CMIS Evaluation

Congratulations 

Nareeda Tillman!

 
Nareeda has been named the Australian Teacher Librarian of the Year 2009.

Nareeda teaches at Mindarie Senior College and is the first Western Australian Teacher to win this award.

Do you know a great teacher?
Have you ever said “Thank you” to a special teacher who made a difference in your life?

Now you can.
Go to the Thank  a Teacher Blog and leave a message for that special person.

In October each year

ISLM theme for 2009

School Libraries: The Big Picture

On Monday 26 October the Australian School Library Association Inc. and Pledger Consulting Pty Ltd will announce the winner of the 2009 Australian Teacher Librarian of the Year Award.

The Australian Teacher Librarian of the Year Award recognises and honours an exceptional Australian teacher librarian in a school setting whose professional practice has a positive impact on student achievement and information literacy.

Visit the CMIS School Library Support pages for information to support library staff in all aspects of their role including:

• Promoting the library
• Managing resources
• Technology
• Finance
• Professional development
• Copyright
• Policies

Several inspirational library-themed videos are available in the CMIS VodPod. The videos can also be viewed via the VodPod widget in this blog’s sidebar.

350 could well be the most important number in the world at the moment.

 350–as in parts per million, is the level scientists have identified as the safe upper limit for CO2 in our
atmosphere and is included in the Draft UN resolution. 
As a lead up to COP15, the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen being held in December several activities are being planned. Participants from all corners of the world are contributing and you can too.

 The international Day of Climate Action will occur on the 24th (coincidentally United Nations Day) and that’s where 350 comes in.
At 350.org you can read about the science behind this number. Other websites of interest include The World is Ready ; A Climate for Change and WWF- Climate Trackers.

Useful sites for teachers to use for classroom studies include the AUSSI-WA website, the Climate Change Education portal and the Global Warming Kids Net. The Global Warming Kids Net  is aimed for student use.  

Related CMIS Theme pages include Climate Change, Sustainable Schools and Sustainable Development.

This year WA Week is being held to coincide
with  Proclamation Day on October 21st.

© Celebrate WA

Proclamation Day 21 October 1890 marked Western Australia being granted responsible (self) government.
The Celebrate WA website has information about the historic significance of the day and the many events which are happening during the week.

Special events include Government House being open to the public every day during the week, a community picnic at Whiteman Park and “Our Story, Our Treasures” exhibition at the State Library.

The CMIS Evaluatin website theme page for Western Australia has other resources to explore.

The National Water Week  website is the portal to a national schedule of programs and events that encourage protection, rehabilitation and improvement of water environments such as streams, wetlands, waterways, beaches, and estuaries. This year, the theme for National Water Week is ‘Securing Our Water Future’.

As part of the AUSSI-WA celebrations, a teacher from each region of Ribbons of Blue will be acknowledged for their long term committment to the program.
Several teachers from each region are invited to the evening. These awards will mark the 20th anniversary of Ribbons of Blue in WA.

Other resources  can be found on the  WATER Theme on the CMIS website

Finalists for the WA Education Awards have been announced and the list is avaialble from this link. AWARDS LIST

Twelve teachers and support staff have been nominated for the awards and ten schools in different categories – Literacy, Numeracy and Science.

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The twitter stream from the ASLA 2009 conference continues.

Many conference attendees tweeted highlights from presentations and workshops. Pru Mitchell [@pru on twitter] set up a twapperkeeper to collect and archive all the tweets using the hashtag #asla2009.

The tweets [clipped below] give links to Mark Treadwell’s and Dr Michael Stephens notes to support their presentations and concurrent presentations.

ASLA_National Mark Treadwell’s notes for keynote #asla2009 Paradigm shift for learning http://www.i-learnt.com/

ASLA_National Concurrent session Dr Michael Stephens #asla2009 http://bit.ly/18n29l Tech trends for school librarians

ASLA_National Dr Michael Stephens keynote #asla2009 Dr Laurel Anne Clyde Memorial Address = The Hyperlinked School Library http://bit.ly/3dLGLn

ASLA_National Check images #asla2009 http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=asla2009 If any delegates have pics then upload to Flickr with asla2009 tag

Use the twapperkeeper link above to read all of the 1000+ tweets from the conference.

Those who were unable to attend the ASLA Conference this week may like to check this twitterfountain for the tweets and photos posted to flicker.

An archive of tweets from the conference attendees is also available via twapperkeeper

Thanks to Libsmatter and Pru

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One in five Australians are under 25 and make an enormous contribution to Australia’s economy, our culture and our nation. Young Australians are invited to visit the PM’s Youth Blog from Sept 11th – 25th to leave comments addressing these questions:

If you were Prime Minister for a day – what would you do to:

• help our young people grow up safe, happy and resililient
• give young people the skills they need to learn, work and fully engage in community life ?
• reduce the physical and mental health risks facing young Australians, including negative body image, anxiety and depression, obesity and alcohol-fuelled violence?
• enable young people to accept responsibility for their actions and their behaviours?
• help young people to negotiate the challenges of today’s society?

Feedback received from young people via the Prime Minister’s blog will help inform the Government’s plan for young Australians.

Over 200 comments have already been posted.