"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."

The Breaking News Generator - Today's top story... you! Or, whatever you want. Add your pic, write the headline and we'll go live to the scene. Sort of

Strategies for helping students understand challenging texts.

Free Australian History podcasts by La Trobe University

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.

A great site for encouraging students to write. Includes an image gallery and a sound gallery as well as many examples of myths and legends.

An introductory guide to citing, referencing and academic writing at QUT.

A wiki by Anita Beaman and Amy Oberts to try to mesh Web 2.0 interactive technologies with traditional books and reading.

A unit of work for upper primary students, including ideas for a class camp related to the book.

"The federal government has launched an online map of Australia that allows users to overlay geospatial datasets made available by agencies. The National Map is a joint effort by the Department of Communications, NICTA and Geoscience Australia."

18-23 August 2014