Book Feast 2009

What a wonderful experience! 

 I was lucky enough to be one of the few who had tickets for Book Feast, and with tissues in hand, four students and I ventured out into the dusty city to attend Book Feast, which was held at the DET Head Office.

I am pretty sure the kids had a ball as it was evident on their smiling little faces. Even today when they got up at assembly and told the whole school all about it, I could see that the day they spent at Book Feast would be remembered and treasured as well as the goodies they got to take home.

At Book Feast there are approximately 23 tables with at least one author or illustrator on each. The students enjoy lunch with their guest and get to ask lots of questions about the author/illustrator and their books. At our table we had Vashti Farrer  who spoke to the students about what inspires her and her stories as well as the kinds of books she has written. The day’s lineup also included readings from  Duncan Ball, Mr Andrew White and Mr Rickard Harland.

It was an absolutely enjoyable and inspiring day and a special thanks should go out to Michael Fraser from Haberfield Public School who organises this special event every year as well as the authors and illustrators who attend.

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2009 Edna Workshop Tour @ Macquarie University, NSW

I managed to coerce 4 of my colleagues to come along with me to the Edna Workshops which were held at Macquarie University today. It was a very productive day and well worth one day of the holidays and the tiny $66 dollars it cost to attend.

We managed to come away with a better understanding about the implications about using digital content found online to create content, creative commons and copyright issues on line. The workshop on ’me.edu.au’ and how to use the Groups/Moodle within this including was also very useful and interesting. I especially loved the session on Edna tools, which cleared up my understanding regarding RSS feeds and how to add these to a Feed Displayer such as PageFlakes.

During the day I also updated my Delicious page with some links and slideshows from the Edna workshops. I am developing this page as well as a PageFlakes page for  TLs and my school colleauges to use, feel free to have a look but please remember it is a work in progress.

2009 CSU Graduation @ Wagga Wagga

After travelling almost 1000km and sitting in the car for 11 hours to attend the Graduation ceremony I am back at work and very pleased that I made the effort to celebrate becoming a Teacher-Librarian. It was great to attend the graduation and put faces to a few names.

Here are a few photos.

If you have photos of the dinner, which unfortunately I didn’t attend. Please email them to me and I will add them to the photo gallery.

lisa.haller@det.nsw.edu.au

Ergonomic Computer Use

The following are useful links to help us look after our health!!!

•  Canadian government PDF on ergonomic computer use, lighting etc 
• “pause exercises” to relieve muscle tension (from University of Sydney) 
• eye relaxation exercises for eye strain, Exercise One, Exercise Two 
• University of Melbourne flyer for students on Making your workstation work for you.

Posted on the NSWTL Listserv 30/03/09 by Carolyn Mock.

Cybersafety Teaching Resources

I went to an Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) Cybersafety course today, which was fantastic and I just wanted to share some of the amazing resources I learnt about.

Resources can be accessed on the Australian Government – NetAlert, programs page. Other great resources are; Hector’s World (Aussie version coming), Let’s Fight it Together. 

If you too are interested just visit the ACMA Cybersafety Outreach, Professional Development for Educators page. Registration Form

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