Sr Ann Marie Learning Centre
Library news and information for Cerdon College Staff
Welcome back to Term 2, April 2016
In this library newsletter you will find a collection of resources and material to support teaching and learning at Cerdon as well as for your general interest.
If you have any questions about information in this newsletter please see Nancy Sylaprany or email nsylaprany@parra.catholic.edu.au
Have a great Term 2,
Nancy, Elena, Alana & Rosanne (Rita is on extended LSL in Term 2).
Sr Ann Marie Learning Centre
Digital Learning Resources from the National Film and Sound Archive
Visit the site here. You will find resources to support learning in many areas including HSIE, English, Drama, Visual Arts, TAS, PDHPE & RE.
Scootle - have you logged in to Scootle recently?
Clickview - new features, enhancements and new content
Some of you may be aware that we were experiencing issues with some ClickView videos in Player not appearing in ClickView Online. This meant that there were some instances where recently loaded videos were appearing in Player at school but not outside school when accessed over the web through ClickView Online. This issue has been resolved. I have checked several videos that were not appearing in ClickView Online and they are now appearing correctly. So hopefully this is the end of this issue :) However, if you do come across a video in Player and you can't see it in Online could you please let me know so that I can follow up for you and ensure that the video mirrors correctly in ClickView Online. Thank you, Nancy.
During Term 1, ClickView introduced a number of new features and product enhancements. I encourage you to take some time to explore some of these new features and enhancements and consider how they might help you and your students.
New ClickView Exchange
All of the content from ClickView TV has also been added to the ClickView Exchange in a new section called Topics, so you need never go anywhere else to find the best free-to-air content. (For teacher created content, see the videos of Joel Speranza (Maths), Aimee Shattock (English) and Jeremy LeCornu (Biology)).
Log in to ClickView Online and click on Exchange. I recommend you take the tour for a quick insight into the new features available.
New ClickView Content - April
- 18 new titles, mapped to the Australian Curriculum
- Learning resources and closed captions with all videos
- A list of titles: Download PDF
- The latest issue of ReVIEW magazine. Download PDF
(Please note that the April video content will be accessible by the end of Week 1, Term 2).
A sample of new ClickView videos for April
Japanese Art
Mitosis and Meiosis
The Benefits of Exercise
New ClickView Content - March
Included with your March update:
- 27 new titles, mapped to the Australian Curriculum
- Learning resources and closed captions with all videos
- A list of titles: Download PDF
- The latest issue of ReVIEW magazine. Download PDF
A sample of new ClickView videos for March
Rise of the eco-warriors
Stars of the universe
The impact of being human
The unfortunate effects of fear
What is sexual harassment
Other news from ClickView ...
For your general information, ClickView now integrates with three new partners: SEQTA, Stile and Verso.
New ClickView Content - February
Included with your February update:
- 29 new titles, mapped to the Australian Curriculum
- Learning resources and closed captions with all videos
- A list of titles: Download PDF
- The latest issue of ReVIEW magazine. Download PDF
A sample of new ClickView videos for February
The Ancient World
Narratives
Kitchen Hazards and Food Safety
Have you activated your free SMH Digital Edition?
If you have not activated your free subscription yet, follow the instructions below:
Activating your Newspaper Replica account
- Visit https://smh.digitaleditions.com.au/edu/?1538cfbf01729ec91694c3c7c87d5f23 *
- Enter your details to register.
That's it - your account has been created. It will be active immediately.
* We recommend you bookmark this landing page. It is your school's unique URL and where you have to go to log in to the Digital Replica on each visit.
Once registered, a separate email will be sent to you with your individual user name and password for you to access the daily issue of The Sydney Morning Herald Newspaper Replica from within school (ie newspaper access is restricted to the school's IP address but once you have downloaded an edition at school to you iPad you can access it anywhere).
Two new free online resources from IP Awareness
Academic honesty, copyright and content theft
Academic honesty and the use and acknowledgement of sources are in the spotlight, but teachers tell IP Awareness they feel ill-equipped to discuss copyright with their students.
Technology has changed the way students communicate, socialise and access information. Recent research on Australians aged 12–17 indicates that:
- 26% download or stream pirated screen content, even at school.
- 71% say they’ve never been taught anything about movie/TV piracy at school.
IP Awareness creates education resources to provide teachers with the necessary information to engage confidently with copyright and the impact of content theft with students.
Access these free online resources now at www.nothingbeatstherealthing.info.
Rabbit Proof Fence
Copyright & Digital Citizenship
Persuasive Language
IP Awareness has created two new free online resources:
Rabbit-Proof Fence is an examination of sources to assist secondary students assess the representation of history in films, reflect on opinions about the Stolen Generations and explore issues relating to copyright and permissions. It is applicable to studies of History, English and Media Arts.
Copyright & Digital Citizenship helps primary and secondary students with definitions and facts about copyright, and discusses current issues relating to legislation and technological advances. It includes suggested classroom activities to enhance appreciation of content, increase understanding of copyright and encourage academic honesty. It is applicable to studies of English, Civics & Citizenship, Visual Arts, Media Arts, Humanities and Technologies.
