It’s not often one is lucky enough to be totally immersed in a world of literature, but that is exactly what happened to me last weekend! Attending the 2012 CBCA Conference in Adelaide was an amazing experience – a wonderful opportunity afforded to me by my school for which I am very grateful. Meeting, speaking [...]
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Times ….. they ‘r a changin’ …..
Posted in Books & Reading, Learning Community, School Libraries, tagged iPad, Jenny Luca, Joe's Non-Netbook, Lucapept on October 18, 2011 | 1 Comment »
This video has been doing the rounds in the last few days. By the time I got to view it more than 2 million others had done so already! Not a bad audience for one so little!! The caption accompanying this video on YouTube, sums it up pretty well: Technology codes our minds, changes our [...]
The power of teachers: Ensuring that all students learn to read!
Posted in Books & Reading, Learning Community, tagged Andreas Panayiotou, Evening Standard, illiterate, literacy, tycoon on June 4, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Every now and then stories I bump into in cyberspace pull me up short ….. literally stopping me in my tracks. So it was when I came across a story about Andreas Panayiotou, a 45 year old British tycoon. Said to be worth around £400 million and ranked 200th on the Rich List, his secret [...]
What’s new? eBooks in the clouds!
Posted in Books & Reading, tagged cloud computing, eBooks, Google eBookstore, video on December 9, 2010 | 3 Comments »
If you haven’t got your head around cloud computing yet, then this new release from Google will certainly set you on a learning path that will make your head spin. The opening of the Google eBookstore just a few days ago is set to revolutionize the way we mange our reading. Being able to buy, [...]
Careful what you wish for …..
Posted in Books & Reading, Learning Community, tagged Allen & Unwin, Indigenous Literacy Project, Maureen McCarthy, The Great Book Swap on November 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes the urge to do something a little different hits me every now and then. And so it happened, just yesterday, when the monthly Allen & Unwin Secondary Newsletter hit my inbox. Always full of interesting bits and pieces, there is also, always, a competition to enter. This month’s competition kind of tickled my fancy…. [...]
Out with the old, in with the new!
Posted in Books & Reading, Learning Community, School Libraries, tagged books, eBooks, Libraries, reading, Teacher Librarian role, video on October 24, 2010 | 1 Comment »
On the eve of International School Libraries Day, it is apt to focus on the role our Libraries play in the lives of members of our school communities. Where are we going with all that we’ve spent decades developing? Is the Library still relevant, needed, of interest and value to the students and teachers in [...]
I’ve got too much to read!
Posted in Books & Reading, Learning Community, Prioritizing, tagged books, education, finding time to read, handy tips, information overload, knowledge, reading, time management on October 17, 2010 | 4 Comments »
It was a few weeks ago that I saw someone’s desperate tweet: I’ve got too much to read!!!” Sound familiar?! Surely there isn’t one of us who hasn’t felt totally overwhelmed by the sheer volume of all that is ‘hanging around’ just waiting to be read!! Saving articles so I’d have time to get [...]
Long live the book!
Posted in Books & Reading, tagged books, Library - role, Philip Roth, reading, video on October 10, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Inspiring kids to read is one of the joys of working in a School Library. Convincing them to take a book in hand that will hook them into hours of joy and discovery is so inspiring, so invigorating. ‘Read a book ….. learn about the world!’ This has to be one of my all time [...]
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