Media matters, Vol. 11, Issue 8 (Mar. 2012)

March 2012
Volume 11, Number 8

Media Matters
A newsletter for people who care about Library Media Programs

Inside this issue:

Hurrah Tracy

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Programs we offer

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Picture Perfect Science 4

GALILEO and Common 5 Core

Open House invites

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School for the Deaf

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Britannica

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Teen Tech Week

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and more

KSU Literature

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Conference

Holocaust Learning

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Trunks

Children's Literature 14 Conference

Database of the Month 15

Nominees

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Calendar

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Upcoming Exemplary/Exceptional Library Media Program Open Houses
March 15: Heard County Middle March 23: Kingston Elementary March 29: Medlock Bridge Elementary March 29: Ridgeview Charter Middle April 24: Sequoyah High School April 27: Midway Middle School

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Making education work for all Georgians!
Phone: 404-657-9800 Fax: 404-656-5744 E-mail: jserrite@doe.k12.ga.us 1770 Twin Towers East 205 Jesse Hill Jr. Drive Atlanta, Georgia 30334

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You've got a lot of choices. If getting out of bed in the morning is a chore and you're not smiling on a regular basis, try another choice. ~ Steven Woodhull
Jan Berenstain, who with her husband Stan, wrote and illustrated the Berenstain Bears books for 50 years, has died. She was 88 years old. Her son, who has collaborated with her in recent years, plans to continue publishing new books.

Way to go Tracy!
Tracy Larson, media specialist at Arnold Elementary School in Clayton County, was pleasantly surprised to find out she had been chosen as a Class Act award winner by 11 Alive News. She was recommended by a former colleague, Anna Cox of Jonesboro High School, who nominated her for helping students produce internationally award-winning technology research projects, coordinating the local Media Festival, and for inspiring reading through a variety of programs and by treating her students as if they were patrons in a bookstore. The segment should air during the 6:00 morning show the week of February 13th and will also be available online in February at http://www.11alive.com/news/education/classact/ default.aspx.
Mrs. Larson was also one of nine educators in Georgia to receive National Board Certification in 2012. I hope that more educators will take on the challenge of becoming National Board Certified Teachers, in spite of the fact that there is no longer a monetary reward. National Board helps educators to evaluate why they teach the way they do, and change or begin programs that will ameliorate student achievement.
Please brag...send your story to jserrite@doe.k12.ga.us

Advocacy Tip
Is your district in the process of hiring a new superintendent? School librarian visibility at those candidates' open interview sessions can be very revealing. Be prepared with strategic questions: take a few minutes to locate and email a school librarian in the candidates' current/previous school district and use that information to pose questions to the candidates to determine their stance on support of school libraries.

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The information above is taken from the 2011 Feedback Form. The collaborated library media instruction should be 100%...not 89%.

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GALILEO and Common Core State Standards
Karen Minton

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One of the first things teachers are asking is where they will find non-fiction informational texts when budgets are already tight. Media specialists are glad to point them to GALILEO where students have access to thousands of age-appropriate, authoritative articles from student magazines, scholarly journals, and reference works.
Teachers will be looking for help matching students with varying reading levels. Media specialists know how to do that, and GALILEO helps by featuring Lexile Level designations in many databases. The Advanced Search page in SIRS and EBSCO databases allows users to limit any search by a Lexile range, so you can retrieve articles on the same topic suitable to any reading level.

Other GALILEO resources useful to Common Core Standards are primary source documents. Results in History Reference Center, for example, can be limited by the primary source documents format category. Results include essential speeches, testimonies, key documents on all topics, and letters. Annals of American History includes primary source documents beginning with a letter from Christopher Columbus dated March 14, 1493
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When you teach your son, you teach your son's son. ~ The Talmud

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describing the people and places he found as he reached, he believed, the eastern shores of Asia. The Digital Library of Georgia includes a wealth of primary source documents relating to the history and culture of Georgia.

