The Georgia Department of Education: educational technology and media newsletter, Vol. 1, Issue 4 (Jan. 2003)

The Georgia Department of Education: Educational Technology & Media Newsletter
Vol. 1 No. 4 January 2003
Judy Serritella, Coordinator of Library Media Services, Georgia Department of Education jserrite@doe.k12.ga.us
Announcing the 2003 Exemplary Media Program
The Exemplary Media Recognition Program is a step in an initiative from the Educational Technology & Media Unit of DOE to recognize outstanding media programs in our schools. A scoring rubric was created based on citations in law, policy, and standards from the Georgia legislature, the State Board of Education, and the American Association of School Librarians. The Department of Education has designated the May 8, 2003 Georgia Board of Education meeting to recognize three exemplary media programs for the state. In order to identify and showcase these programs, the Educational Technology & Media Unit is soliciting applications from schools.
The Exemplary Media Program information is now available on the Department of Education website. There is guidance about applying, scoring, past winners, a rubric to guide applicants, and deadline dates. The URL is http://techservices.doe.k12.ga.us/edtech/exemplary_2003.htm
One Hour Web Training from ProQuest and GALILEO
A series of one-hour web training sessions is now available for a wide variety of ProQuest products. Online registration for you or your faculty is easy.
Visit http://www.il.proquest.com/proquest/webtraining/ to select a product and a time for training. Currently available sessions include:
* ProQuest Digital Dissertations * Early English Books Online (EEBO) * ABI/INFORM * ProQuest Research Library and Discovery Core * Ethnic NewsWatch * Local Administrator * HeritageQuest Online * SiteBuilder * ProQuest Historical Newspapers * American Periodicals Series * Digital Sanborn Maps 1867-1970 * Factiva * bigchalk * Safari Tech Books Online * ProQuest Reference Asia * Literature Online (LION)
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You can also bookmark this site and visit it anytime for a list of current conferences.

Participants need a PC with Internet access to view the session, and a telephone to dial in and listen to the session. Sessions are kept small to allow for questions and discussion of techniques with your trainer and with fellow ProQuest users. If you need additional information about this new web training, please contact Rob Grindstaffat 800.521.0600 x3745.

Did you know?
Americans go to school, public, and academic libraries more than twice as often as they go the movies.
Source: ALA Office for Research and Statistics

Grant Opportunity
The Laura Bush Foundation for America's Libraries has information on its web site about grant opportunities. All schools may apply, but priority for grants will be given to those schools in which 75-100% of the students receive free or reduced lunch.
The application deadline is February 28, 2003.
The URL for more information is: http://web2.unt.edu/lbf/

GaETC Conference
The Georgia Educational Technology Conference, sponsored by the Georgia Educational Technology Consortium, is dedicated to the professional development of educators. Their annual conference will be in Macon on February 19-21, 2003.
The Department of Education will participate in this conference and will present several sessions at this conference. Registration information is available at: http://www.gaetc.org/overview03.htm
Some of the DOE sessions include:
Title: Tips on Textbook Adoption Presenter: Gerald Boyd, DOE Program Manager, Reading, Language Arts
Title: E-learning Initiatives Presenter: Lisa Ciardulli, Educational Technology Specialist

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Title: Game Plan for HS Graduation Test using Technology

Presenter: Robynn Holland, DOE Social Studies Consultant

Title: Georgia Learning Connections for Media Specialists Presenter: Susan Sams, DOE Content Manager for GLC

Title: DOE Media Specialists Update Presenter: Judy Serritella, DOE Library Media Consultant

Title: Georgia Department of Education Update Presenter: Billie Sherrod, Associate State Superintendent for Technology Services

Title: The Scoop on Foreign Language: News, News and More News on GLC Presenter: Elizabeth Webb, Program Specialist for Foreign Languages and International Education

Title: Ed Tech Competitive Grant Meeting Two part session Presenter: Jo Williamson, DOE Ed Tech Grant Manager

Title: What Can LoTi Do for Me? Presenter: Jo Williamson, DOE Ed Tech Grant Manager

Governor's Honors Needs a Media Specialist!

Help wanted!

