The Georgia Department of Education: Educational Technology & Media Newsletter Vol. 1 No. 8 May 2003 Judy Serritella, Coordinator of Library Media Services, Georgia Department of Education jserrite@doe.k12.ga.us Exemplary Media Programs Announced Congratulations to the outstanding media programs recently chosen by the Department of Education as the 2003 Exemplary Media Programs. They will be honored at the Georgia Board of Education meeting in Atlanta on May 8, 2003. Elementary: Calhoun Elementary in Calhoun City. Julie Stephens is the Media Specialist. Middle: Creekland Middle School in Lawrenceville. Betsy Simmons and Louise Scott (L-R) are the media specialists. Georgia Department of Education Kathy Cox, State Superintendent of Schools Page 1 of 6 May 12, 2003 All Rights Reserved Georgia Department of Education Educational Technology & Media High School: Pope High School in Marietta. Pictured are Jan Meyers, Para Pro, Media Specialists Anne Hudson, Connie Kone and Bev Wenham and Linda Mulligan, Para Pro. Media Specialists are Teachers! The following Library Media Specialists were chosen as "Teacher of the Year" in their school during this school year. Congratulations to: Dione Massey: Holsenbeck Elementary and Barrow County Teacher of the Year. Dione was one of the 12 finalists for Georgia Teacher of the Year! Kenny Blum: Villa Rica High School, Carroll County. Kenny was chosen STAR Teacher at his school! Brian Blanton: Morrow High School, Clayton County Patti Crane: Taylors Creek Elementary, Liberty County Beth Finnegan at Kennesaw Elementary School, Cobb County Carol Flowers, Blue Ridge Elementary, Columbia County Molly Gibney: Jefferson Elementary School, Jefferson City Peggy James: Jackson Road Elementary, Griffin-Spalding County Frank Rogers: Wynbrooke Elementary, DeKalb County Georgia Department of Education Kathy Cox, State Superintendent of Schools Page 2 of 6 May 12, 2003 All Rights Reserved Georgia Department of Education Educational Technology & Media Denise Smith: Chapel Hill Elementary, DeKalb County Alease Taylor: Terry Mill Elementary, DeKalb County Stephen Williams: Elm Street Elementary, Rome City Natalie Wilson: Thomson Elementary, McDuffie County Debbie Zauzig: Briarlake Elementary, DeKalb County If you were also "Teacher of the Year" for your school or system, please let me know. The System Media Contact Person in each system was asked to provide the names of media specialists who were chosen for this honor. If your name was omitted, I apologize. GALILEO Please take advantage of the outstanding resources available on GALILEO (www.galileo.usg.edu). GALILEO Planet is the official newsletter of Georgia Library Learning Online. GALILEO Announcements keeps you up to date on databases, downtimes, changes to the site, and more. Mark Your Calendar! The annual DOE Tech Leadership Conference will be held on Oct 15 through 17 in Athens. The Department of Education is planning many practical and policy sessions appropriate to the work of media specialists and the management of digital media. Thursday, October 16th will have many strands devoted to media specialists. I hope you can attend. Georgia Department of Education Kathy Cox, State Superintendent of Schools Page 3 of 6 May 12, 2003 All Rights Reserved Georgia Department of Education Educational Technology & Media Fifth Annual GLMA/DOE Summer Camp (aka GLMA/DOE Leadership Workshop). When: Monday, June 23 through Wednesday, June 25. Begins Monday at 10 AM and ends on Wednesday around noon. Where: La Quinta Inn and Suites Macon 3944 River Place Dr. Macon, Georgia 31210 Phone: 1-478-475-0206 Fax: 1-478-475-8577 How to register: http://www.clayton.k12.ga.us/edusvc/instruct/media/ Scroll down until you see the headline "IT IS TIME FOR SUMMER CAMP!" You'll see the links to registration information and the links to materials that have been developed. COMO XV Georgia Council of Media Organizations 2003 Conference Connecting, Learning, Changing Lives GLA, GLMA, GEPA and GAIT are the sponsors of the COMO Conference. Please consider presenting a session at the 2003 COMO Conference. The conference is scheduled for October 22-24 at the Jekyll Island Convention Center. Program proposal forms are available at: