Weblinks of Interest

Below are some sites that may be of interest to staff and students.  These are ones that cover study skills, help with generating bibliographies, as well as cyber safety and digital citizenship.

Check them out and see what you think.

http://www.studyvibe.com.au/home.aspx

is a new free resource for students between the ages of 13 – 17.

It has been designed by a small group of teacher librarians and teachers from Perth, including Leonie McIvenny.  The site focuses on research and study skills, from motivation to referencing to suggested iPad apps.  It also offers many downloadable documents and subject specific resources (for maths, sciences and English amongst others).

A Teachers’ Lounge is currently in the works and should be available in the next month.

http://www.schools.ash.org.au/dckc/refgen/refgen.html

This is a site for helping students to put together a Harvard style bibliography for their assignments.

You simply choose a category from the left side bar that is closest to the item you need to reference and fill in the boxes with the information from the item.  Then click generate reference and you will be given a bibliographic entry to add to your work.  Continue with each item until you are finished.

http://cybraryman.com/cybersafety.html

The internet catalogue for students, teachers, administrators & parents.
Over 20,000 relevant links personally selected by an educator/author with over 30 years of experience. 

http://www.cyberbully.org/documents/cybersavvyschools.pdf

Trying to prepare students for their future and teach them about Internet safety without Web 2.0 in schools is like trying to teach a child to swim without a swimming pool!

A combination of factors should ~ and will ~ lead schools to reassess how they are managing student Internet use, addressing Internet safety education, and responding to the concerns of youth risk when using technologies.

A recognition of the relatedness of these factors provides the opportunity for schools to address these issues in a more comprehensive manner. This document will outline how these issues interact and how Cyber Savvy Schools can embrace the future.