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I’m finally getting around to posting one of the teacher library (library media specialist) sessions attended at NECC. The NECC Remixing: Library 2.5 wiki has a UStream video link presentation of the live audio which is worth listening to.  Joyce Valenza was particularly interesting as she is passionate about the need for school libraries to [...]

This image is from the Children’s Book Council of Australia Book Week ideas site.  This year’s date is 16-22 August.  Although the primary schools make a big deal of this week, and we’re secondary, I like to use it as an opportunity to focus on quality Australian fiction and the English teachers are very supportive. [...]

Each year World Refugee Day is celebrated on 20 June. The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) website has a very useful set of resources to support the teaching of this topic. Lesson modules have been created under the headings of Art, Civic education, Geography, History, Human rights, Language and literature and within these headings lessons [...]