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Use Web2.0 tools at every stage of the Information Skills.

Fiction with a twist is a book rap starting in Week 5.

I'm sharing a message from Lizzie Chase of the School Libraries and Information Literacy Unit:

Fiction with a twist is a book rap starting in Week 5. Aimed at enthusiastic readers/writers in Stages 3 and 4, it provides fiction extracts for students. It boosts inferential reading and the writing of short descriptive paragraphs.

Student writing samples
See student writing to the blog already at http://rapblog8.edublogs.org - it is inspiring!

Teaching resources + unit of work
The resources for the rap are NOW available at http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/raps/twist/teachingideas.htm
Nowadays, students can blog in directly without needing to register with edublogs!

Optional training - everyone welcome
If you would like training in use of the rap resources [this is NOT mandatory of course] - there is a workshop at Bonnyrigg HS on Thursday February 11th, the same one is repeated at Ryde State Office on February 15th. You can be trained, even if you do not plan to do the rap. These resources are very extensive and explicit...
 
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Cheers

Lizzie Chase

School Libraries and Information Literacy Unit

Great timesaver... and great resources available.

A special message from :

Lizzie Chase

School Libraries and Information Literacy Unit

 

Find out when a new resource is added to 

School Libraries and Information Literacy Website 

and exactly where to find it.

 

To bring news of our website updates to you, the School Libraries and Information Literacy team have set up an RSS Feed  which you can click to subscribe to.

 

It will send a message straight into a folder called RSS at the side, within your DET Outlook email inbox. 

 

They will let you know when new DET workshops have been placed online for you to register OR direct you to hidden goodies on their website...

 

 

For example - the first RSS feed they have set up is at

http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/schoollibraries/rss/index.htm

and lets you know that there are some brand new teaching resources, if you SCROLL DOWN to the bottom of the nominated page!! 

 

Lizzie would certainly recommend the revamped Information Skills teaching ideas to any new teacher librarians...

 

New teaching resources for primary and secondary teacher librarians

Select the K-6 or 7-10 ISP Matrix, and scroll down to find the new Information skills teaching ideas, Information Skills Process posters, the Resource evaluation checklist, and the Cognitive organisers booklet.

Click here for an RSS Feed for this page

Great new resources available for Teacher Librarians and Teachers.

 Check out the Resource evaluation checklist 

for students and teachers 

It will help you determine the value of a resource.

Have you seen the Information Skills Posters from the 

School Libraries and Information Literacy Unit?

Program Strategies Handbook -185 pages 

All the valuable strategies now available in digital format.

If you are looking for explanations of commonly used  

thinking tools go to:

www.cap.nsw.edu.au/QI/TOOLS/INDEX.HTM

Extra school libraries for new teacher librarians one day workshops.

Hello everyone,

Please note that extra School libraries for new teacher librarians one day workshops are being held

at Port Kembla on 30 September and at Taree on 11 November.

Details and registration are accessed from the Professional learning link on our homepage at

http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/schoollibraries/index.htm

Kind regards,

Cath

Cath Keane

Scan Editor

School Libraries & Information Literacy

Curriculum K–12 Directorate

3a Smalls Road, RYDE, NSW 2112

Ph: (02) 9886 7501 Fax: (02) 9886 7413

email: cath.keane@det.nsw.edu.au

www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/schoollibraries/