While informational texts will represent 50% of a students' reading, literary texts will still be a part of the English/Language Arts curriculum. Literary Reference Center from EBSCO is a great resource for literary criticism articles, author biographies, and even the full text of many out-of-copyright works, including Huckleberry Finn, Frankenstein, and The Scarlet Letter.
Both SIRS and Britannica databases feature curriculum correlation tools that map content to CCSS, as well as GPS. In Britannica, look for the orange "Curriculum Standards" button in each article to see standards the article supports, or click on Teachers' Resources, then the orange button to choose a standard first. You can then find content to match that standard. In SIRS databases, click on Educator's Resources, then "SIRS Resources Correlated to Standards" to select the standard. EBSCO student databases feature a similar tool that will soon be updated to map to Common Core standards.
New training sessions that focus on GALILEO database content and Common Core State Standards are being planned and will appear soon on the GALILEO training web page. You can find more information and registration links at http://help.galileo.usg.edu/librarians/ training/

Advocacy Tip
Take a 30 second library idea to EVERY faculty meeting--something to make someone's job easier.

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Advocacy Tip
Consider adding a brochure on the school library program to the packet of information you send home with parents. Check out MSLA's brochure for inspiration: http://mslaplanning.pbworks.com/f/PTAbrochure.doc
If you surrender to the wind, you can ride it. ~ Toni Morrison

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Easy Access to Teacher Resources Aligned to the Common Core State Standards & Georgia Performance Standards

With just a few clicks of the mouse, Britannica Online School Edition provides educators quick and easy access to the Common Core State Standards and Georgia Performance Standards. Conveniently organized by subject and grade level, thousands of topical articles, student activities, and teacher resources are ideal for classroom lessons and special projects. Resources are included for all levels, Prekindergarten up through high school.

Best of all, Britannica Online School Edition is provided free of charge to all Georgia schools, thanks to the Georgia Department of Education and the GALILEO Initiative.

Find resources for Common Core State Standards and Georgia Performance Standards in Language Arts, Mathematics, and other subjects. Go online to www.school.eb.com and click Curriculum Standards in the Teacher Resources section.

Choose a subject and grade level and then select the Common Core Standards link.

The standards will be displayed and you can see educational materials that support specific standards by clicking "materials correlated to this standard".

Common Core Standards
Language Arts Reading Writing Literature Information Literacy

Mathematics Mathematical Practices Number and Operations
Measurement and Data Geometry Functions

Speaking and Listening College and Career Readiness

Expressions and Equations Statistics and Probability

Resources for All Subjects K-12
Find resources for Science, Social Studies, Health, Fine Arts, and Foreign Languages by simply entering a search term in Britannica Online School Edition at www.school.eb.com.
You'll find orange Curriculum Standards buttons on most encyclopedia articles and learning material activities. Click the orange button to see how this resource supports Common Core State Standards and Georgia Performance Standards. Vast resources are included at elementary, middle, and high school levels.

Georgia Learning Standards
Science Earth Sciences Life Sciences Physical Sciences Scientific Inquiry

Social Studies
Geography American History World History Humanities & Culture Civics & Government

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Teen Tech Week - March 4-10, 2012: http://www.ala.org/teentechweek
Teen Tech Week is a national initiative sponsored by the Young Adult Library Services Association and is aimed at teens, their parents, educators, and other concerned adults. The purpose of the initiative is to ensure that teens are competent and ethical users of technologies, especially those that are offered through libraries such as DVDs, databases, audiobooks, and videogames. Teen Tech Week encourages teens to use libraries' nonprint resources for education and recreation, and to recognize that librarians are qualified, trusted professionals in the field of information technology. Teen Tech Week began in 2007 and has a general theme of Get Connected @ your library. The event is held annually during the second week of March.
Contact the ALA Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA, a division of ALA) with questions.

Freedom of Information Day - March 16, 2012 Freedom of Information (FOI) Day is an annual event on or near March 16, the birthday of James Madison. Madison is widely regarded as the Father of the Constitution and as the foremost advocate for openness in government. Each year, the James Madison Award and the Eileen Cooke State & Local Madison Award are presented by the American Library Association Washington (DC) Office on Freedom of Information Day to recognize those individuals or groups that have championed, protected, and promoted public access to government information and the public's right to know. Contact Jacob Roberts, Communications Specialist of the ALA Washington Office, with questions.
You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him. ~ Leo Aikman

