Inspiring teachers to be lifelong learners – 10 ideas to make it happen!

I recently read an impassioned article by Geoff Eggins “Teacher Learners: Towards Realistic and Sustainable ICT Professional Development in Schools” in the journal Education Technology Solutions (Issue 41: April/May 2011).   Unfortunately the article doesn’t appear online.  One can only hope that this and many of the other interesting articles appearing in this publication, will [...]

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What’s the big deal about online learning? 10 tips to motivate you to give it a go!

Learning online is becoming increasingly popular.  If you are hesitating though, consider these tips to motivate you to give it a try! Learn at your own pace:  Like the students in our classes, some of us pick up new ideas and skills quickly, others more slowly.   Working online allows you the luxury of being [...]

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10 Learning Paradigms that can be implemented by Teacher Librarians

Much has been written about the role of Teacher Librarians in our schools.   Sadly though, much of it is lamentations about the decreasing numbers of Teacher Librarians manning our school libraries.  Every so often though, I come across inspiring words that do much to remind us of the incredible skill and value held by this [...]

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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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Personal Learning Networks – an Emerging Technology in Education

Only recently I discovered the beauty of Infographics and imagine that it will not be long before these ‘visual essays’ start taking on a more important position in the range of tools used in our schools.  They are attractive, appealing and yes – are easy to read.   They seem to echo comics and cartoons, but [...]

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What a day!! SLAV Conference with Joyce Valenza.

I’ve just returned from what has been a full on day attending the SLAV Conference: “Communicate, collaborate, create and think critically” at which Joyce Valenza shared, shared and then shared some more. How impressive is this lady!   Her knowledge coupled with her sheer zest of enthusiasm is totally contagious!  Like everyone else attending, I feel [...]

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An Interview with Judith Way – 2010 VicPLN Program Mentor

Unbelievably ….. it is a year today that I, together with other participants in the 2010 VicPLN, stepped into the parallel universe of the online world. On the one hand, it seems like yesterday.  On the other though, it seems like absolutely ages since I took my first faltering steps. So many hours, so many [...]

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The fine line between work and play!

A few months back I had a fascinating conversation, via email, with a member of my PLN.  Having just received a new laptop in her work place, she was commenting on how guilty she felt about spending time ‘fiddling’ with this that and the other at work and how she thought people would think she [...]

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The more you learn, the more you want to learn!

It’s that time of year for me ….. tidying up loose ends and making sure all my records are in order.   I’ve been busy updating the list of PDs I’ve attended over the last couple of years, checking that I’ve got course titles and descriptions properly documented.  It’s one of those jobs I’d meant to [...]

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Taking stock: Thinking and doing!

This has been a week of realizations for me….. Having written about my frustration in trying to keep up with all manner of social networking over the last few months and feeling that I was just not coping with it all ….. I discovered that all I needed to do was to step back and [...]

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