http://www.library.gsu.edu/gla/events/como/2003/index.asp Georgia Department of Education Kathy Cox, State Superintendent of Schools Page 4 of 6 May 12, 2003 All Rights Reserved Georgia Department of Education Educational Technology & Media Congratulations to 3M Winners! The 3M Corporation in cooperation with the American Association of School Librarians sponsors the "3M Salute to Schools". The program is an indication of 3M's support for education and technology and AASL's dedication to library programs that support the teaching and learning environment. The recipients of the "3M Salute to Schools" donation will receive, free of charge, up to two 3M detection systems for the entrance/exit of their media center, including a supply of Tattle-TapeTM Security Strips for marking library materials and materials processing accessories - a package with an average value of $15,000. This years recipients from Georgia include: Benjamin E Mays High School, Atlanta, GA J. L. Newbern Middle School, Valdosta, GA Thomasville High School, Thomasville, GA Woodland High School, Cartersville, GA Long May We W.A.V.E. Linda Wahlig of North Springs High School and Jill Rose of Riverwood High School put their heads together and decided that we media specialists need to do a little more promotion. They were looking at an article about the Rutgers library study department and decided that we need to advertise more. Linda and Jill came up with this slogan/acronym WAVE --We Add Value to Education. They visualize WAVE as a May campaign with summery posters and the like or perhaps a statewide theme (in light of budget cuts) to promote the value of libraries in schools. Georgia Department of Education Kathy Cox, State Superintendent of Schools Page 5 of 6 May 12, 2003 All Rights Reserved Georgia Department of Education Educational Technology & Media May 2003 Library Media Calendar Sunday Monday April S MT WT F S 12345 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Tuesday Wednesday June S MT WT F S 1234567 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Thursday 1 Empire State Building opens: 1931 Mother Goose Day Friday 2 Dr. Benjamin Spock born: 1902 Saturday 3 1952: 1st airplane to land at geographic location of North Pole 4 1796: Horace Mann born 5 6 7 8 1904: 1st perfect baseball game Birthday of Leo Lionii: 19101999 Birthday of Beethoven's Ninth Giulio Maestro: Symphony premie- 1942- red: 1824 Birthday of Nonny Eiffel Tower Hogrogrian: 1932- completed: Robert Browning 1889 born: 1812 Harry S Truman born: 1884-1972 9 10 Adm. Byrd flew to North Pole: 1926 Birthday of Sir James M. Barrie: 18601937 1st woman to be nominated for president: Victoria Woodhull: 1872 Caroline Cooney born: 1947- 11 Mother's Day 18 1860: Lincoln nominated for president 12 13 Birthday of Edward Lear: 1812-1888 NAACP founded: 1910 Jamestown founded: 1607 Norma Klein born: 19381989 19 27th Amendment ratified: 1992 20 Carol Carrick born: 1935- 14 15 1st smallpox vaccination: 1796 Birthday of Thomas Gainsborough: 17271788 Birthday of L. Frank Baum: 1856-1919 Norma Fox Mazer born: 1931- Paul Zindel born: 1936- 21 22 Lindbergh completed nonstop flight NY to Paris: 1927 Birthday of Arnold Lobel: 1933-1987 25 26 27 28 29 1787: The Cons- Birthday of Sally titutional Conv- Ride: 1951ention begins Ralph Waldo Emerson born: 1803-1882 Birthday of Rachel Carson: 1907-1964 M.E. Kerr born: 1927- 1st color talking picture: 1929 Birthday of Rudolph Giuliani: 1944- Brock Cole born: 1938- T.H. White born: 19061964 16 17 Authorization of Porto Rico beco- U.S. nickel mes Puerto coin: 1866 Pico: 1932 23 24 Birthday of Scott O'Dell, Susan Cooper, Oliver Butterworth. Margaret Wise Brown born: 1910-1952 30 Birthday of Mary Stolz: 1920- 31 1st auto accident: 1896 DeSoto lands in Florida: 1539 Walt Whitman born: 18191892 From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put. Winston Churchill Get Caught Reading Month, National Bike Month, National Book Month, National Pet Month, National Hamburger Month, National Egg Month, National Barbeque Month, Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, National Allergy/Asthma Month. Georgia Department of Education Kathy Cox, State Superintendent of Schools Page 6 of 6 May 12, 2003 All Rights Reserved