Gone Home (2013) – Suitable for secondary age students – 14+ I have loved exploring Gone Home which is a transmedia digital narrative which can be downloaded and used as an app. This is a multimodal story with non-linear participatory elements such as maps, web based clues, and phone voicemails. It involves the game like activity of a […]
ETL 402: 6.3 Responding to Literature – Response strategies in the classroom
Book Trailers and Book Bentos I have used Book Trailers in library lessons this year with Year 9 in a unit involving each student choosing a book that has been made into a film or series. Students created the trailers on the canva platform, alongside a new book cover design of their own. These activities […]
ETL402 5.2 Digital Literature
Think about how you process information and read. Are young people any different? Do they use technology differently to older people? Have ebooks ‘taken off’ in your school? What reasons could explain this? Evidently, contemporary school libraries strive towards being agile spaces that respond to both the curriculum and individual learnings needs of each student. During my […]
ETL402 2.1: What do I know about Children’s Literature?
What do I know about Children’s Literature? Books have always been a part of my life. My earliest memories of reading, are my parents sharing picture books with me as a young child. I can recall the wordless picture book The Snowman by Raymond Briggs with a warm glow in my heart, with it’s soft […]
ETL 402: Forum 1.2 Affirmative action statement: strategies to tackle one issue related to literacy levels in schools.
Consider the research findings presented in regard to literacy levels, interest in reading and students’ preferences. Present a brief statement on one affirmative action that you could initiate in your school or library as a response to one issue identified in your readings across this section. It is no secret than lowering literacy levels continues […]
ETL 503: Assessment 2 Part B Reflective Practice
This unit has been an enlightening journey, exploring the Teacher Librarian’s (TL) role in collection development through processes of analysis, selection, acquisition, deselection and evaluation. Diversity and balance are key takeaway considerations for building an dynamic collection.(Billingsley 2022 Feb 28). Collection development is at the core of the TL’s passion for fulfilling student needs; decisions […]
Discussion Forum Post: 7.1 The Future of Libraries
I am enjoying the research and reading for in Module 7.1 and it is interesting to note that there are both bleak and optimistic outlooks in the literature on future libraries. My emerging opinion equally built on my experience and reading, is that the future of libraries is exciting, innovative, and rich […]
6.2: Key Takeaways on Censorship
I have a few key takeaways I would like to share with you on Module 6.2. I found this module exceptionally interesting and I can already imagine how I can use some of the principles discussed in my new TL role, when the situation arises. I have purchased quite a few ‘controversial’ books for our […]
ETL503: 4.2: Finding ‘Neverland’ on Creative Commons
Commons resource 1 – Description – This is an audio resource titled Panfilms – Tiptoe. It is a music keyboard sound effect lasting 1.02 seconds. It would work well within a school production for a scene transition, especially for a character creeping around or on tiptoes in a suspenseful moment. I found this audio on […]
Methods of Collection Analysis
In reading and reflecting on Johnson (2018), Chapter 8, Figure 8.1, there are a number of collection analysis methods I would find useful in the TL role. The quantitative methods I would use are: In house statistics E-resource use statistics Both of these methods would indicate the usage of the resource, such as if it […]