Category: Reflection
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Exploring Audience Reactions to MiaMakesManifest
I recently stumbled upon a corner of YouTube I had no idea existed. I was hooked by the 1 hour-ish long YouTube commentary that explored a TikTok genre I never would have imagined, and now I’ve got all sorts of questions. The spark The YouTube video that started my descent into the rabbit hole, was…
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Teaching, Unmasking, and Finding the Flow in 2025
If you’ve read my recent posts, you know that 2025 was a year of personal discovery. Coming to terms with my AuDHD diagnosis has been a journey of recovery, discovery, and peace. While reading the feedback from my students in the Subject Evaluation Surveys, I realised that my personal journey had bled into my professional…
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SICS Learning & Teaching Retreat 2024
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.
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Research tips from SICS Academics
I recently attended the School of Information and Communication Studies (SICS) Research Retreat, which was held in person on the Wagga Wagga campus. During that time, I picked up some great research tips from my colleagues. So, I thought I’d share them with you: It was really affirming to see these things reflected in my…
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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…
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Brisbane Study Visit Wrap-up
Today we wrapped up our Brisbane Study Visit so I thought I’d share my 5 key takeaways!
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Brief thoughts on IASL Conference, 2023
The International Association of School Librarianship (IASL) Conference was held in Rome, Italy from July 17th to 21st, 2023. I attended, along with a number of my Charles Sturt University colleagues. It was my first time attending the IASL Conference and it was so much fun. I admit that I was totally unprepared when I…
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Working on campus for two weeks
In the last two weeks in February, I worked on campus and it was a lot of fun. This is my third work visit to Wagga Wagga (fourth overall so I’m starting to get the lay of the land) so I thought I’d do a bit of a run down of what’s been like to…
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Reviewing and rating books: A deeply personal act
The following Tweet popped up in my Twitter feed the other day and it got me thinking… There are a couple of issues within this tweet, including the concept of authors trying to influence reviews/ratings of their books, but the one I want to focus on is the act of rating and reviewing books, and…
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Selecting First Nations Resources
I was recently asked to do a presentation for the members of the School Library Association of NSW (SLANSW) on Resourcing for the Curriculum, and I chose to focus on an area that we are developing in one of the subjects I teach in at Charles Sturt University (CSU); ETL503 Resourcing the Curriculum. Currently, we…