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See the issue for "#6 May 2012" which has a special focus on Curation. All regular issues are well worth a read.

"Our 'digital natives' may be able to flit between Facebook and Twitter while simultaneously uploading a selfie to Instagram and texting a friend," state the researchers from the Stanford History Education Group. "But when it comes to evaluating information that flows through social media channels, they are easily duped."

How a Book Tasting Event was used as a way to get students to "sample" a variety of literary genres in order to find their preferred "tastes" in reading.

CSU-SIS Website - includes faculty and course information

Creating and sharing beautiful fliers - used this with year 3 students to display their Australian animal research. Easy and attractive way to become web creators, fliers can be shared on Facebook, email etc

The population of e-book readers is growing. Ebook usage is slowly rising and print book usage is slowly declining.

The IFLA Trend Report identifies five top level trends which will play a key role in shaping our future information ecosystem.

Social media guidelines for teachers | Designed to help staff engage by using digital media http://t.co/N7PiLPBFXS

Social media guidelines for teachers | Designed to help staff engage by using digital media http://t.co/N7PiLPBFXS

The makerspace isn't just a fixed space where kids come and go to complete busywork. It's an extension of a well-established approach to educating students that has applications and deep implications across disciplines.

"The importance of infographics in literacy education is essential. Literacy is more than just reading and writing. Literate people can infer meaning, communicate with others, and capture ideas in many different ways. With infographics, I hope that educators can broaden our students' visual literacy."

The National Yearof Reading launch is this week. To celebrate reading and make our fiction more user friendly we are rearranging it into popular genres. We already have an extensive Graphic novel collection which is housed separately and which has proved to be very popular both for casual in house reading and borrowing. It is brightly labelled and easy to find and browse so we decided to extend this idea to the rest of the fiction collection.

"Board games are the perfect classroom tools for helping students with critical thinking, problem solving, and more. But have you ever thought of transforming ordinary board games into ways to teach curriculum? "