CSU_TLship

"Students were able to explore various frames of reference, identify a personal story to share using digital media, and experience empathy throughout the process. Digital storytelling has a permanent place in my classroom."

"book love is the combination of having a choice in what you read, access to a variety of books, and a positive reading attitude. These ideas stem from learning about what children need to have a successful reading life. "

Some useful goal setting to highlight library programs, management, working with teachers and library reports / advocacy.

"How can you create this shared vision of a "culture of reading" with your colleagues? You can almost think of this as "design thinking" where your group is going to work through the processes of understanding the problem, ideating, developing a prototype, and evaluating & refining."

"When taking on the role of a curator for your students, there are a few things you can do to handpick resources that support every student in your class. In my book EdTech Essentials: The Top 10 Technology Strategies for All Learning Environments, one of the 10 strategies examines curation in the classroom and ways to curate resources that support all students."

"I've been using Canva to make all kinds of graphics and presentations almost since the day it was first available to the public. Over the years I've used to make greeting cards, videos, infographics, presentations, posters, timelines, comics, and many other graphics. And, at one point or another in the last five years, I've made videos about how to make all of those graphics. In not particular order, here's my complete list of Canva tutorials for teachers and students. "

"The change over the last 20 years in what and how students read has emphasised the importance not only of assessing students' capacity to read, but also what they have learned about the credibility of what they read. For example, how well are they able to distinguish fact from opinion, or detect biased information or malicious content such as phishing or fake news - skills essential in a world flooded by information from a variety of sources."

"But are listeners really reading? If we challenge what we think we know about reading, audiobooks can be seen as not just a cheat's shortcut for catching up on classics and bestsellers, but a new way to engage more people with stories."

"Here are some of the best options for teaching and learning programming. "

"Wixie is an educational platform that empowers students voice and boost their self-expression capabilities. It provides students with the tools to showcase their learning using various modalities including text, clip art, video and voice recordings. Students can work individually or in teams and in real-time. They can also easily share their work as a URL, an image, an eBook, or as a PDF. "

"Top 45 Most Beautiful Quotations About Libraries, Librarians, Cataloging, Classification, Catalogers, and Library and Information Science. "

"Following the model of Great Reads from Great Places students could use a tool like Padlet or Google's My Maps to create interactive maps featuring their favorite books aligned to states, provinces, cities, or countries. Here's a demo of how to create a multimedia map with Padlet. "

"Parents are torn. Studies from multiple English-speaking countries show the majority of parents continue to prefer print for their toddlers and preschoolers. Yet by nixing digital offerings, mothers and fathers worry their kids will be left behind-in enjoyment, learning, or preparation for primary school, where children might be handed a tablet their first day."

Excellent resource to explore the different elements of the picture books. Sections include: visualize, narrative, explore, toolkit and miscellany. Example texts are from the USA

This bibliography complements the extensive Sway presentation on the Centre's website which includes annotations, awards, themes, additional resources, and Australian curriculum links.

It offers a comprehensive collection of books which feature Australia's culturally diverse population with the focus on understanding cultures, both similarities and differences. The scope of the Cultural Diversity Database:

The National Centre for Australian Children's Literature (NCACL) is contributing to this focus by celebrating and promoting children's books by and about Australia's Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander Peoples, including books in Indigenous languages.

"We call her the mother of multicultural literature," said Ruth Lowery, interim chair of the Department of Teaching of Learning. "If you're my doctoral student, you have got to read (Bishop's) Shadow and Substance to understand where multicultural literature came from." Her scholarship focused on the need for black children to see themselves in the books they read. It brought her and the university international acclaim, and made Rudine Sims Bishop a treasure in her own right."

"The most popular, award-winning children's books tend to shade their Black, Asian and Hispanic characters with lighter skin tones than stories recognized for identity-based awards, new research finds."

"I do think it's beneficial to challenge yourself as a reader, whether that means reading poetry, the "classics," dense nonfiction, or literary fiction. I'm still surrounded by my YA TBR, and I look forward to getting to them, but this was a wake-up call to mix it up periodically. We can only grow as readers by stretching a little past what is comfortable."