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You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Kennesaw State University Annual Conference on Literature for Children & Young Adults
Wednesday, March 28, 2012 (Middle/Secondary Focus) Thursday, March 29, 2012 (Elementary Focus) The Evolving and Multifaceted Concept of Literacy: Empowering Students to Become Active, Motivated, and Engaged Readers Keynote Speakers: T.A. Baron, Lysa Divine, Tome Leveen, Kevin O'Malley, Melinda Long and Hans Wilhelm For more information: http://bcoe.kennesaw.edu/litconference/
We all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness. ~ Booker T. Washington

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The Holocaust Learning Trunk Project is sponsored by the Georgia Commission on the Holocaust with the support of the Georgia Department of Education. This project provides a learning trunk to schools throughout the entire state of Georgia for use in middle school classrooms. Each trunk contains a full complement of educational materials about the Holocaust, WWII, and genocide. These trunks and the materials will supplement curriculum already in place and assist educators in fulfilling the State's Standards of Excellence by teaching the lessons of the Holocaust and the consequences of genocide.
The Holocaust Learning Trunks are in most RESAs at this time. All teachers, not just social studies teachers, are invited to use the trunk and its resources. The Commission encourages teachers of varying disciplines to use the trunks and even share a trunk if one teacher wants to use one portion of materials and another teacher wants to use the other portion.
Teachers should be prepared for a trunk's arrival. This means looking at the Inventory of Trunk Contents (located at http://www.holocaust.georgia.gov) and/or the Holocaust Learning Trunk Project: Guide and Resources book (also on the website) so he or she knows which materials they are going to use and how.
Encourage your educators to visit the Holocaust Learning Trunk Project on their website http:// holocaust.georgia.gov/00/channel_modifieddate/0,2096,24114746_175546485,00.html
They will find printable PDFs of all the documents that accompany each trunk, including the Evaluation Forms, and a free copy of the Holocaust Learning Trunk Project: Guide and Resources book.
The website is a good place to seek direction or obtain more information about the project.
Advocacy Tip
Flex the facility: make the space as flexible as possible so that students can collaborate on projects or work alone, depending on what they need.

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Don't miss this conference!

The 43rd Annual Conference on Children's Literature

The 43rd Annual Conference on Children's Literature will be held in Athens on March 23rd and 24th. Featured speakers include authors Jody Feldman, Meghan McCarthy, Carole Weatherford, Barbara O'Connor and Mike Wimmer. http://gcbac.com

Please remember that voting for the 2011-2012 Georgia Peach Book Award continues online through March 15. The winner and 2 honor books will be announced on Wednesday, March 28, at the Kennesaw State University's Annual Conference on Literature for Children and Young Adults.
http://georgiapeachaward.org/2011-2012-vote-voting-ends-midnightmarch-15-2012

Advocacy Tip
Library as Service Project: Offer community service credit to students who volunteer in the library as shelvers or better yet as tutors.

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Check out the Heard County Middle School Media Center blog: http://www.bravesread.net/index.html

Database of the Month
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps for Georgia Towns and Cities, 1884-1922 This website consists of fire insurance maps created by the Sanborn Map Company that depict the commercial, industrial, and residential areas of Georgia cities. The highlydetailed, color-coded maps document the changing face of Georgia cities by depicting not only the community but also each building, block, and neighborhood. The maps detail building construction, sizes, and usage as well as city services such as water and fire services.
There is only one way to achieve happiness on this terrestrial ball, and that is to have either a clear conscience or none at all. ~ Ogden Nash

