Trends, transformations, and change in libraries – David Lee King and Hamish Curry at the City Library

Thanks to my colleague Denise at my new school third term ended nicely with an excuse to revisit the City Library and come together with a largish group of people for an injection of ideas mixed with wine and a very impressive spread. This is what we attended – David Lee King – Digital Branch [...]

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YouTube.com/Teachers is launched – let’s flip the classroom

Breaking news: YouTube.com/Teachers has just been launched. This morning I read Will Houghteling’s announcement in the  Google Certified Teacher Group – This morning we launched YouTube.com/Teachers as a resource for educators everywhere to learn how to use YouTube as an educational tool. There are lesson plan suggestions, highlights of great educational content on YouTube, and training on how [...]

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More about LibGuides for the teacher librarian

LibGuides Intro from Springshare on Vimeo. Since Joyce Valenza’s recent visit to Australia and her inspirational demonstration of her school library’s online resources using LibGuides, our team at Melbourne High School have been determined to revamp the tired library pages. Creating attractive and user-friendly web pages and integrating online resources is so easy with LibGuides. [...]

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Scooping means curating

                                                           Photo courtesy of CanadianAEh on Flickr Time is one of our most precious commodities in a fast paced world. This is particularly true for educators, don’t [...]

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New start – second week at Melbourne High School

Photo courtesy of Jose Cuervo Elorza on Flickr As far as new starts go, this one feels good. Not one to go with the flow of things usually, change for me is often like a dentist’s visit I want to avoid. I admit the first few days weighed a little heavily with new procedures, finding [...]

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