For a previous discussion forum activity in ETL503, I considered Trove as a selection aid and admittedly, did not have as much success in finding appropriate resources for my keyword search of ‘minibeasts’. The reason why it did not leave a particularly good impression at the time, is that it presented many newspaper articles that…
For the purpose of this activity, I chose to consider children’s picture book fiction in general. In browsing through the CSU Primo library database list, I thought the International Children’s Digital Library (ICDL) would be an appropriate option to compare to my local library catalogue. I was a little disappointed that the ICDL was not…
The first search I conducted on SCIS was using the broad keyword ‘space’, as both Stage 2 and Stage 3 are currently exploring the unit as part of their project-based learning topic. An interesting side note here is that I generally gave more attention to resource with an accompanying cover picture… The first resource presented…
A major change that I have experienced is joining a new school that is establishing a student wellbeing framework based upon William Glasser’s Choice Theory and 5 Basic Needs. It is a move away from traditional ‘behaviour management’ systems, which are largely focused on extrinsic rewards for managing student behaviour management (merit certificates/stickers etc). It…
For this module activity, I chose to compare student-friendly search engines Kidtopia and Kiddle to find out information about the concept of sustainability. Kidtopia’s top four results were ads, which did take up the entirety of the screen; therefore, scrolling was required to get to the first non-ad hit. The ads were outlined in a…
For this module activity, I chose to compare Google and Dogpile to find out information about the concept of sustainability. The page display of results from Google were clean and simple. The top chunk of information was a definition of the concept, followed by a list of potential questions to further hone results. This was…
Leadership Skills – Illustration by Digits.co.uk Images, CC BY 2.0 The readings from Module 2 of Teacher Librarian as Leader have provided a great foundation for understanding organisational, management and leadership theories. There is often confusion between the notion of management and leadership, where oft at times the terms are used interchangeably. Management is more…
I work at a NSW Department of Education K-6 public primary school. It is a brand-new school located in Western Sydney, which opened in October 2021. I was fortunate enough to be a foundational staff member and was entrusted with the lead role in establishing the library space. We opened with approximately 380 students and…
A Stage 3 classroom teacher entered the library the other week, wanting to borrow a few junior non-fiction texts for a low-ability student. The class was conducting online research for a writing task and the teacher was complaining that the student “couldn’t even do a simple Google search” and thus, the books were the alternative.…
For this concept mapping task, I felt the most appropriate leadership style for the principal to adopt would be distributed leadership. This style is about empowering other staff to lead for the benefit of the organisation. This is made possible by recognising the expertise of others (in this case, the teacher librarian) and by providing…