Blogs - ASLA Online

TwitterFountain and TwapperKeeper

New CMISEvalTF blog post -TwitterFountain and TwapperKeeper from #asla2009. http://cmisevaltf.edublogs.org/2009/10/04/twitterfountain-and-twapperkeeper/ Thanks to Kathryn Greenhill and Pru Mitchell :) Continue

Added by Jean on October 4, 2009 at 5:59pm — No Comments

ASLA 2009 has started

Day one of the ASLA XXI Biennial Conference in Perth has started. You can follow the conference on Twitter by using the hashtag #asla2009.

Opening keynote by Libby Gleeson set out a challenge for educators - Literature in schools (whole literature programs and not just the decodin

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Added by Karen Bonanno on September 30, 2009 at 3:41pm — No Comments

Role of the teacher-librarian interviews

On July 22, ABC Canberra Radio: Live on Drive host, Louise Maher interviewed Karen Bonanno, Executive Officer, Australian School Library Association, on 'The role of teacher-librarians.' Richard Aedy from Life Matters ABC Radio National interviewed Mary Manning, Executive Officer, School Library Association of Victoria on 'Teacher-librarians are a dying breed in the education system'. To get access to these interviews visit the… Continue

Added by Karen Bonanno on July 28, 2009 at 10:21am — No Comments

Blog - School Libraries 21C

This moderated discussion on School Libraries 21C - http://schoollibraries21c.edublogs.org/ - may be of interest to you and your colleagues. The discussion on this blog commenced June 1 and concludes June 26. Dr Ross Todd, Director, CISSL, USA and Lyn Hay, Charles Sturt University,Australia will guide the discussion. The discussion is organised around three main headings: 1. The future of school libraries 2. The school libr… Continue

Added by Karen Bonanno on June 8, 2009 at 10:56am — No Comments

Learning in a Virtual Classroom

Learning in Virtual Classroom by Nellie Deutsch

Get your own Virtual Class

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Added by Mark Cruthers on May 19, 2009 at 9:47am — No Comments

Australian School Libraries Research Project

The Australian Library and Information Association, the Australian School Library Association and Edith Cowan University are pleased to announce the release of survey results from the Australian School Libraries Research Project. Please check the media release information at http://www.asla.org.au/advocacy/mediarelease-May09.htm The reports can be found at htt… Continue

Added by Karen Bonanno on May 11, 2009 at 4:32pm — No Comments

ASLA 2009 conference registration now open

The ASLA XXI Conference Committee is pleased to announce that registration for the ASLA XXI Biennial Conference, 29 September to 2 October 2009, to be held at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre, Western Australia is now open. The registration brochure (as a PDF file) and the online registration web link can be accessed from the conference registration web page Early bird registration must close Tuesday 30… Continue

Added by Karen Bonanno on April 6, 2009 at 8:53pm — 4 Comments

Policy statements for school libraries

The Australian School Library Association (ASLA) and the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) Joint Policy Advisory Group are pleased to advise the revision of several joint policy statements – please refer to the main index at http://www.asla.org.au/policy/ for the following: • Policy statement - Guided inquiry and the curriculum • Policy statement - Information literacy • Policy statement - Library and information services in school… Continue

Added by Karen Bonanno on March 19, 2009 at 2:46pm — No Comments

Victorian bushfire support

A few weeks have passed since the devastating Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria. School library colleagues from around the world have sent messages of support and a number have contributed to various projects such as the Victorian Bushfire Teddy Bear Drive. Updates on ongoing initiatives will be available on the ALIA blog Also you might like to visit the… Continue

Added by Karen Bonanno on March 3, 2009 at 2:30pm — 1 Comment

Thinking skills and poetry

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Added by Victor Davidson on October 31, 2008 at 10:51am — No Comments

Australian Teacher Librarian of the Year Award 2008

The Australian School Library Association Inc. (ASLA) and Pledger Consulting Pty Ltd (LinksPlus/Weblinks) have pleasure in announcing the winner of the 2008 Australian Teacher Librarian of the Year Award – Jan Radford from Delany College, Granville, New South Wales. This national award recognises and honours an exceptional Australian teacher librarian in a school… Continue