The Governor's Honors Program (GHP) is a six-week summer instructional program designed to provide intellectually gifted and artistically talented high school students challenging and enriching educational opportunities not usually available during the regular school year. Activities are designed to provide each participant with opportunities to acquire the skills, knowledge and attitudes to become independent, life-long learners. Annually, 675 students are selected to attend the program, currently held on the campus of Valdosta State University, in Valdosta, Georgia. Each participant enrolls in major and minor areas of instruction. The teacher to student ratio is 1:15.
Minimum Qualifications: Ability to apply instructional strategies for gifted students. Possesses broad knowledge of current best practices in the specific content area. Excellent written, oral, and presentation skills. Ability to design and present instruction that is significantly different from the regular high school curriculum in terms of content, delivery, and/or expectation of student response. Ability to design and present instruction that would empower the learner to become a lifelong learner. Demonstrates an ongoing curiosity/willingness to learn in his/her field as well as other fields. Is flexible when planning instruction; recognizes when it is necessary to alter plans of instruction. Has a sense of humor, especially about self and stressful situations. Ability to work with students and staff in a professional, pleasant manner.

Some of the skills/duties they need in a media person:
Coordinate the audio-visual equipment needs of the staff Georgia Dept. of Education
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Work with the Valdosta State University media staff

Videotape events such as concerts and all major events

Work with students who need assistance in producing media presentations

Work with classes in defining their projects and presentations. Offer suggestions for formats

other than Power Point

Work with the staff and the students on the resources available in the Valdosta State

University library.

Design an orientation tailored to the instructors' needs for the summer.

Give the 675 students who attend Governor's Honors an orientation to the library and media

services during the first week.

And much more....

Interested in having an exciting summer? Contact:

Joe Searle, Ph.D., Director Governor's Honors Program 1770 Twin Towers East Atlanta, Georgia 30334-5040 404-657-0183 jsearle@doe.k12.ga.us

Robynn Holland, DOE Social Studies Program Specialist, would like you to know......
National History Day is not just one day, but also a yearlong nonprofit education organization that makes history come alive through educator professional development and active student learning. The organization has received the National Endowment for the Humanities Charles Frankel Prize for public programming and engages more than 2 million people annually in its programs.
"Educators Explore the American West"
National History Day (NHD) is proud to announce the focus for its 2003Summer Teacher Institute "History of the American West: The Legacy of Exploration and Encounter." The institute will take place July 19-26, 2003in Portland, Oregon. The institute is free but participants must cover the travel cost to Portland.
This institute will provide educators with the hands-on learning that will expose participants to recent scholarship on the American West and available primary sources to improve curriculum. There will be special activities, like visits to historic sites on the Lewis and Clark Trail, an exploration Of Native Voices in discussions with tribal members and visits to Native American sites.
Participants also will explore the American West by analyzing the geologic history of the region at the Oregon Gorge Discovery Center and through an examination of the oral history of the Bonneville Dam. Participants can be6-12 grade history/social studies educators, media specialists or librarians. Applications must be postmarked no later than March 1, 2003. For a brochure and
information go to: http://nationalhistoryday.org/03_educators/frameb_03_c_4.htm or call
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Georgia Dept. of Education 301-314-9739.

Department of Technology & Media

$5,000 Outstanding History Educator Award Announced
National History Day (NHD) is pleased to announce The History Channel Award for Outstanding Contribution in History Education. The award, sponsored by The History Channel, will be presented to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to history education through service to the National History Day program (history/social studies educators, media specialists, librarians, etc). The winner will receive $5,000 and the nominee's school or organization will receive a television VCR and a History Channel video library.
To be eligible, the individual may be a teacher, media specialist, district or state History Day coordinator, judge or other volunteer. The individual must participate in the National History Day program. For the application information visit the NHD web site athttp://nationalhistoryday.org/03_educators/frameb_03_g.html or call 301-314-9739. Nominations must be received by May 15, 2003 to be considered.

