Krystal reflects on her teaching journey, highlighting insights gained from a recent learning retreat, particularly on designing accessible digital learning materials, which has revitalized her approach to teaching.
Category: Education
Tidying links for APA7 reference lists
Ever been pulled up for untidy links in your referencing? Did you know that when you copy and paste a URL from a source you’ve come to through a search engine, it might have some extra details that you don’t need? Well, now you do! Here is a quick guide on how to clean up…
Opinion: 2023 Softlink report – Part 2/3
Welcome to part two of my opinion piece on the 2023 Softlink report. The first part, available at this link, covers my thoughts on this year’s participant numbers. My plan for this post is to dive deeper into school library budgets and staffing. I think understanding these aspects is powerful, as they are crucial for school…
Paraphrasing is not *just* about avoiding plagiarism
One of the adjustments I had to make when stepping into the world of teacher librarianship was my understanding of paraphrasing. During my schooling and first couple of uni degrees, I was operating under the assumption that paraphrasing was changing someone else’s writing to not be word-for-word when using it in my writing. How wrong…
Opinion: 2023 Softlink report – Part 1/3
The 2023 Softlink report has been released for 2023 and I am FINALLY getting around to writing up my thoughts on it. I am pleased to see that there was a significant increase in respondents this year, particularly in New Zealand! As a result, two separate reports, one for Australia and one for New Zealand…
Microsoft Word Skills
Written instructions for six important skills in Microsoft Word.
Reflecting on giving feedback
Once upon a time, there was a senior geography teacher and she had a year 11 class filled with 10, bright and diligent students. One day, the teacher gave the students their marked assessments back. To her surprise, despite the generally high quality and marks awarded, the students seemed unhappy. The teacher, who had spent many years developing relationships with…
Identifying reading identities
Ever wondered how I’ve been identifying reading identities in young people? In this blog post, I step you through my process and the tool I used!
Brisbane Study Visit Wrap-up
Today we wrapped up our Brisbane Study Visit so I thought I’d share my 5 key takeaways!
Creating a hanging indent in WordPress
Ever wondered how to create a hanging indent for your references in WordPress? I wrote a blog post with steps for how to do this – let me know how you go!
The Lifting Librarian 