Added by Karen Bonanno on October 27, 2008 at 10:00am — No Comments

ASLA 2009 Conference Call for Abstracts

ASLA XXI Biennial Conference 2009 -- 29 September - 2 October 2009 at the Perth Convention Exhibition Centre, Perth, Western Australia The ASLA XXI Biennial 2009 Conference Organising Committee invites abstract submissions for presentations at the 2009 Conference. This Conference aims to bring together professionals from all over Australia and… Continue

Added by Karen Bonanno on September 11, 2008 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Using blogs in education

I was very pleased with myself for getting a feed going from my del.icio.us page to my ASLAonline Ning page (adding aslaning as a tag) after our discussions in the digital literacy strand of the conference. I mentioned one link in particular and then found I had to delete that as there seemed to be some problem with the page, or my link, or whatever. So here is a summary of the page not in my feed anymore: "How you should use blogs in education" by … Continue

Added by Marita Thomson on May 18, 2008 at 11:58pm — 3 Comments

Friday and things are hotting up!

Once Doctor Who is over, there is little to tempt me away from the computer on a Friday night, so I have been spending some quality time at the conference. While it has taken a few days for people to get stuck in, (perhaps because no-one wants to be the over-eager student at the front of the class whose hand is constantly oscillating to the refrain of "I know the answer!/ I have a question!/ Pick me!!") over the last 24 hours the number of forum messages have obviously reached the tipping point… Continue

Added by Kate on May 9, 2008 at 10:26pm — No Comments

Check out my blog @ Edublogs

I have started and educational blog @ Edublogs to help explain and inform students and staff about new technology in a friendly and easygoing manner. You are welcome to check it out @ http://mshslibrary.edublogs.org/ I welcome any comments & suggestions as I am still learning to be a blogger. I am also Twittering (bhugh36) and would be interested to follow any TLs out there who also Twitter. Continue

Added by Bronwyn Hughes on May 6, 2008 at 1:29pm — No Comments

It's Monday, and I don't know where to start!

Well, I read the papers over the weekend, snatching a few minutes here and there to note my thoughts while trying to deter various offspring from interrupting my flow... with varying levels of success (deja vu - it's post-grad all over again!!) So much food for thought - some great ideas, cautionary tales, even contradictory approaches - but that gels with my experiences in the real world. At the moment the paper that is particularly well-timed is Pru Mitchell's discussion of professional le… Continue

Added by Kate on May 5, 2008 at 3:54pm — No Comments

It's Friday, I feel fine!

I have a printed and bound set of conference papers in my bag, I've skimmed the abstracts for the first strand and have read Raylee's introductory paper. I have no idea how I shall find time to read all the forum discussions over the next few weeks, but I guess there were no interesting programs scheduled on idiot box anyway :> I'm looking forward to learning with all the conference participants and bouncing ideas around to formulate and refine my own understandings of approaches to digital l… Continue

Added by Kate on May 2, 2008 at 1:54pm — 2 Comments

What am I up to?

This term has been extremely busy, I go home zonked every afternoon and sometimes even need a nap. True, I am a Nanna ( 4 grandkids ), but Nanna naps! Not a good look. I am looking forward to this conference. I am currently doing a course to help me complete the requirements for the ICT Pedagogical License. I am also trying to extend myself as much as possible by pack in plenty of PD to keep me up to date. this conference will be a boon to my study. I look forward to seeing what other people are… Continue

Added by Bronwyn Hughes on March 28, 2008 at 2:18pm — No Comments

Introducing the Online III team.

The ASLA Online III team has been working on the planning for this event for about 18 months. It is my pleasure to introduce them to you. From Australia there is Jennie Bales from Tasmania, Sue Johnston from South Australia, and June Wall from New South Wales (and yours truly from Queensland). From the USA we have Dr Marcia Mardis from Michigan. Quite an interesting bunch who have been communicating via a discussion list to get things happening. So, the action begins and we hope you enjoy the… Continue

Added by Karen Bonanno on March 25, 2008 at 4:58pm — No Comments

The inspiration for ASLA Online III virtual conference

The theme for this conference was inspired by the work of Thomas L. Friedman (2006), The world is flat. The flattening of the world, according to Friedman was triggered by ten forces - 11/9/89 (fall of the Berlin Wall), 8/9/95 (Netscape goes public), work flow software, uploading, outsourcing, offshoring, insourcing, in-forming and the steroids (Friedman 2006, pp. 50-200). The focus for this conference emph… Continue

Added by Karen Bonanno on February 23, 2008 at 12:51pm — 2 Comments

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