Volume 36 2017
Issue 1
Download a PDF of this issue (3.7 MB).
In this issue:
- The challenge of managing the empowered school community by Mal Lee
- STEM education: primary STEM showcase by Rachelle Winning
- School libraries as incubators - where good ideas hatch! by Sunny South
- Sailing unchartered territory – The Voyage game by Jeffrey Fletcher
- Innovation at Narranga Public School by Nicki Chaffey
- ICAP – internal curriculum access program by James Armitage
- Peer reviewed article - Computational thinking task design and assessment by Liliana Ructtinger and Robert Stevens
- Resource reviews, including:
- SPaRK - A Child of Books by Kelly Hodkinson
- SPaRK - Did You Take the B from My _ook? by Kelly Hodkinson
- SPaRK - My Two Blankets by Mira Najdovska and Kelly Hodkinson
- SPaRK - Dairy Farming into the Future
- SPaRK - Sticky by Gaye Braiding
Issue 2
Download a PDF of this issue (4.4 MB).
In this issue:
- Help wanted: 2017 is seeking discerning digital citizens by Jenny Luca
- Planning, writing, publishing and marketing by Catherine Clift
- Through the gate at Nowendoc by Tracey Worth
- Book Week escape with Oliver by Sharon McGuinness
- Oliver library system migration journey by Colleen Blancato
- Peer reviewed article - Connecting beyond the Classroom - Move from local to global learning modes by Julie Lindsay
- Resource reviews, including:
- SPaRK - Lion: A Long Way Home by Kelly Hodkinson
- SPaRK - Rockhopping by Kelly Hodkinson
- SPaRK - Rufus the Writer by Penny Galloway
- SPaRK - Ephemeral Architecture by Helen Yip
- SPaRK - Plant by Helen Yip
Issue 3
Download a PDF of this issue (4.2 MB).
In this issue:
- Representation in English by James Hoffman
- Value of using picture books in geography by Jennifer Curtis
- Developing innovative thinkers and positive risk-takers Helen Yip
- Singleton High School library and archive by Martin Gray
- Peer reviewed article - Multi-platformed historical fiction: Literacy, engagement and historical understanding by Debra Donnelly
- Resource reviews, including:
- SPaRK - The Bone Sparrow by Kelly Hodkinson
- SPaRK - Madaya Mom by Kelly Hodkinson
- SPaRK - Mechanica by Kelly Hodkinson
Issue 4
Download a PDF of this issue (7.4 MB).
In this issue:
- Scan – embracing the need for change by Colleen Blancato
- Teaching mathematics through picture books by Catherine Attard
- Crossing cultural boundaries with graphic novels by Cathy Sly
- Unpacking future-focused learning and teaching by Cathie Howe
- Quality teaching in our schools by Lee-Anne Collins
- Unlocking the third space - Activating your library by Julie Grazotis
- Mastering the art of digital scholarship: from mind to mind by Judy O'Connell
- Peer reviewed article - "It's all lighted up, because this is a happy ending." Beginning critical literacy - young children's responses when reading image and text by Alicia Rankine and Jon Callow
- Resource reviews, including:
- SPaRK - Ballpoint Art by Helen Yip