LR Update

LR Update NEW RESOURCES FROM FEBRUARY 2014 LEARNING RESOURCESContact Us Welcome to the February edition of LR Update, information from Learning Resources onTelephone new books, e-books, equipment, e-resources and01271 338170 tips and tricks which will help you keep your01884 235234 teaching innovative and fun!E-Maillibrary@petroc. The Six Book Challenge has begun! Approximately 100ac.uk people have taken up the challenge of reading six books in six months, and we have several that havelearningcentre. already completed their first read! With support fromtiverton@petroc. Learning Resources staff along the way and prizes asac.uk incentives, learners have been demonstrating an amazing positive approach to the challenge, including ALS students and students whose first language is not English. Book Reviews: Six Book Challenge Read the current book reviews written by learners and staff as part of their Six Book Challenge

PAGE 2 What’s New? 13/14Caption describing Click a button below for a continually updated list of newpicture or graphic. resources available in the Library and Learning Centre from the start of the new academic year. The Library Catalogue is live, so why not also search using your own specific subject areas? “Learning E-BooksResources helped This is just a selection of recent purchases. Search here for e-books me add a book using the Library Catalogue for a more detailed subject specific list.list to my Moodle Select the e-books filter to just see e-books in your results. page. Now, allthe students needto do is click on a title and it takes you to the Library Catalogue”

PAGE 3E-Resources/WebsitesPhotographic Youth Music Culture Archive (PYMCA) Choose ‘Login via your home institution’ and select Petroc from the listPYMCA Education offers a huge fully researched referencearchive of over 35,000 images, thousands of essays,interviews, texts, trends and insight reports, magazineback issues, e-books and fully researched links relating toModern (1940+) Social History and Youth The PYMCA Photo Library contains over 100,000 images of Social History and Youth culture, spanning more than 150 years.You can access all of our e-resources on site, off siteeither using a tablet, your own laptop or mobile.Recordings made recently 616.8526 362.27Dispatches: Are You Addicted to Sugar? 641.865Psychopath Night: 629.2221Patisserie with Michel Roux JR 709.04YENHow To Build a Supercar:Imagine: Turning the Art World Inside Out:

PAGE 4 E-SafetyTry these websites, we found them recently andwill be using them in our E-Safety sessions:https://www.cyberstreetwise.com/#!/streethttp://www.opendns.com/phishing-quiz/ILT Tip of Padletthe Month An online ‘wall’ where lots of different people can leave feedback, messages, tips, ideas. Encourages collaboration and teamwork. Post can be moderated by several peopleLearning Resources are using it for their Six Book Challengebook reviews! Book Reviews using Padlet