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"A post that offers advice on how to spot a fake website in relatively simple terms. This advice may save a lot of frustration. Everyone needs to be sure that they know what is being clicked on. Some basic advice that will help you from becoming victim of a phisher or an identity thief.

"One educator's advice after installing makerspaces in several dozen schools. He has developed a process that helps you think through your makerspace and how it fits into the culture and curriculum of your school. Skipping this process, or one like it, will almost certainly result in tension, missed teaching opportunities, and overspending."

The University of Melbourne page that has links to advice on study and research skills. Includes studying for exams.

The seven tips here offer some advice if you want to read faster while maintaining reading comprehension. "Whether you skim a blog post, peruse files for work, or browse through a book, you most likely do some type of reading every day. But slogging through dense passages of text can be time-consuming, mentally exhausting, and hard on your eyes."

"This paper reports on a study into principals' perceptions of the role of the teacher-librarian. Nine principals in Australia were interviewed about the role of the teacher-librarian and library in their school. The findings indicated a range of ways in which the teacher-librarian adds value to the school, including in their role as teacher, providing the principal with a broad perspective on the workings of the school, providing advice and ideas, and providing leadership in the use of information and communications technology (ICT) at the school. It also identified a number of personal qualities valued by principals."

Advice worth looking at. "Whether you are a classroom teacher, instructional coach, or administrator, ask yourself these ten questions before going any further"

Libguide that offers advice on how to identify Fake News. The ability to tell accurate news from fake news is an important skill that you'll use for the rest of your life.  This LibGuide will give you valuable insight in telling fact from fiction online, plus a chance to exercise your newfound skills. 

Useful advice for everyone but we should be giving this information to our students if we are really preparing them for life beyond school.

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Offers practical advice about what student learning in the future might entail and also considers where libraries may go "Librarians also need to make outside curriculum resources available to end users. These include local subscription services, databases, ebooks, and other online tools. Librarians should continually seek out new tools and apps by keeping up with reviews; the American Association of School Librarians provides an ideal starting point with their annual review and ranking of the best websites and apps for teaching and learning."

This site has good advice about how to go about evaluating web resources. It is updated by a librarian, Nicole J. Auer, at Virginia Tech on a regular basis.

"A free internet tutorial that offers advice about learning to discern the good, the bad and the ugly for online research."

"From writing advice to reading recommendations, we get up close and personal with some of the finest creators of Young Adult (YA) literature in the country. The Centre for Youth Literature connects Australia's young adults with books, stories and writing. Creatively produced by the Centre for Youth Literature in partnership with the Melbourne Writers Festival. YA Writers: Myke Bartlett, AJ Betts, Isobelle Carmody, Cath Crowley, Ellie Marney, Richard Newsome, Alice Pung, Penny Tangey, Carole Wilkinson, Lili Wilkinson, and Claire Zorn"

"Published on 29 Nov 2014. Part one of a Library Q&A - all about becoming a librarian and MLIS degrees. The list of questions were: 00:45 - What skills do you need to be a librarian? 02:40 - What lead me to become a librarian? 03:57 - Do I have a degree, and are MLIS degrees needed in other countries? 04:34 - What kind of coursework did I do for my degree? 06:05 - Did I do a thesis? 06:36 - Did I go to Dal, and if yes, what did I think of it? Also: What advice would I give to new/aspiring MLIS students? 09:15 - Considering an MLIS degree, but concerned about not being able to find a job afterward - what are my thoughts on this? 10:49 - Do librarians make a lot of money? 12:36 - How should someone go about getting a library job while at university? Do they hire non-MLIS students?"

This ALA site offers some great advice and links to further information about book clubs and reading groups. "Many libraries provide meeting space for book clubs or administer one or more book discussion group.  This page provides general information about book groups, starting with "one book" programs, some resources for guiding book groups, references for specific types of book groups, and an anonymously contributed guide to establishing and running a book discussion group. "

Highlighting the digital literacies our students will need to succeed, this post offers some ideas on how to infuse information literacy and digital literacy skills into the curriculum. Very practical advice and easy to apply.

This article offers advice to anyone working with young people children (Tween) who are interested in books, or if you want to help them discover the world of literature. "A children's book club is a great way for your child to make friends and socialize outside of school." These tips here can help you get started and although directed at the younger end of the spectrum (primary) school, many can be adapted for use with secondary school students.

A useful annotated list of collaboration tools. "The right strategies will enable instructors to conceive and create interesting, informative learning coursework, activities and exercises that will fuel students' hunger for learning more. Also this will encourage them to open up towards their instructors and other students in their group who can ably support them by offering thoughtful advice and tips. So implementing right strategies and using proper tools for implementing them, is a must for facilitating learning through online group collaboration."

A useful guide offering very necessary advice. Seven ways to fortify passwords offers information that seems commonsense but these things often get overlooked

Some simple rules about creating effective presentations. The world's experts give their advice.