Welcome to the Spring edition of Books and Bytes . This term we focus on current literacy campaigns , both national and local , the perils of reference rot and upskilling with Hi5 . As usual , Reviews and the Quiz complete the line up .

Happy Easter from your colleagues in Learning Resources

IT is constantly changing and sometimes it ’ s hard to keep up . We ’ re here to support you to increase the eLearning opportunities for your students .

Hi5 is the collective term for the 5 tools which can easily and quickly add some eLearning to sessions in either a blended or independent learning context .

Look out for staff development sessions to cover Kahoot ! and Socrative ( for quizzes and reflective learning ), Planet eStream for video content and quizzing , SMARTboard tools to get the most from your IWB and Moodle ’ s blogs , wikis and glossaries . Visit http :// student . havering-college . ac . uk / course / view . php ? id = 1016

Each year on 23rd April ( Shakespeare ’ s birthday ) we get involved in World Book Night , giving books to reluctant or nonreaders to try and encourage engagement and improve literacy . Why not join us in spreading the word by donating any unwanted books to our Read it ... Swap it stands [ AG in The Square , QC in The Street , RCC opposite Reception ].

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