Posts Tagged ‘Media Centers’
Have you ever been a coach? You always have such upbeat suggestions. . . .
Posted by: Mary Alice Anderson on: October 23, 2009
Someone asked me that today. I have never been a coach. Like many media specialists these days, it’s easy to whine now and then. We get frustrated with policies, declining budgets, limited time, NCLB, and a multitude of daily challenges.
There’s been a fair amount of discussion (and whining) lately about the Valenza/Johnson article Things [...]
Your media center’s web site. An essential tool for advocacy and visbility
Posted by: Mary Alice Anderson on: August 23, 2009
How’s “your’ media center web site doing these days? Is it a “Let’s stop here first” shopping center for information? Is it current? Or, has it been left behind as you move forward with nings, Twitter, blogs, wikis or other web 2.0 tools are there for us to use? Or, [...]
Show me the Numbers
Posted by: Mary Alice Anderson on: July 24, 2009
Show me the Numbers (PDF)
Data Gathering, Why you Needs the Numbers and How to get them | Data Gathering, Part 2. Developing your Spreadsheet, Multimedia and Internet@Schools “Media Center” columns.
You gotta have the data. Administrators and school boards understand data. The presentation and articles address examples of successful data gathering and using data to advocate for [...]
Get recharged! Innovations and Opportunities for Media Specialists
Posted by: Mary Alice Anderson on: July 22, 2009
In The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote “Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.” With the beginning of each new school year, media specialists have a chance to start fresh.
Innovations and Opportunities for Media Specialists is your opportunity to get recharged and energized to deliver a media program that [...]
Flying Penguins & Biometrics: A fun day in the media center
Posted by: Mary Alice Anderson on: April 12, 2008
Some of the best lessons are those spur of the moment, just for fun lessons that really get kids involved and thinking. As a 4th grade class was beginning to identify topics and resources for their annual rainforest Research/Powerpoint projects they watched the amazing BBC Documentary about flying penguins who fly from Antartica to [...]
Biometrics
Posted by: Mary Alice Anderson on: March 12, 2008
Biometrics! I have no idea how many schools are using biometric systems for student identification–it looks like we are about to embark on a pilot project for school nutrition services and media center checkout at one small elementary school and our large high school. The amazing thing was how quickly people approved of [...]
23 Things #2: Media Center 2.0
Posted by: Mary Alice Anderson on: February 15, 2008
The pace of change accelerates . Abram’s analogy of equating learning something new to exercise is perfect. Find time to exercise and learn! Search iTunes; listen to an informative podcast when you walk. Five minutes into this THING I’ve picked up some ideas. Learning by doing.
In Away from [...]