Other IP Awareness classroom resources include Persuasive Language and Making Movies.
Access these free online resources now at www.nothingbeatstherealthing.info.
IP Awareness is a not-for-profit industry initiative that promotes the value of creativity by raising awareness and understanding of copyright and the impact of content piracy on global and local film and television industries.
The Learning Exchange (LEX)
Making The Shift
By: Leslie K.Maniotes & Carol C.Kuhlthau
The article discusses the shift in traditional K-12 research assignment to inquiry learning. Topics covered include the importance of Information Search Process in student research and the framework for Guided Inquiry Design experienced in eight phases.
Access the article here.
Nudging toward Inquiry: Strategies for Searching and Finding Information
By Kristin Fontichiaro
The article focuses on strategies for finding and searching for information for librarians to activate their prior knowledge into reflection for growth. It states that inquiry-based learning allows librarians to build instructional planning from basic principles of information literacy. It offers various insights from librarians on Search 2.0 and how they will adjust their instruction to improve student comprehension by using Google tools and tips for searching information.
Access the article here.
Engaging Your Beginners
By Jane Hill. Educational Leadership, March 2016.
The article discusses six things which can be done and cannot be done to help classroom teachers engage and challenge beginning English language learners (ELLs). Topics discussed include the need to consider the stage of language acquisition of every language learner, not to expect the same output from all students, and the significance of engaging preproduction students at the same level of thinking as with other students.
Access the article here.
FROM SOCIAL ISSUES TO SCIENCE, IT’S ALL IN SCREEN EDUCATION #80
From Screen Education ...
It was the documentary on everyone’s minds and lips when a NSW minister banned it from being shown during school hours earlier this year. The issue is no less pertinent now, and the film, Gayby Baby, is more important than ever. In the new issue of Screen Education, we’re thrilled to have Claudia Long, a journalism student who is just one year out of high school herself and who is also a proud gayby, explain why this film is essential viewing for students, teachers and Australian society at large.
Kath Dooley looks at another important documentary, Frackman, which investigates the worrying practice of coal-seam-gas mining, or fracking, in our very backyards. On a more celebratory note, Anne Vize pays tribute to everyone’s favourite nature documentarian, the inimitable David Attenborough, and offers ways for primary teachers to bring his infectious enthusiasm for the environment into their classrooms.
But it’s not all nonfiction – this issue puts some of modern cinema’s darkest and most critically acclaimed fictional texts under the microscope, with a focus on the various incarnations of film noir. David Crewe delves deep into depictions of the femme fatale, in everything from noir classics to erotic thrillers of the ’80s to Amazing Amy in last year’s Gone Girl, while Rebecca Brammer considers the presentation of futuristic femmes fatales in Ridley Scott’s seminal Blade Runner. Continuing the theme, Anthony Carew profiles the career of Christopher Nolan, who has established himself as one of today’s foremost neo-noir filmmakers, and whose sinister, brooding cinematic universes owe a great debt to those quintessential mid-century noir films.
Elsewhere, the ideas of good and evil that are so prevalent in all manifestations of noir are investigated in lighter contexts: Carolyn Leslie explores how the importance of feelings – both good and bad – can be discussed with primary students using the instant Pixar classic Inside Out, while Peter Gutiérrez defends blockbuster villains, highlighting the moral complexity that exists in popular cinema and positing that many modern ‘bad guys’ are in fact not so bad at all.
Click here for more information or to read selected articles.
Books, articles, podcasts, programs and reading
Laurinda by Alice Pung
English teachers - you may be interested in reading Alice Pung's YA fiction novel 'Laurinda'. In a few words: high school, coming-of-age story-incisive, horrifying, heartfelt, humorous, honest and hopeful. Themes: class, race, gender, bullying. Alice Pung's website has good teaching resources available. Visit these links:
On magazine covers and media literacy
The Buffet Formula & the importance of reading
Read the article here.
The digital museum
Remix of 'SAMR model'
Visit it here.
Fashpack: Freetown
iView: http://iview.abc.net.au/programs/fashpack-freetown/AC1420H001S00
Conversations with Richard Fidler
Conversations with Richard Fidler
The real wealth is health
The adaptable mind
This is about more than 3D printing...
This video discusses the history of Maker Faire in the U.S. If you're less interested in the electronics side skip along to approx. 19 minutes into the video where the presenter touches on the artistic aspects of DIY (which has been around for a long time but is also benefiting from advances in technology).
9 MIT Media Lab innovations that changed the future
Visit this page for a selection of other videos about the Maker movement, STEM etc.
Robert Waldinger: What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness
Collaborating in Google Drive to grow an instructional framework for literacy
An article, drawing on the learning theory of connectivism, uses the analogy of a terrarium to conceptualise a 'living curriculum'. Interesting ideas to think about. Read the article here.
The Internet in Real-Time
Thanks for reading ...
Sr Ann Marie Learning Centre
Email: nsylaprany@parra.catholic.edu.au
Website: https://sites.google.com/a/parra.catholic.edu.au/cerdonlibrary/
Location: Cerdon College, Merrylands
Phone: (02) 8724 7324