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[] [] This is an important article to read if we are to understand learning needs today. Essentially it says that the container information is packaged in is irrelevant, and the task becomes not about "answering the question, but questioning the answer." "In late 20th century learning, a definitive authority such as a textbook author or a collection editor served as the final say; searching for knowledge was a journey for what Bush calls the "eternal nugget of information." In the second decade of the 21st century, the sheer number of sources means teachers and students may encounter two or three works that seem equally valid from their own perspectives. The quest is no longer to know the most but what is most important to know." The author of this concept of 'information transliteracy' rather than information literacy, Dr Gail Bush, even provides some solutions. "This 21st century thinking style is all about maintaining openness, Bush reiterates. Teachers need to show comfort seeking out new information, changing their opinions and refocusing the subject of their learning. The ultimate goal is for students to model the learning habits of their instructors." @http://www.nl.edu/news/informationtransliteracy.cfm Barbara Barbara Braxton Teacher Librarian M.Ed.(TL), M.App.Sci.(TL), M.I.S. (Children's Services) COOMA NSW 2630 AUSTRALIA barbara.288@bigpond.com Together, we learn from each other

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[] Organising the bookcase All you need is an iPad 2 and QR Code reader. I have done it with my own ipad and let the students use my ipad in the library for a treasure hunt type activitiy - it works well. We have use www.qrstuff.com They have a good deal for educational institutions & they come in colours. Although they can be used for free, subscribing gives you access to history, stats, etc. Works for iPads & smart phones. There are free QR code readers available on the app store which are needed to read the codes. EasyQR is one which seems okay. We are also planning an orientation activity around this, and learning as we go. I am hoping to do this after the holiday break and incorporate it with Year 2's upcoming topic on Thailand. I haven't experimented yet, but one of my colleagues sent me this <@https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0AclS3lrlFkCIZGhuMnZjdjVfNzY1aHNkdz V4Y3I&hl=en_GB&authkey=COX05IsF> link which I am hoping will help.

If your iPads have cameras, it's possible. iPad 1.0 didn't though We are getting iPads for our year 7s next year and this is something I am also hoping to do. As long as there is a camera in the iPad it should be fine - pretty much like a larger version of the iPhone. You can download a free app called QR reader, but there are a number of other readers also available for free. There is a good article in the most recent edition of Scan you may also find helpful. there are a number of free QR code reader apps available for iPads in the App store that you can use This looks like a great activity, although I had to do a quick search to see just what a QR code is. Now I'm 'in the know' I think I'd like to create my own QR codes and use them a bit like Dewey in a very general way - Antarctica, Astronomy, Deserts (these are our recent assignment tasks) and put posters near the relevant shelves. Is this how you envision using them? Because now I'm thinking that this approach might be too obvious ... I still might give it a try using my new 2012 Library Monitors.

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This site has a link to QR generators, but I think you'd be well ahead of me in this areas.

Would really love to know how your idea works and I'll certainly let you know what we get up to here.

Hi Nell I have the qrcode app on my ipad and it works well Funny you should ask - I looked at this last night!  http://thedaringlibrarian.wikispaces.com/QR_Code_Quest Hope it helps,

Yes we have done this at our school. The students will need an iPad 2 as the iPad 1 doesn't have a camera. We have QR codes up around our library that relate to our fiction and non fiction collection and students have also created QR codes in an activity for a sustainability unit we taught and they were able to easily scan the codes with the iPads. For creating a QR code my favourite website is www.qrstuff.com and for scanning the codes our students use the app QR Reader for iPhone but there are lots of options out there both for creating the codes and scanning them. After your email on oztl yesterday I quickly created the Antarctica one (think I emailed you about this) and sent it off to our ipad guru and a couple of teachers. I also sent it home as an attachment to make sure it worked and my partner accessed the webpage on his PC via the QR code. We're both very impressed!

What it looks like I'll be doing with them is linking webpages to the QR code for quick and easy (and fun) access for students next year when they're using their own ipads for research etc. I think they'll either be accessed on the portal or on a virtual library page, haven't quite worked that out yet. Maybe even as an emailed attachment to all students so they'd have to save it to a research file and then use it during the unit of work. I like that idea now I've thought of it. That would be further developing their IT organising skills which will become very important with ipads, I think.

What it looks like I'll be doing with them is linking webpages to the QR code for quick and easy (and fun) access for students next year when they're using their own ipads for research etc. I think they'll either be accessed on the portal or on a virtual library page, haven't quite worked that out yet. Maybe even as an emailed attachment to all students so they'd have to save it to a research file and then use it during the unit of work. I like that idea now I've thought of it. That would be further developing their IT organising skills which will become very important with ipads, I think.

Our iPad guru was pretty impressed as he'd just started reading an article about QR codes and mine arrived - real "cutting edge" stuff (if only he knew...). He's just emailed our teaching staff promoting this great new LIBRARY based service, created by their TL which everyone will think makes it even more relevant and authoritative (sad but true). But getting others to recommend our services is an important form of PR or marketing, I think. [] Julian Smith - I'm reading a book

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Bookmarks to give out Give out stickers in the staff room at recess time Display....of...library lovers day heart shaped bread with hundreds and thousands? speed dating lesson - have decorations on the tables? wrap books up in newspaper etc...pick one out of a box - unwrap it - take 5 minutes to read it - then swap with someone if you don't like it...... Give out bookmarks.....

Orientation You tube video [] Brainstorm with the person sitting next to you. What do you think are the four most important rules in the library 1. Food/Drink 2. Quiet Remember them we will come back to them at the end of the lesson

In table groups do a rotation exercise..... Go to: 1. Photocopier - learn how to enlarge from A4 to A3?

