The latest Google Search update is so, so cool!

Released a couple of days ago, I just discovered the latest Google search app and I must say it’s really cool! Designed for both the iPhone and iPad, this latest update allows you to search just by asking a question!!  Simply select the microphone icon on the new Google search page to instantly find answers […]

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It’s time! Let’s improve the role of Teacher Librarians!

I noticed last week that a work colleague posted a link to a fabulous article written by Sally Dring “Don’t overlook your school librarian, they’re the unsung heroes of literacy”. When I read this article a couple of years ago, I was delighted to read Sally’s reply to my RT: “it needs saying!”. Thanks @novanews19 […]

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Did you know your devices and appliances are listening to you?!

Ever had that feeling that you’re being watched or that someone is listening into your conversations? The reality is that you are being watched or at least your online behaviour is being monitored and recorded!  Almost everything we do online is being tracked whether we are aware of it or not.  And I must admit […]

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Digital Collaboration in Real Time

I need no convincing to believe that digital collaboration is here to stay.  Not only is it here to stay, collaborating with colleagues anywhere or anytime is now part of my daily routine in which I regularly engage with others via a range of Social Media platforms. It’s coincidental that just as I read the […]

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If you don’t have a PLN, you don’t know what you’re missing!!

Recently I was asked to write an article for an upcoming edition of Connections, a quarterly newsletter produced by the Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS), a business unit of Education Services Australia.  Aiming to provide informative and useful material relevant to school libraries which helps keep library professionals up to date, Connections is distributed to […]

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The future of education is not in technology! Or is it?!

Last week I had a long awaited ‘catch up’ with a very dear friend of mine. She is passionate, well educated, opinionated, articulate and committed beyond belief to both her work as a secondary school teacher and her family, which includes two young children just on the cusp of their foray with formal education. Our […]

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About

Living in Melbourne, Australia, I have, over the last 20+ years, worked as both a Teacher Librarian and Head of Library in a variety of school libraries in both the public and private sector. While continually indulging in my passion of connecting students and staff with the world of literature, I have regularly initiated and […]

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