Forgotten fauna: Habitat attributes of long-unburnt open forests and woodlands dictate a rethink of fire management theory and practice. Sign up - ResearchGate. Fake news, hoax images: How to spot a digitally altered photo from the real deal - Science News - ABC News. A shark swimming down a flooded road.
A bunch of missiles blasting off in unison during an Iranian missile test. At first glance they might seem reasonable, but digitally altered images are everywhere, spreading like wildfire on news sites and social media. So how can you tell if that photo your uncle shared on Facebook is authentic or has been manipulated? State Library Victoria – So, you want to be a librarian? In February 1948, the Melbourne Public Library opened its doors to the first 35 students of its new training school for librarians.
There was no shortage of eager applicants. Between sixty and ninety candidates applied each year, but only 35 prospective students would make the grade.
Web 2 tools. Successful Library Design Attitudes. In previous Learning Landscapes articles (Whisken, 2011 - 2015b) I have explored the research and decisions being applied in the digital and physical landscapes of school libraries as they evolve, with particular application to my own situation, Carey Baptist Grammar School, where a new library is the hub of a $30m Centre for Learning and Innovation.
The guiding question has been: What are the forms (space designs and arrangements) that best suit the functions (particular types of learning with information, wide reading and study) to take place in the school library? It brings together two key influences: Lyn Hays’ iCentre themes (2011a, 2011b, 2012) and Christine Bruce’s Informed Learning (2008). The question is used again in this article as the umbrella for examination of successful attitudes brought to the design process for new or remodelled library spaces in a variety of fields. . . . libraries are increasingly seen by their communities as places for other functions.
2017 Casual Teacher Librarian and Support Staff. Move over Freud: literary fiction is the best therapy. One of my maxims as a university teacher of literature was: “A great novel not only enhances our understanding – more crucially it understands us.”
When I later trained as a psychoanalyst I annoyed my tutors with my refrain that one could learn more about the subtleties of human psychology from literature than from the works of Freud, Adler or Jung. This was not to decry the pioneering wisdoms of those great psychologists, but years of teaching literature convinced me that fiction trumps theory in its illumination of the hidden recesses of our consciousness. There is now good evidence for the therapeutic effects of reading. Chronic loneliness and isolation are now prevailing social problems, but it is not necessary to be part of a group reading project for a book to have a role in ameliorating this social malaise.
I read zines to escape surveillance and clickbait. It's the new teen rebellion. Flicking through photocopied pages, and pausing, and then taking a deep breath.
And then again, turning over to a new page allowing yourself time to absorb the sentiments, before carefully moving on, slowing down time around you to let the new ideas settle. These are the initial movements, the capsules of realisation, for a rookie zine reader. At once so ordinary and yet so overwhelmingly liberating, the transition to this from being a passive news reader via social media can leave you feeling giddy. For me, this is because the power of a zine is the inextricable, life-affirming granting of permission to speak. Groupe public EYLF/NQF - Ideas & Discussions. Tools & Resources. LEARN. Balanced and Barefoot by Angela Hanscom - Balanced and Barefoot Book. How Unrestricted Outdoor Play Makes for Strong, Confident, and Capable Children.
In this important book, author Angela Hanscom shows how outdoor play and the unrestricted freedom of movement are vital for children’s cognitive and physical development and growth, and offers tons of fun, engaging ways to help ensure that kids grow into healthy, balanced, and resilient adults. Today’s kids have adopted sedentary lifestyles filled with television, video games, and computer screens.
But more and more, studies show that children need “rough and tumble” outdoor play in order to develop their sensory, motor, and executive functions. Teacher librarians disappearing from Australian schools at a ridiculous rate. Teacher librarians are disappearing from schools all over Australia at a ridiculous rate, which is resulting in a drastic drop in children’s literacy skills across the board … Why is this happening?
The role of the teacher librarian in Australian schools is under threat according to Softlink’s 2014 Australian School Library Survey, which reported a staggering 25 percent decrease in schools employing school library staff. But that’s not the worst bit … A 2013 QUT study published in the Curriculum and Leadership Journal have identified a direct correlation between fewer teacher librarians and a reduction in student literacy levels right across the board.
