Using Comics to teach Literacy

A great interview with Tim Smyth, proponent of Graphic Novels in the Classroom led me to his website which has a fantastic array of tools to help promote this genre.

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Finland is winning the Information Wars

This is a heartwarming, at least to me the Librarian, tale, that shows how one country can fight fake news, raise literacy standards and create generations of critical thinkers: Finland is winning the war on disinformation.

Experts fear we’ll soon be raising illiterate generations as Aussie kids’ speech issues hit worst levels

A really thought provoking article from a newspaper I normally don’t read.

I think my most important takeaway was the focus on reading out loud to our children. Working as a Reading Tutor in my tween’s school I notice this a lot, that children need to hear us read out loud.

10 Ways to Make Home Reading a Path to Lifelong Literacy by Kyla McDonald

A reminder of how simple it can be to create 10 Ways to Make Home Reading a Path to Lifelong Literacy by Kyla McDonald

13 Reasons Why Libraries are Holding Us All Together

Do you love your Library? Do you need to be reminded why they are glorious havens of community?

Then read this list from Tiffany King, and be reminded.

Navigating the information landscape through collaboration

Digital Literacy and Information Literacy are essential life skills for we citizens of our world. A great informative article here on how School Librarians help folk navigate this changing landscape.

Study Skills: Successful study for parents

Some great suggestions on  Study Skills: Successful study for parents.

I know I was a mature age student with a family when I went back to study for my Library qualifications. It was the hardest but most rewarding course I’ve done, juggling partner, child and study, but so worth it.

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