URL: http://trove.nla.gov.au/ 

Cost: Free

Accessibility: Can be used in any Internet Browser on any computer or mobile device

Suggested age group: Year 3 and higher

Description: This website is a digitized searchable catalogue of a collection of primary and secondary sources that was compiled by the National Library of Australia.

Australian Curriculum Links:

• Locate and collect relevant information and data from primary and secondary sources (Australian Curriculum and Assessment Authority, 2014a, ACHASSI095)

• Present ideas, findings, viewpoints and conclusions in a range of texts and modes that incorporate source materials, digital and non-digital representations and discipline-specific terms and conventions (Australian Curriculum and Assessment Authority, 2014b, ACHASSI133)

• Apply a methodology to locate and collect relevant information and data from a range of primary and secondary sources (Australian Curriculum and Assessment Authority, 2014c, ACHASSI153)

• Examine primary and secondary sources to determine their origin, purpose and reliability (Australian Curriculum and Assessment Authority, 2014d, ACHASSI156)

 

Rationale: The most common educational transactions students will make through the Internet are those used for the location and access of information (Mioduser, Nachmias, Lahav, and Oren, 2000). Therefore it is important for teachers to ensure students know how to access and use online databases and libraries, such as TROVE, that may have a positive affect on their education (Mioduser, Nachmias, Lahav & Oren, 2000). TROVE is a useful online library catalogue for use in classrooms as it can be readily used to teach students how to locate and access digitized primary and secondary sources available through the collections of the National Library of Australia (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority, 2014e). TROVE can be harnessed by teachers to model how to search for particular types of primary and secondary evidence to support historical recounts and descriptions (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority, 2014a).

 

References

 

   Australian Curriculum and Assessment Reporting Authority. (2014a). Foundation to Year 10 Curriculum: Humanities and Social Sciences (ACHASSI095). Retrieved from http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/humanities-and-social-sciences/hass/curriculum/f-10?layout=1#page=2

 

   Australian Curriculum and Assessment Reporting Authority. (2014b). Foundation to Year 10 Curriculum: Humanities and Social Sciences (ACHASSI133). Retrieved from http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/humanities-and-social-sciences/hass/curriculum/f-10?layout=1#page=2

 

   Australian Curriculum and Assessment Reporting Authority. (2014c). Foundation to Year 10 Curriculum: Humanities and Social Sciences (ACHASSI153). Retrieved from http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/humanities-and-social-sciences/hass/curriculum/f-10?layout=1#page=2

 

   Australian Curriculum and Assessment Reporting Authority. (2014d). Foundation to Year 10 Curriculum: Humanities and Social Sciences(ACHASSI156). Retrieved from http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/humanities-and-social-sciences/hass/curriculum/f-10?layout=1#page=2

 

   Australian Curriculum and Assessment Reporting Authority. (2014e). Foundation to Year 10 Curriculum: ICT General Capability Learning Continuum. Retrieved from http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/generalcapabilities/information-and-communication-technology-capability/continuum#layout=columns

 

    Mioduser, D., Nachmias, R., Lahav, O., & Oren, A. (2000). Web-Based Learning Environments: Current Pedagogical and Technological State. Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 33(1), p. 55. Retrieved from http://go.galegroup.com.ezproxy.csu.edu.au/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA80352522&v=2.1&u=csu_au&it=r&p=EAIM&sw=w&asid=58693c0a9fef53108688a61b3c85290b

 

   Roblyer, M. D., & Doering, A. H. (2013). Integrating educational technology into teaching. [Kindle version]. Retrieved from http://www.amazon.com