New Educational Website Fosters Dialogue About Democracy
An exciting new website created by the National Archives and National History Day, Inc. www.ourdocuments.gov transports students and educators back in time to 100 critical moments in our nation's history. See the original speeches, international treaties, Supreme Court cases, patent designs and Constitutional amendments that changed the course of history. Read transcriptions and historical interpretations of these documents.
www.ourdocuments.gov is part of a history and civics presidential initiative entitled "Our Documents: A National Initiative on American History, Civics and Service." This initiative, created by the National Archives and National History Day in collaboration with the Corporation for National and Community Service and the USA Freedom Corps, will promote public understanding of the importance of rights and responsibilities in our democratic society.
The Website will introduce students to a national history contest where they have a chance to win awards and scholarships. Teachers can use Website lesson plans to help meet education standards and create their own lesson plan for a chance to win a national competition. Information on local teacher workshops and curriculum materials also will be featured on the site.
Teachers can click on the Website "Toolbox" to find: a comprehensive annotated timeline, suggestions for applying the 100 milestone documents to this year's National History Day's theme of "Rights and Responsibilities in History," methods for using primary source documents in the classroom, ideas for constructing National History Day Projects using primary source documents, document-specific lesson plans. educator lesson plan competition information.
Information on teachers' workshops and student and teacher competitions is also featured on this website.
Georgia Dept. of Education Linda C. Schrenko, Superintendent
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National History Day is not just one day, but also a yearlong education organization that makes

history come alive through educator professional development and active student learning. The

organization has received the National Endowment for the Humanities Charles Frankel Prize for

public programming and is funded nationally by Cargill, The History Channel, and

other corporations, foundations and individuals. For more information go to

www.nationalhistoryday.org.

Copyright
For some excellent, detailed information on copyright, go to GALILEO, enter your password, choose "About GALILEO", then choose "Resources for GALILEO Librarians". About 2/3 down the page is a link to: The Regent's Guide to Understanding Copyright and Educational Fair Use.

Also, an excellent site full of copyright info, a two-page flyer, and an Educator's Quiz is located at: http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/TL/2002/10/copyright.html
Check out the International Children's Digital Library
http://www.icdlbooks.org/
The International Children's Digital Library (ICDL) is a 5year research project to develop innovative software and a collection of books that specifically address the needs of children as readers. With participants from around the world, the ICDL is building an international collection that reflects both the diversity and quality of children's literature. Currently, the collection includes materials donated from 27 cultures in 15 languages.
Major funding for this project is by The National Science Foundation (NSF), the Kahle/Austin Foundation, and the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Additional support is from the Library of Congress, the Markle Foundation, Adobe Systems Inc., and Octavo.
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January 2003

Library Media Calendar

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Monday

Tuesday

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February 03 S MTW T F S
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Wednesday
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J.D. Salinger born: 1919

Thursday
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Friday
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Birthday of Issac J.R.R. Tolkein Asimov: 1920 born: 1892
Birthday of Joan Walsh Anglund and Jean Little

Saturday
4
Jacob Grimm's birthday: 1785

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6

7

8

9

10

1st woman gover- Carl Sandburg

nor elected:

born: 1878

1925

Fountain pen

Death of George patented: 1890

Washington

Carver: 1943

Zora Neale Hurston born: 1891

Birthday of Stephen Hawking: 1942

Birthday of Richard Nixon: 1913
Concorde first tested: 1969

Thomas Paine published Common Sense: 1776

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Element 87 (Francium) announced: 1930

12 13 14

Birthday of Clem- Georgia colonists Albert Schweit-

ent Hurd: 1908 reach the new zer born: 1875

Jack London

world: 1733 Birthday of

born: 1876

Hugh Lofting:

1886

15
Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. : 1929

16
Persian Gulf War begins: 1991

17
Ben Franklin born: 1706
Robert Cormier born: 1925

18
Birthday of Raymond Briggs: 1934
Happy Birthday A.A. Milne: 1882

19
Birthday of Edgar Allan Poe: 1809
Paul Cezanne born: 1839
26
Electric dental drill patented: 1875

20 21 22 23 24 25

1st medicare card issued to Pres. Truman: 1966

The Battle of Lord Byron the Bulge ends: born: 1788 1945
Traffic light invented: 1923

27 28 29

Graduation of 1st woman physician:Eliz. Blackwell: 1849

Birthday of Edith Wharton: 1862

Birthday of W. Somerset Maugham: 1874
Robert Burns born: 1759

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Birthday of

Challenger

Thomas Paine

Lewis Carroll: Space Shuttle and William

1832

explosion: 1986 McKinley born

The Library of Congress

purchases

Thomas Jefferson's personal

Apollo 14 depa-

library: 1815

rts for the

moon: 1971

Norman Mailer

born: 1923

If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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