Professional articles by Ian McLean:

‘Research columns: Taking the plunge: Guided Inquiry, persuasion and the research river at Penrith Public School’ in Scan 30(4) Nov 2011, pp 26-35.
Stage 3 students used a weblog to showcase their learning journey in Guided Inquiry, and to share their persuasive multimedia slideshows on endangered animals with the extended school community – and beyond. This action research paper is peer reviewed. (Note that the first set of pie charts in Figure 5, in the hardcopy of the article, has an error in labelling that wasn’t on the original manuscript. They should read pre-, mid- and post-, not three “pre-unit responses”.)

Download the full, corrected, hyperlinked version of the above article as a PDF from HERE, courtesy NSW DEC’s CLIC and School Libraries & Information Literacy.

‘iInquire… iLearn… iCreate… iShare: Stage 1 students create digital stories’ in Scan 30(2) May 2011, pp 4-5.
Stage 1 students narrate how they inquire, learn, create and share with ICT and Web 2.0 to produce online Photo Peach slideshows at Penrith Public School.

‘Have blog, will storyboard!’ in info@aslansw Issue #2, May 2010, pp 5-8.
Stage 2 students at Penrith Public School created storyboards and PowerPoint digital stories as resources to support Early Stage 1 and Stage 1 students working on NSW DET’s Bear and Chook books rap, which ran during the subsequent term.

‘Research columns 1, 2009: Kindergarten weaves a wiki: the learners tell their stories’ in Scan 28(1) February 2009, pp 30-37.
Early Stage 1 students at Penrith Public School used a wiki to create jointly-constructed fables, and share the final products (and the annotated learning journey) with their extended school community – and beyond. This research paper is introduced, and peer reviewed, by Dr Ross J Todd.

‘Exploring OASIS Web enquiry for Web 2.0′ in Scan 27(1) February 2008, pp 7-9.
At Penrith Public School, the Web enquiry main screen is a gateway to the school’s new wiki pages, and is used for explicit teaching of online searching skills.

‘Circle time: maximising opportunities for talking and listening at Penrith Public School’ in Scan 26(4) November 2007, pp 4-7.
Circle Time is a structured framework for social and emotional learning which promotes a positive class ethos. Moving from class teacher back into the school library, Ian McLean has incorporated Circle Time and information skills into a range of collaborative literacy and ICT activities, including book raps.

‘Book rap diary: Possum magic at Penrith Public School’ in Scan 23(3) August 2004, pp 9–13.
During a return to class teaching (Stage 1), Ian McLean collaborated with and the school’s teacher-librarian, Trish Ryan, on a range of teaching and learning activities in this book rap to enrich the literacy program.

‘An interview with Susanne Gervay’ in Scan 21(3) August 2002, pp 24-25.
The novel, I am Jack has an anti-bullying theme. The author tells how the personal experiences of her family inspired her to write this book.

‘An interview with Boori Pryor and Meme McDonald’ in Scan 19(2) May 2000, pp 4-7.
The authors of My girragundji discuss the consultative process they go through with family members, as their “first editors”, as they write their novels. Boori is the “designated” storyteller of his family.

‘Sailing home to a Future Eden: an interview with Colin Thompson’ in Scan 18(2) May 1999, pp 6-8.
Prolific author/illustrator Colin Thompson discusses his body of work, including picture books, poetry, novels and online serials, in anticipation of a book rap on Sailing home, his picture book collaboration with artist Matt Ottley.

‘Meet David Legge’ in Scan 17(3) August 1998, p 9.
An interview with author/illustrator David Legge (of Bamboozled fame), to accompany an article by Jenny Foster about Winmalee Public School’s annual Read-in day.

‘Putting parents in the picture at Punchbowl Primary School’ in Scan 14(1) July 1995, pp 32-35.
A visit by children’s author Libby Gleeson capped off an integrated approach to enlighten a school’s multicultural community about the benefits of picture books and reading.

‘The mark of The Paw: an interview with children’s author, Natalie Jane Prior’ in Scan 13(3) July 1994, pp 10-12.
The author discusses her Amabel novels, plus upcoming picture book sequels to The Paw, her first non fiction title, Bog bodies, mummies and curious corpses, and her live performances.

‘Paul Jennings goes Round the twist… again!’ in Scan 12(3) July 1993, pp 14-16.
An interview with artist Glenn Lumsden and writer/colourist David de Vries about Round the twist graphic novels, based on Paul Jennings’ short stories.

‘Don’t tell anyone: teaching resources’, Toe Truck Theatre, 1988.

Don't Tell Anyone

Plus:

Creative Commons on Flickr strategies featured in Scan 30(3) August 2011, p 44.

‘Storytime success’ photograph featured in Australian teacher magazine, July 2011, p 28.

‘All Black Day: Christchurch Earthquake Appeal 2011′ PhotoPeach slideshow featured in ‘Dux’, Daily Telegraph, March 31, 2011, p 34, and Scan 30(2) May 2011, p 47.

‘Student participation: Bushranger bounties’ in Improving students’ web use and information literacy: a guide for teachers and teacher librarians by James E Herring, Facet Publishing (UK), 2011, p 123.

Shoestring makeover photographs in ‘Rethink, reinvent, rejuvenate and brand: from notes supplied by Kevin Hennah’, FYI, vol 13(2), Autumn 2009, p 9.

Photographs in Chewing gum: how it fed the gods, went into space and helped win the war ['Ubiquitous things' series] by Natalie Jane Prior, Hodder Headline, 2000, p 43.

‘Leonard John Crofoot’, an interview in Star Trek: The Next Generation magazine, Vol 26, Starlog Press (USA), 1993.

‘The magic prop box’ in When are we going to have more drama by Peter Moore, Thomas Nelson Australia, 1988, p 51.