I am taking early retirement after five years at the same secondary college. I began at the school as the Library Manager but after an accident in 2018 I could only work three days a week as a librarian. A Teacher-Librarian, Marian Lees was appointed full time in the second term of 2019 to manage […]
It has been well established that pleasure reading is an indicator of school success. The impact of Pleasure Reading on Academic Success The Value of Independent Reading: Analysis of Research The Value of Reading The three methods of encouraging children to read at school that I am familiar with are 20 minutes silent reading on […]
I like this definition of a Learning Commons from Educourse The learning commons, sometimes called an “information commons,” has evolved from a combination library and computer lab into a full-service learning, research, and project space. Here is a response to the recently opened Tudor Library at Trinity Grammar which for mine encapsulates the spirit of […]
NOTES context Oz curriculum, cloud, game based learning,our environment is physical and virtual – Our job to forget the past Things have changed since we designed library systems. Don’t lose track of what is happening in other areas Google creates the illusion of accessibility. How does search impact the way students think Our students conceptualizer […]
Here is a blog post I wrote for SCIS on the 21st Century Library