“Hacking” the missing component in many digital literacy programmes.
Category: Learning
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 […]
‘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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
It Happened in the Library 