Primary school collection development process While it may seem to the outside world that managing a school library may be a quiet, hushed little process,… Posted on: 14 March, 2025 By: Tracey Sloan With: 0 Comments
Revelations of Literary Learning Literary learning is not incidental While I’ve always been an advocate of literature in the classroom, my views… Posted on: 10 January, 2025 By: Tracey Sloan With: 0 Comments
Manga for the primary school library It can be tricky finding Manga that is appropriate for the primary school library. A handy tip is that Manga… Posted on: 30 December, 2024 By: Tracey Sloan With: 0 Comments
Stories unlike my own: using graphic novels as a tool to value diversity in primary schools. Campaigns such as We Need More Diverse Books (WNDB) and Reading Without Walls have highlighted the imperative for children to… Posted on: 28 December, 2024 By: Tracey Sloan With: 0 Comments
Maximising the positive impact of the teacher librarian Throughout each module of ETL401, I have been reflecting on how I can use this information to benefit my current… Posted on: 30 September, 2024 By: Tracey Sloan With: 0 Comments
Who may be best placed in schools to support teachers and students to learn with and about genAI? The teacher librarian. GenAI is no longer a thing of the future for primary school education. It is also present in all levels… Posted on: 19 August, 2024 By: Tracey Sloan With: 0 Comments
The pros and cons of the ever-expanding digital information landscape. All teachers of today are acutely aware of the ramifications of the ever-expanding landscape of digital information. With AI, fakes,… Posted on: 7 August, 2024 By: Tracey Sloan With: 0 Comments
There and back again: a reflection of experiences with teacher-librarians and libraries from across the globe. Over the past 20 years, I’ve taught in schools of all shapes and sizes, socio-economic brackets and geographical locations. When… Posted on: 22 July, 2024 By: Tracey Sloan With: 2 Comments
Challenge the stereotype. Like any other stereotype, such as damsels in distress, mad scientists, and ditzy blondes, we must challenge the stereotype of… Posted on: 14 July, 2024 By: Tracey Sloan With: 0 Comments