2. OPAC with TL - learn how to search? How many JK Rowling books do we have? What section of the library would we find "The Diary of Ann Frank" Who is the author of..... What is the Dewey number for books about.........

3. Fiction - find a fiction book that has the first three initials of your surname - take a photo of the front cover of the book

4. Non Fiction - Find a book in non fiction that was published in the year you were born - take a photo?

5. Make a flip camera movie about using the internet........

Then swap groups.

Back all together........ View the photos and videos made on the big screen......... Can we remember the important rules?

If there is time Dewey powerpoint at :

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Other orientation ideas - place books on tables eg short stories, biographies etc - ask students to sit at a table then move to the next table

ACRA History Overview - 650CE - 1750CE - 10% 30% - Medieval Europe 590-1500 - Dark Ages plus Middle Ages 30% - Shogunate Japan - 794-1867 up to the Meiji era

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Pathfinders will be on the s drive Data base searching What is a database?

It is in the list of one of the differences that school libraries can make?

Is wikipedia a database?

Is Britannica online a database?

As teachers at UHS what are the databases that you have access to?

EBSCO EBSCO EBSCO The advantages of using this database: preparation for University - where even the most basic subject will require using databases....... it is hugely expensive - UHS can afford it - most govt schools cannot - lets use it part of the "hidden web" - mainly cos it has to be paid for and is therefore password protected.

As a member of a public library you have access to the following databases: worldbookonline....students need to be encouraged to join their public library so they can have access to these databases.

By contacting the State Library you can have access to certain databases.

The other database that I would like to highlight is "Trove" which is the national library website. This is an amazing website..... []

Lets do a search on UHS

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National Year of Reading shortlist Thanks to Karen Bonanno I was able to track down the National Year of Reading 2012 shortlist through the October press releases @http://www.love2read.org.au/library/files/NationalYearofReading17October2011newsrelease.pdf

I’m sharing it here for those of you who have requested a copy. I’ve placed an asterisk for those titles voted to be the best from each state.

Shortlist for the ACT  John Clanchy, Vincenzo’s Garden, University of Queensland Press  Alan Gould, The Lake Woman, Australian Scholarly Publishing  Marion Halligan, The Fog Garden, Allen & Unwin  Jack Heath, The Hit List, Pan Macmillan Australia  Dorothy Johnston, The White Tower, Wakefield Press
 *  Kel Robertson, Smoke and Mirrors, Pan Macmillan Australia

Shortlist for New South Wales  Peter Corris, Torn Apart, Allen & Unwin  Kate Grenville, Lilian’s Story, Allen & Unwin  Ian Hoskins, Sydney Harbour: A History, New South Publishing  John Hughes, The Idea of Home, Giramondo  Ruth Park, The Harp in the South, Penguin  Chris Womersley, Bereft, Scribe

Shortlist for the Northern Territory * Ros Moriarty, Listening to Country, 2010, Allen & Unwin  Daena Murray (editor), The Sound of the Sky, 2006, CDU Press  Judy Nunn, Territory, 2003, Random House  Alan Powell, Far Country: A Short History of the Northern Territory, 2009, CDU CDU Press  Alan Powell, Shadow's Edge: Australia's Northern War (Revised Edition), 2007, CDU CDU Press  Nicholas Rothwell, The Red Highway, 2009, Black Ink

Shortlist for Queensland  Chloe Hooper, The Tall Man, 2008, Penguin * Andrew McGahan, The White Earth, 2005, Allen & Unwin  Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, 2002, Allen & Unwin  Estelle Pinney, House on the Hill, Penguin  Ian Townsend, Affection, 2005, Harper Collins  Matthew Condon, Brisbane, 2010, New South Publishing

Shortlist for South Australia  Max Fatchen, River Kings, Wakefield Press Kerryn Goldsworthy, Adelaide, 2011, New South Publishing  Peter Goldsworthy, Three Dog Night, 2003, Penguin  Scott Monk, The Never Boys, 2011, Random House  *Stephen Orr, Time’s Long Ruin, Wakefield Press  Alastair Sarre, Prohibited Zone, Wakefield Press

Shortlist for Tasmania  *Richard Flanagan, Wanting, 2008, Random House  Anna Krien, Into the Woods: The Battle for Tasmania’s Forests, 2010, Black Ink  Julia Leigh, The Hunter, 1999, Penguin  Kathyrn Lomer, What now Tilda B?, University of Queensland Press  Peter Timms, In Search of Hobart, 2009, New South Publishing  Rohan Wilson, The Roving Party, 2011, Allen & Unwin

Shortlist for Victoria  Robyn Annear, Bearbrass, 2005, Black Ink  Brendan Gullifer, Sold, Sleepers  *Barry Heard, Well Done Those Men, 2005, Scribe  Alice Pung, Unpolished Gem, 2006, Black Ink  Jeff & Jill Sparrow, Radical Melbourne, Vulgar Press  Maya Ward, The Comfort of Water, Transit Lounge

Shortlist for Western Australia Elizabeth Jolley, The Newspaper of Claremont Street, Fremantle Press  Sally Morgan, My Place, Fremantle Press  Howard Pederson & Banjo Woorunmurra, Jandamarra and the Bunuba Resistance, Magabala Books  Kim Scott, True Country, Fremantle Press  *Craig Silvey, Jasper Jones, 2009, Allen & Unwin  Tim Winton, Cloudstreet, 1991, Penguin