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Learning by Chelsea QuakeJun 12, 201911:55 pmJune 13, 2019
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Hacking

“Hacking” the missing component in many digital literacy programmes.

Learning by Chelsea QuakeNov 23, 201812:00 pmMarch 16, 2019
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Robotics for ’21st Century Skills’

This post offers a summary of my recent EduTECH 2018 presentation. Why Robotics.. and why in the library? Have you ever wondered to yourself, “where might my students have gone, if ‘assessment outcome’ wasn’t a […]

Technology by Chelsea QuakeSep 21, 201812:07 amSeptember 21, 2018
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VR in the classroom!

Will schools be ready for VR? Learning from our mistakes: the Tablet Rush If only I had a dollar for every teacher I have heard, lamenting the fact that our school system just was not […]

Learning by Chelsea QuakeNov 20, 20175:24 pmNovember 20, 2017
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‘Critical’ Information Literacy

Whose information literacy? The capacity for local conditions and issues to influence the way information literacy is defined and taught, is a concept that has gained significant momentum over the last decade among librarians and […]

Learning by Chelsea QuakeNov 17, 201710:26 amNovember 18, 2017
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Inclusiveness & Media Literacy

Student wellbeing policies usually make reference to a ‘culture of inclusiveness’. This culture is one where differences do not lead to discrimination, and where every child feels equally safe and valued. I have been thinking […]

Learning by Chelsea QuakeOct 28, 201712:36 amSeptember 21, 2018
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Up & Running with VR

Since my EduTECH presentation about VR in school libraries (2017), I have received several email enquiries from school library folk who want to know exactly how to get up and running with VR. Hence this […]

Learning by Chelsea QuakeJun 11, 201710:06 pmSeptember 12, 2018
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Virtual Reality in Schools

In 2016, worldwide revenue from augmented and virtual reality was $5.2 billion. By 2020, it is predicted to reach $162 Billion. (IDC, Aug. 2016) Virtual Reality (VR) is like no resource we have ever used […]

Learning by Chelsea QuakeFeb 17, 20174:13 pmJanuary 23, 2018
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People are Resources

Library Lectures Last year I started up a Library Lectures programme in our school library. Each week on a Thursday during lunch, we have somebody talking about something they are passionate about and wish to share. Who […]

Defining libraries by Chelsea QuakeJan 29, 201712:14 amJanuary 29, 2017
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Play as an approach

Play is not so much an activity as it is an approach. It is a very particular, instinctual, joyous approach towards interacting with our environment and each other.  It is not something that only children […]

Learning by Chelsea QuakeDec 2, 201611:20 amNovember 21, 2017
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When reading is hard

SLAV Nov, 2016 Conference: Engaging Teens with Reading Download the paper I wrote for this conference. I was asked if I could please post a copy of my presentation slides and video tutorials, from the […]

Learning by Chelsea QuakeFeb 10, 201612:05 amDecember 31, 2016
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Wasted Professional Development

Too often, ideas inspired within us during a PD session, remain untried, go undiscussed, and then under the weight of our to-do lists and the post-it notes on our desks, they are crushed into a […]

Strategy by Chelsea QuakeOct 12, 20151:24 amDecember 31, 2016
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Open Night!

What role does your school library play on Open Night? Indeed, does your school library even play a role? When prospective students and their parents stream into your school to assess its worth and suitability, […]

Strategy by Chelsea QuakeSep 22, 20155:08 pmDecember 31, 2016
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Craft with Strategy

Craft has become a valuable and often strategic tool for librarians wanting to bring creative activity and intrigue into the 21st Century library space. The beauty of most craft is its capacity to enhance inclusive […]

Strategy by Chelsea QuakeAug 22, 201512:16 amDecember 31, 2016
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Ubiquitous Library

It is no longer acceptable to simply expect that patrons will meet us half way in order to access what we offer. It’s actually not even safe to assume that all of our patrons will […]

Technology by Chelsea QuakeAug 6, 201511:15 pmDecember 31, 2016
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Augmented Reality

SO MANY REALITIES Augmented reality as a library resource This paper was presented at the School Library Association of Victoria (SLAV) Premier Conference, 2015: It’s a Digital World Librarians should perhaps be alarmed that in […]

Technology by Chelsea QuakeJul 29, 20152:10 pmDecember 31, 2016
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Emerging Technologies

Engaging students with emerging technologies “‘Why would a school library run a Tech and Gaming Club?’ The obvious quick response is ‘why not?’ However, in reality a more comprehensive answer is required, because the question […]

Learning by Chelsea QuakeJul 21, 20152:17 amDecember 31, 2016
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Non-academic skills

“Non-academic skills” are those elusive personal capabilities and qualities which seem to determine success in adult life, despite academic success/prowess or lack thereof. It has been a hot topic for quite some time now in […]

Defining libraries by Chelsea QuakeJun 25, 20151:33 pmDecember 31, 2016
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Creating Context

Many people see libraries as places of content. This is true, but it is not the whole truth. Where content delivery in concerned, libraries in fact offer contextualised content. Librarians manufacture contexts all the time… […]

Defining libraries by Chelsea QuakeJun 19, 201512:20 amDecember 31, 2016
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Silence & Noise

Silence is a resource. Silence must be available to those who need it, but the days of blanket silence in the library, as a rule, are long gone.There are a few unusual libraries for which […]

Learning by Chelsea QuakeJun 13, 20153:20 amJuly 29, 2015

Wisdom Snacks

“Wisdom snacks” is what I call those little bits of information which appear suddenly in front of us, and lead to spontaneous insight or knowledge creation. They sometimes take us by surprise, they always pack […]

Defining libraries by Chelsea QuakeJun 8, 20153:29 pmJuly 29, 2015

Define: “library”

Ask a random person on the street “what is a library?”, and you will likely receive a reply something along the lines of the following: “It’s where you borrow books” “You can study there” “People […]

Defining libraries by Chelsea QuakeMay 25, 20152:23 pmDecember 31, 2016
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‘Experience’ architects

We create the school library experience every day.

Defining libraries by Chelsea QuakeApr 20, 201511:18 amDecember 31, 2016
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What happened?

What happens in libraries? ….more than many folk think! That’s why I started this site a few minutes ago. The real question is “what is happening to libraries”! The Library, as an institution, is undergoing drastic […]

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