LIBRARY

EDUCATIONAL VIDEO STREAMING

Our library has recently introduced Clickview, a new resource that enables staff to share educational videos with students via Google Classroom and on our curriculum sites as part of their coursework. It includes selected content that has aired on TV, as well as high quality, locally produced and engaging videos which are mapped to the Australian Curriculum.

However, students are also able to browse and view any of the available video content at any time and from anywhere with an internet connection! At the moment, staff are still curating content and learning how to use the software, but soon it will be regularly used as a teaching tool and there will be an abundance of great content available for students to enhance and reinforce their classroom learning.

To sign up, students simply go to: https://online.clickview.com.au and login using their FCC Google email credentials. 

For example: ABC0123@footscray.vic.edu.au

Note: You may be re-directed to a second Google login page if you have multiple Google accounts, eg; one for school and one for personal use. Only your FCC School Google credentials will log you in. 

Feel free to speak to library staff if you need help with anything.

HALLOWEEN DRESS UP DAY

On Tuesday 31st October, we had 60 students participate in a creepy crawl through the library and many more dressed up for Halloween whilst raising money for our school's homeless fund.  Many thanks to Ali Dullard for taking the photos in the gallery below.

COME HERE AND SAY IT TO CECIL

Message to students: If you've been waiting for the opportunity to give stand up comedy a go, you've got some lyrics you've been working on, you've written about how you feel about an issue - you name it - we'd like to hear from you!  This is the final Come here and say it for the year and also the release of this year's final edition of the student newsletter Cecil.  If you would like to contribute to the student newsletter, you can email Year 11 student Jay Curtis, on CUR0016@footscray.vic.edu.au or leave your piece in the submissions box at the library desk.  To register your interest to perform in the library during lunchtime on Thursday 30th Nov, please follow this link:

https://goo.gl/forms/yjWWOdaZ7tUrFqVW2

AUDIOBOOKS NOW AVAILABLE

As you probably know, our Library has an extensive collection of eBooks available to borrow on our ePlatform at https://footscraycity.wheelers.co/. We’ve just added 500 audiobooks to the very same platform so now you can listen to your favourite books from the device of your choice! 

The simplest way to read eBooks or listen to Audiobooks is to access the free ePlatform app. Through this app you can easily find our library, then access all of our available titles and read or listen to them via your browser – even when offline, all on your netbook, tablet or smartphone.

The app can be accessed on an iPad, iPhone, Galaxy and most other devices. Using it is as easy as 1-2-3:

    1) Download the ePlatform app from the Apple, Google Play or Windows app stores.

    2) Look for our library and log in - you’ll only need to do this once.

    3) Search for, borrow and read or listen to any book you want!

For more information on the app and where to download it from, read our app information.

Audiobooks can be accessed just like the eBooks, but for offline listening, you’ll have to download the title first. To download an Audiobook you only need the ePlatform app - no extra software is required. After that, you can listen to your Audiobook anywhere and anytime.

So why not take advantage of this amazing addition to our library during these upcoming summer holidays? Audiobooks are a great way to pass the time on a long road trip or flight, or even just lazing away in the sun…. enjoy!

STUDENT AND PARENT ONLINE RESOURCES

The Australian Government has produced some great new online resources to help young people and their parents.  Young & eSafe contains practical advice from young people, for young people to help them negotiate the online world. Using videos, real life experiences and social media this initiative helps young people build the skills they need to make a positive impact on their wellbeing. You’ll need to scroll down on each page to discover all the available content. It can be found at: esafety.gov.au/youngandesafe

Learning Potential www.learningpotential.gov.au is a website designed for parents to help nurture their child’s potential by providing hundreds of articles, ideas, games and videos on all aspects of education and development. There are sections for Early Years, Primary, and High School aged children and it covers a range of topics such as Numeracy and Literacy, Careers, Nutrition, Wellbeing and Technology. These resources can be accessed on the website or on the free Learning Potential app - download it on the App Store or Google Play.

There is also a supplementary website ( www.learningpotential.edu.au ) for parents of primary school kids which helps you to reinforce the skills they're learning at school.