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.
Tag: Education
To remove or not to remove
Edited on 25/07/2025 to add reference to and discussion of the ALIA Code of Ethics – Cannot believe I missed this! 🤦♀️ I recently wrote the following piece to share my thinking and decision-making process with my students, following questions raised about the inclusion of an author’s work in a particular subject. I thought it…
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…
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!
Reading identities
One of the parts of my PhD research that gets me very excited is learning more about reading identities. I thought it would be a good idea to quickly share the four different types of identities I have come across and why teacher librarians need to be aware of them! Avid reader The first type…
Opinion: Softlink 2022 Report
The 2022 Softlink report has been released! Each year, Softlink invites school libraries and Teacher Librarians (TLs) around Australia and New Zealand to respond to their annual survey. Each year, Softlink produces a report with their findings. I’ve had a good look at the 2022 report and thought it might be fun to draw out…
Tools for Content Creation
There are so many tools available for digital content creation; it can be very overwhelming! I thought I’d give a quick rundown of the tools I use to create content for blogs, Instagram, YouTube and Spotify. “Free” Content By now we should all know about Creative Commons Licensing and what images we CAN and CANNOT…
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…
The Lifting Librarian 