ergo

At the State Library on 10.3.09, Linda Angeloni navigated our CLANS teacher-librarians through the **ergo** website and explained how the ergo team put the website together after much research and interaction with secondary teachers and students.
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**Upgrade of ergo website - late March 2011** Glenda Morris' [|blog for SLAV Northern Region]has excellent information on the 2011 updated //ergo.// Thank-you Glenda!

Retains all the original focus and resources but expands and refines it. The ‘what and how’ approach is still a focus – showing students what they can do, how they can use strategies to improve their learning, critical literacy, literacy, etc. Research has shown that parents are keen on the site as a homework support
 * Lynda's overview of the updated //ergo// is below.**

The ‘**For teachers’ tab** has plentiful resources, which will no longer be PDF but Word Docs so they can be used, modified, changed at will by teachers

Each topic contains indigenous content, so that indig. perspectives may be explored in context. The topics aim for breadth of sources: images, newspaper articles, diary entries, letters, writing, documents, photos. etc
 * Explore Australian History topics and Indigenous content**

The student tabs of **Research Skills, Study Skills and Essay-writing** skills include the Information Process, note-taking, bibliography and more - very popular and well-utilized, especially bibliography. Research skills are based on the 6 steps of: Define, Locate, Select, Organize, Present, Evaluate – in order to help students break down the task [] Wherever you see an arrow in the left margin, click to reveal a sample or explanation = literacy scaffolding