Information Literacy Teachers & Students

Some great library events on this calendar.

5 Tips to help students succeed in the wide reading program.

Some basic information about using spreadsheets for novices like me.

Worth reading about how to address the gender gap in reading.

A student response system which helps teachers engage their classroom through a series of educational exercises and games via smartphones, laptops and tablets.

Download Sugata Mitra's SOLE Toolkit: How to bring self organized learning environments to your community.

Library QR codes curated by Joy Burlak.

Edublogs username tips.  Important to know when setting up student blogs.

You can make and send a video presentation directly from your gmail account.

Belinda Jennings has moved from the flipped learning approach to the 'asynchronous classroom'.  She explain in this article how it works and what it has done for her students.  She also shares the top websites that have allowed her to give students greater control over their learning.

Edutopia presents evidence based strategies to improve teaching and learning.

Free Technology for Teachers is written by Richard Byrne and is a site which shares information about free resources that teachers can use in the classroom.

Students can sign up for free.  The quizzes are fantastic for vocabulary, spelling, learning specific terminology and learning foreign languages.

A platform designed to build an online student community to help high school students take charge of their learning.

An online platform created to provide support in the form of video tutorials for VCE Students.

Criteria for evaluating information.

Some great links and discussion about hoax websites.

Clears up the prank on Dihydrogen Monoxide.

A hoax website that cautions the public about the dangers of water and is designed to teach critical evaluation of websites.