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The Concord Review – publishing exemplary history essays by high school students
Via Scoop.it – Student Learning through School Libraries The Concord Review publishes exemplary history essays by high school students. What a fabulous vehicle for students to publish what they have...
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A Head Teacher’s Thoughts on Leadership and School Libraries – Pedagog Malmö
Via Scoop.it – Student Learning through School Libraries This interview with a Principal of a school in Sweden demonstrates the critical role of the principal in supporting school libraries to assist...
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Video contest asks students why they belong in their school library
Via Scoop.it – Student Learning through School Libraries The American Association of School Librarians (AASL), in collaboration with SchoolTube, announces the launch of the School Library Month 2012...
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ALA Presidential Task Force: Focus on School Libraries 2012
Via Scoop.it – Student Learning through School Libraries In the March 2012 issue of the journal ‘School Library Monthly‘ (Vol XXVIII, No 6), Susan D. Ballard (AASL President-Elect and Co-Chair of the...
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Dare – Care – Share presentation at RIVPAT 2012
On Friday I presented the opening address for the Riverina Professional Association of Teacher Librarians (RIVPAT) held at Lake Albert Public School in Wagga Wagga, NSW. It was great catching up with...
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