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Category: ETL402 – Literature Across the Curriculum
Making Your Collection More Graphic
Abstract Graphic novels are making their mark in the hands of school aged readers, in school libraries and on the desks of teachers. Why? Aren’t they a glorified comic book? What value do they have? These are all valid questions which will be explored throughout this paper. Graphic novels have great potential to engage reluctant […]
Supporting literacy and transliteracy in my library.
Seven years ago I worked in a high school, I left to work in a primary school and discovered my passion for working as a TL. After 7 years in this primary school, and having spent almost four years in their library, I decided to move to a high school library. I returned to the […]
The Eleventh Hour (a discussion forum post)
Image courtesy of Booktopia Of the list shown, in Wheelers Sophisticated Picture Book Collection, my all time favourite is The Eleventh Hour. As a child I have fond memories of this book, so nostalgia, I’m afraid, has kicked into overdrive. I poured over this book for hours AND I still have my original copy. […]
Keep my finger on the pulse of children’s literature!
This a an evolutionary process, it changes as the trends change. I am lucky that my children are very into different genres and keep me in the loop of what they like. ALong with my own daughters, I learn so much from my students, in our Reading Cafe at school – as well as the […]
Why Read? (a forum post from Module 1)
Reading takes us into worlds that are not completely our own, a place where our imagination is filled with visions, affirming (or challenging) our preconceptions and expanding our own ideals of what can be (Gaiman 2013). To read releases us into the wild of another’s world, bringing us closer to new relationships, understanding new customs […]
Looking into the Future
To have vision is to have a growth mindset, an ability to see that change is possible. Our drivers for change our readers, students, staff, and all lovers of reading. These are the people who set the trends, show what the market is looking for embrace what is working. Margaret Kristin Merga, from Edith Cowan […]
Here I go again!
Here I am again! Embarking on another unit – I have made it halfway WooHOO!! As I make a start on ETL402 I am taking stock on one of my favourite parts of being a TL – finding literature to support the curriculum. As I read my eyeballs to death when studying, I yearn to […]