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Scan is a quarterly journal produced by the NSW Department of Education and Training. Scan focuses on the interaction between information and effective student learning.

   Scan contains articles on:

• teachers and teacher-librarians collaborating 
• information literacy and supporting reading
• integrating ICT (information communication technology) in teaching and learning
• practical programming and teaching ideas
• practical ideas for library management.

Stage 3 students use Windows Movie Maker to present their research on significant Australians whose lives have influenced our identities. Watch the video, Interviews with the famous and then read Rhonda Parnis’s article , Digital movie making in the library, in Scan 27(1), pp. 14–15

                    

                              Interviews with the famous

              OASIS Web Enquiry- read the suite of articles in Scan 27(1), p. 4 ff.

                      

Recent issues featured articles by Professor Len Unsworth, which provide helpful ideas for supporting literacy in a digital world. Here they are as sample articles for you to enjoy. Subscribe to Scan for these and other articles which offer current support and practical ideas for teacher librarians working with teachers.

UNSWORTH, Len (2007) Using e-literature and online literary resources in the primary and secondary school. Part 1 Scan 26 (1) February, pp. 13-18. This article explores familiar and new forms of literary narratives.

UNSWORTH, Len (2007) Using e-literature and online literary resources in the primary and secondary school. Part 2: practical approaches Scan 26(2) May, pp. 10-17. This article explores familiar and new forms of literary narratives.

Resource Review database

                                      

Scan also includes approximately 200 reviews of Internet sites and other resources to help teacher-librarians and teachers to select resources. Resources are available online some 10 weeks after the publication of Scan.

The current issue (26.4) includes:  

• teacher librarians: leaders, teachers & managers
• digital storytelling
• online projects engaging students
• enterprise learning
• understanding culture and identity