So why are our teacher librarians disappearing from schools? And, for the sake of our kids, what can we do to stop this concerning trend from continuing? Welcome to BookCrossing. Research Library. Making the Case for Children and Nature.
The Children & Nature Network curates and summarizes peer-reviewed scientific literature to help build the evidence base for advancing the children and nature movement. User’s Guide Your go-to guide with tips and a glossary of search terms to help you find the information you need. Scientific Advisory Council Curation of research is guided by our Scientific Advisory Council, a multi-disciplinary team of experts who bring diverse perspectives to our work. Coping with 'classroom shock': new teachers susceptible to stress and burnout — EducationHQ Australia. Teacher wellbeing is critical for enhancing individual student outcomes, but with figures suggesting that anywhere between 25 and 40 per cent of new teachers quit globally within one to five years of beginning to teach, something is well amiss.
What triggers this decline in wellbeing has been the topic of a great deal of research since the 1970s when the term ‘teacher burnout’ was first coined by social psychologist Christina Maslach, yet we seem no closer to providing practical solutions. While issues around administrative workload, a perceived lack of collegial or supervisor support, unsupportive parents and carers, shame-based media reporting and ever-changing policy and process may be toxic over time, the greatest contributor to a loss of wellbeing, especially for new teachers, sits around the impacts of low self-efficacy for classroom and behaviour management (CBM).
So how can we protect the wellbeing of new teachers? Index. Colored Pencil Tutorial Part 1. Prismacolor Charts (updated 12/16/2011) all on one page!
Updated links and videos (added 3/29/2012) I've been reading and taking notes! You know once a teacher.. Blending and Burnishing Colorless blender pencil. Great books for little people. Theconversation. Philosophy can seem a daunting subject in which to dabble. But there are many wonderful books on philosophy that tackle big ideas without requiring a PhD to digest. Here are some top picks for summer reading material from philosophers across Australia. Shame and Necessity by Bernard Williams After a year of Brexit, the return of Pauline Hanson and Donald Trump, many of us are wondering about the state of our public culture. Mysimpleshow - create your own explainer video in minutes.
Crochet classes reviving old-fashioned craft one stitch at a time. Posted Start with a slipknot, then a few chain stitches before moving on to a couple of trebles. If this sentence means anything to you, you probably know how to crochet already. Our most detailed view of Earth across space and time. Australia's changing landscape through Google timelapse – video. Adding 50 new tours for schools with Google Expeditions.
A Beginner's Guide to BookTube. BookTube may sound like a root vegetable, but it’s actually an incredibly vibrant community of people who vlog (that’s video blog for those of you who are unfamiliar with the lingo) about books on YouTube. There’s something for everyone on BookTube, from hilarious reviews of 50 Shades of Grey… …to stop-motion videos of books getting their groove on… …and animated shorts, like this one about a girl who hates to read and has to tackle the biggest, baddest TBR stack ever. Teacher resources. A Beginner's Guide to BookTube. Annual Special: The best science books of 2016. I have long believed that E.B. White’s abiding wisdom on children’s books — “Anyone who writes down to children is simply wasting his time.
You have to write up, not down.” — is equally true of science books. Annual Special: The 16 Best Children's Books of 2016. NOTE: Some email programs can't display messages beyond a certain length. Yours might truncate this long reading list. You can see all sixteen books here. In his meditation on the three ways of writing for children and the key to authenticity in all writing, C.S.
Lewis admonished against treating children, in literature or life, as “a strange species whose habits you have ‘made up’ like an anthropologist or a commercial traveller.” Theconversation. Comic explainer: how memory works. Designing learning environments in schools. Facebook fake-news writer: ‘I think Donald Trump is in the White House because of me’ AbeBooks: 50 Essential Graphic Novels. Latest Study: A full-time school librarian makes a critical difference in boosting student achievement.