Trove - National Library of Australia

Have you tried Trove? Trove as in "treasure trove" is part of the National Library of Australia and has a wealth of information. It's a free service and it includes content from a variety of sources, including library, archive and musuem collections, university repositories, digitised newspapers, web archives and online biographical databases. In fact, it contains over 90 million historically significant items. A great database to assist researchers to discover information resources held in Australian collections such as:

• Australian Archives and Manuscripts
• Picture Australia
• Music Australia
• Libraries Australia
• Australian Newspapers
• Web Archive (since 1994)

Magazine Madness

Our students have embraced our two new custom made magazine tables with a passion.They were generously funded by our PNF Association and built by our maintenance staff. Each table accommodates 12 magazines and students now have a better access to our wide range of magazines. At times I have to pinch myself as it often looks like a scene straight from a doctor's waiting room!

New Resources in Teacher Reference

How to Give Effective Feedback To Your Students - Susan M. Brookhart

Susan Brookhart covers every aspect of the topic. From what kinds of feedback work best, to when to use it, how often and how to use oral,written and visual feedback. Lots of examples given.




The New Teacher's Companion:Practical Wisdom For Succeeding in the Classroom - GiniCunningham

A handy resource for a beginning teacher.Lots of tips,pratical advice and ideas across the whole spectrum of good teaching practice.

Transformative Assessment - W.James Popham

A definitive guide to formative assessment. What it is,how it works and why you would want to use it in your classroom.W. James Popham clarifies how it can transform your teaching into a more powerful and postive process.

Teaching with Web 2.0 Tools

Learning in the 21st century is all about networks and the connections we can
make to other learners and teachers both in our communities and around the globe.

Will Richardson 2009

Joy and I were very priveleged to hear Will Richardson speak at a SLAV conference last year.He is a leading US educator specialising in the understanding and implementation of Web 2.0 in schools.He believes it will only be those who use technologies to expand their global connections who will flourish in the future. Those who don't will be left on the sidelines.

Web 2.0 is the term used to describe tools and applications on the internet that allows users to create content,collaborate and share online. It is all about developing networks and connections.This is in constrast to Web 1.0 which was all about consuming information. Well known Web 2.0 tools include blogs,wikis, Facebook and twitter. These tools have already become very mainstream.Even our local ABC radio has a facebook and blog presence!

New Web 2.0 tools are constantly being developed and it is often difficult to keep up with it all. However there are lots of very useful sites to help us learn about these tools.Below are some sites that I recommend:

Amazing Web 2.0 Projects Book

Free Technology for Teachers

Web 2.0: Cool Tools for Schools

ICT Mindtools

Teach Web 2.0

101 classroom ideas for 1:1 is also an excellent resource.It was developed by DEECD to support the 1:1 netbook implemenation. There is a copy in Teacher Reference for your perusual