Australian student’s book trailer nomination

A post on OZTL_NET,  by teacher librarian Stacey Graham from Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School, Tarro, NSW,  alerted me to this.  The School Library Journal has a competition for book trailers, the Trailee Award. The site is worth investigating and the final nominees are online  for our viewing (and voting) pleasure. There are six categories, with each having four finalists. One of these [...]

Useful sites (weekly)

  by  Gideon Burton   TEACHERNINJA: Unfortunate Covers: The Cay  A look at the changing covers of this book and why (in this blogger’s view) they don’t work  11 teen movies based on classic books Interesting list and one that could provide inspiration for library promotions Can Censoring a Children’s Book Remove Its Prejudices?  Interesting post. Author has [...]

Podcast: Camilla Elliott and e-books plus

EdTech Weekly #169 this week featured Camilla Elliott. Camilla is a TL here in Victoria and has been a marvellous source of inspiration and assistance to many TL’s in Victoria and beyond. Camilla might be better known to many as edubeacon. The podcast discussion lasted almost 60 minutes but some very interesting points were discussed. Topics touched on included [...]

Not talking, reading!

We have had plenty of warnings about drivers concentrating on what they are doing. First it was about talking on the mobile phone, then it was texting but now comes reading! I have been enjoying reading on my Kindle but I did not consider this. Really taking things too far this time.     C’mon People, It’s [...]

Useful links (weekly)

  by  Will Lion   In the context of web context: How to check out any Web page — Scott Rosenberg’s Wordyard Great tips for any journalist on how to find necessary context for what you’re reading online. An excellent guide to how to dig in a website and find out who owns it. basic investigative techniques to you [...]