Georgia Book Award (Gr. 4-8) Final List (2012-2013)
Books for Younger Audiences (Gr. 4-6)
Shang, W. W. (2011). The Great Wall of Lucy Wu. New York, NY: Scholastic. Holm, J. (2010). Turtle in Paradise. Random House Children's Books. Davis, E. (2009). The Secret Science Alliance and the Copycat Crook. Bloomsbury Greenwald, L. (2009). My Life in Pink and Green. Amulet Books
Books Spanning the Audience Continuum (Gr. 4-8)
Bauer, J. (2009). Close to Famous. Viking Greenwald, T. (2011). Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Not Reading. Roaring Brook Press. Landon, K. (2010). The Limit. Aladdin Lasky, K. (2010). Ashes. Viking. Lupica, M. (2010). Hero. Philomel Books. Rhodes, J. P. (2010). Ninth Ward. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Silberberg, A. (2010). Milo: Sticky Notes and Brain Freeze. Aladdin Falls, K. (2010). Dark Life. New York, NY: Scholastic Connor, L. (2010). Crunch. Deborah Tegen Books. Carmichael, C. (2009). Wild Things. Front Street Press. Ylvisaker, A. (2011). The Luck of the Buttons. Candlewick Press Mone, G. (2010). Fish. New York, NY: Scholastic.
Books for Older Audience (Gr. 6-8)
Shulman, P. (2010). The Grimm Legacy. Puffin Books. Magoon, K. (2009). The Rock and the River. Aladdin Books Myers, W. D., & Workman, R. (2011). Kick. HarperCollins Reedy, T. (2011). Words in the Dust. New York, NY: Scholastic
Alternates
Sachar, L. (2010). The Cardturner. Delacorte Press Sheth, K. (2010). Boys without Names. Blazer and Bray Reeve, P. (2009). Fever Crumb. Scholastic Carmen, P. (2010). Thirteen Days to Midnight. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Picture Book Nominees 2012-2013
Averbeck, Jim. (2011). Except If. Atheneum. Carrick Hill, Laban, (2010). Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave. Illus. by Bryan Collier. Brown Books. Deedy, Carmen. (2009). 14 Cows For America. Illus. by Eugene Gonzalez. Peachtree Publishers. Freedman, Deborah. (2011). Blue Chicken. Viking Juvenile. Floca, Brian. (2009). Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11. Atheneum Books. Galbraith, Kathryn O. (2011). Planting the Wild Garden. Illus. by Wendy Anderson Halperin Peachtree Publishers Glaser, Linda. (2010). Emma's Poem: The Voice of the Statue of Liberty. Illus. by Claire Nivola. Houghton Mifflin. Graves, Keith. (2010). Chicken Big. Chronicle Books. Greenfield, Eloise . (2011). The Great Migration: Journey to the North. HarperCollins. Hall, Michael. (2011). Perfect Square. Greenwillow Books. Javaherbin, Mina.. (2010). Goal! Illus. by Ford, A.G Candlewick Press. Mason, Margaret H. (2011). These Hands. Illus. by Floyd Cooper. Houghton Mifflin . McDonnell, Patrick. (2011). Me...Jane. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Moore, Jodi. (2011). When a Dragon Moves In. Illus. by Howard McWilliam. Flashlight Press. Perdomo, Willie. (2010). Clemente! Illus. by Bryan Collier. Henry Holt and Co. Pulver, Robin. (2010). Thank You, Miss Doover. Illus. by Stephanie Ruth Sisson. Holiday House. Uhlberg, Myron. (2011). A Storm Called Katrina. Illus. by Bootman, Colin. Peachtree Publishers. Weatherford, Carole Boston. (2008). Before John was a Jazz Giant. Illus. by Sean Quails. Henry Holt. Wiesner, David. (2010). Art & Max. Clarion Books. Woodson, Jacqueline.. (2010). Pecan Pie Baby. Illus. by Sophie Blackall. Putnam.
Alternates Birtha, Becky. (2010). Lucky Beans. Illus. by Nicole Tadgell. Albert Whitman & Company.

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The nominees for the 2012-2013 Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers (Grades 9 - 12) have been selected!

Title Anna and the French Kiss Between Shades of Gray Divergent The False Princess Glow The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Jump The Mockingbirds Name of the Star Notes From The Blender Now is the Time for Running Please Ignore Vera Dietz Ready Player One The Running Dream The Sky Is Everywhere Stick Stupid Fast This Girl is Different What Can't Wait What Comes After

Author Perkins, Stephanie Sepetys, Ruta Roth, Veronica O'Neal, Ellis Ryan, Amy Kathleen Skloot, Rebecca Carbone, Elisa Whitney, Daisy Johnson, Maureen Cook, Trish & Halpin, Brendan Williams, Michael King, A.S. Cline, Ernest Van Draanen, Wendelin Nelson, Jandy Smith, Andrew Herbach, Geoff Johnson, J J Perez, Ashley Hope Watkins, Steve

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