Learning about loving reading – at Hisar Library
We invite our students, literate and pre literate to learn for themselves that reading is enjoyable and fun. Pictured here are some of our students at Hisar Library sharing and reading books for fun.
Back to School – Welcome to YOUR library
Our library is for our whole school community including our parents.
Parents can join our library – just see one of the librarians. There is no limit to the number of books they can borrow. Due to the limited number of DVD’s we have they can borrow one DVD at a time – like all our borrowers.
Our catalogue is available on the school website under “My IICS” and at this web address.
We welcome our whole school community back to school and to our library.
Our parents chatting about books in the library
Creating in-text citations with grade 7
When creating research reports or presentations we expect our students to acknowledge where they found the information they are using. In our school we are using the Modern Language Association (MLA) guidelines for attributions.
This week we have been working with Grade & Design Technology Students exploring MLA citation methods. The tool we use to create citations is called EasyBib Not only does it create citations and works cited lists it has a brilliant guide as to how to use MLA for in-text or as they call it parenthetical citations. MLA citations have special rules about the font size, the spacing and the layout of ‘Works Cited’ lists. With EasyBib this is all taken care of. It is harder to make the in-text citation because special rules apply according to how you have used the information in the text. To create this citation you need to consult the rule book.
So we revised and learned more about two important tools for Information Literacy – MLA guidelines and EasyBib.
Students creating an in-text citation
Students creating an in-text citation
Students creating an in-text citation
Students creating an in-text citation
Students creating an in-text citation
We used the tool “TodaysMeet” to gather feedback
We used the tool “TodaysMeet” to gather feedback
EasyBib citation generator has great guides for students
Students creating an in-text citation
KEYS – words to locate information
When trying to find information on a library catalogue, using a search engine or in a book we all need to use KEY words. These are the words we type into a search box, look for in an index, scan a page or seek on a website. Key words help us to locate information we need to answer our questions.
In our library we have begun to make these KEYS very obvious. Our lower primary students are given laminated card keys to write their main key word AND four other words that may relate to their key word. Students who learn to use synonyms while searching for information become confident at locating relevant information. In using alternative words they quickly overcome problems if their original search word is not available. This is part of our Information Literacy strand in the IICS New Literacies.
Here is one student from grade 2 using her keys. Notice she has the main KEY word “Hummingbirds” and on her alternative word list is the word “bird”. She couldn’t find “hummingbirds” on the catalogue so she tried “birds”. The KEY was useful in finding a book on the catalogue, finding “Hummingbirds” in the index and then on the page….
Student with her KEY
Looking for “hummingbirds” and “birds”
Type the key word “hummingbirds”
No books on “hummingbirds” so used “birds”
Lots of books on “birds”
This one seems good
Look for Key word “hummingbirds” in the Index
Here is the most useful page.
Finding images which are FREE to use or SHARE
Here are two sites which are very useful for finding free images.
The first is Google Image Search.
Simply go to Google search and select IMAGE. Then type in the search term for the image you want – here I put in BOOKS. 
Then go to the right hand side of the screen and click on the COG icon
The cog in Google means there are more options available to you. In this case select “Advanced search”
At the bottom of the screen in “Usage Rights” select “Free to use or Share” by clicking on the down arrowhead.
All your image searches from now on will give you images which are free to use or share.
Select Advance Search. On the new screen right at the bottom of the page where it says usage rights, use the downward arrowhead and select “free to use or share” All your images searches for that session will be images where the creator has given permission to use their image publicly.
The second if Flickr’s Compfight
Simply type in the word for the image you want and then check you have selected “Creative commons”
REMEMBER to acknowledge your sources – you need to cite your images using the citation method your teacher asks of you. If you do not know how then ask Mrs Bond. All images you use that are not your own need to have an attribution.
Looking at people's book trailers
Grades 4O and 4M are looking at book trailers. To develop our own rubric for judging our book trailers we looked at the book trailers below asking what are the strengths of this book trailer and what are the weaknesses?
