SLAVConnects

An argument against the censorship of reading matter. Some nice images and links to other information

This Scrabble Wall is one of nine done by an artist. It is beautiful, large and expensive. The idea offers us a very cool "word wall" application. I wonder if a project for our VCAL boys would be to create something that offers similar play/word opportunities for our library. A game board that could be used for play or for messages.

Another idea offers us a different way for our students to play chess in the library. Could it be a project for our students to build something along similar lines. .

This post presents Dr Many Lupton's analysis of the Australian Curriculum v6.0. Inquiry skills and information literacy are embedded in the Australian Curriculum in the subject areas Science, History, Geography, Economics and Business (draft), Civics and Citizenship (draft, and in the general capabilities Critical and Creative Thinking (CCT) and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) .

Some fantastic seats based on books here. How good would they be around Melbourne (A city of literature) streets. Also good for around our schools

Some fantastic seats here. How good would they be around Melbourne streets

A great list of links that suggest how you can use Lego to teach literacy.

A brief article that looks at the how and why of the makerspace activities are moving into schools and education. it also includes 4 links to some useful digital resources for anyone interested in following up.

An interesting, annotated list of books for reading aloud to students

An very extensive list of questions that could be used to get students to respond to their reading.

Useful reminder of the options we have to save our files using one of the Google tools

A useful comic poster from CC Poland offers a good resource to begin discussions about Creative Commons. 6 types of licenses are discussed with with their separate conditions attached to each of them. "

The post discusses how to recognise learning achievement by awarding students digital badges. Also discussed are some the the useful technologies that teachers could use to create their own badges.

Many games and quizzes, all based around literature including those about: authors, genres, opening lines, last lines, particular novels, poets and poetry, nursery rhymes and even words used in novels.

From ReadWriteThink, the Trading Cards app could give students and alternative way to share what they understand about the characters and places from the books they have been reading. The fields/categories that can be documented include: fictional person, real person, fictional place, real place, object, event and vocabulary word. Each category has specific guiding questions to assist students. Space is limited so students have to be able to demonstrate their ideas succinctly and only include the most important information. The app is easy to use, has good "how-to" information, auto-saves and can be printed or emailed.

A comprehensive post about how you could approach the 2014 theme "Connect to reading"

Leaving your online presence in a tidy condition for your executor.