November 2007 MEDIA MATTERS Volume 6, Number 4 Georgia Read More: Year 3 Dr. Beheruz Sethna, President of the University of West Georgia and former acting Chancellor of the Board of Regents, read to a group of third graders at Carrollton Elementary for our first Georgia Read More program of the year. Do you wonder who will be our next celebrity reader? Stay tuned. DON'T GET LEFT OUT! Do you subscribe to the GaDOE Library Media List Service? You may be missing out on notifications about conferences, special events, grant opportunities, newsletters, and more. Join over 1,000 of your colleagues by subscribing. Send a blank email to: Join-doemedia@list.doe.k12.ga.us Georgia Department of Education > Inside this issue: AASL new 2 standards Character Ed 2 DVDs Sympathy 3 NoveList 3 Peach Award 4 Web pages that 4 rock! GALILEO 5 Check these sites 6 Conferences 7 November is.... 8 Exemplary/ 9 Exceptional Library Media Program Linda Martin 9 Open House 10 Calendar 13 Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. ~Albert Camus You will receive a confirmation email to which you will need to respond. It will include directions on how to unsubscribe. Page 2 Media Matters AASL has released the new Standards for the 21st century learner. Check it out and share it with your staff. "Standards for the 21st-Century Learner" offers vision for teaching and learning to guide our profession as education leaders. The standards will both shape the library media program and serve as a tool for media specialists to use to shape the learning of students in the school. You can download the standards and eight page brochure at: http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslproftools/learningstandards/standards.cfm CHARACTER EDUCATION INFORMATION You will soon be receiving Episodes 4-6 of the Film Clips for Character Education DVDs. This three volume set will focus on bullying, peer pressure, pride, citizenship, honor, vision, forgiveness, and empathy. It will include scenes from Bridge to Terabithia, Coach Carter, Antwone Fisher, Batman Begins, Akeelah and the Bee, Napoleon Dynamite, Drumline, A Christmas Story, Mean Girls, and many more classic and current films. These DVDs will come with MARC record information that you are free to revise and also a letter from State Superintendent Kathy Cox. The DVDs will be sent to the Media Specialist's attention. These DVDs should be cataloged and become part of the school's Library Media Center collection. Another Character Education set is being sent from the Safe and Drug Free Schools unit. This set is ONLY for K-5 and will be sent in care of the principal. Feel free to offer to catalog it in the Media Center. Information is the currency of democracy. Thomas Jefferson Correction In the October Media Matters newsletter which featured West Side Magnet School students absorbed in a book, the caption should have read "Troup County was the only school system to receive a Library Literacy Grant for the 2007-2008 school year." Georgia Department of Education Kathy Cox, State Superintendent of Schools Page 3 Sympathy Services for Cue Herndon of McRae were held Friday, Oct. 12 at McRae United Methodist Church with interment in Telfair Memorial Gardens. Cue died Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2007. A native of Hartwell, Cue was a media specialist in several systems, and retired as Curriculum Director with the Telfair County Board of Education. Survivors include her husband, Robert; son, Bradley D. Herndon; daughter, Merry H. (Greg) Tanner of Savannah; grandchildren, Caleb , Colby and Carson Tanner. We will lead the nation in improving student achievement. 1970 Twin Towers East 205 Jesse Hill Jr. Drive Atlanta, Georgia 30334 Judy Serritella Phone: 404-657-9800 Fax: 404-657-6822 E-mail: jserrite@doe.k12.ga.us NoveList: A Terrific Source for Booktalks! Booktalking is a great way to get students excited about reading. Use the resources in this GALILEO database to help you entice your students! Booktalking: Selling Books to Teenagers by Tom Reynolds is an article that offers many tips on successful booktalking. Go to the Search Our Database tab and click on Article and List Search. Type booktalk in the search box. Mr. Reynolds reminds us to hook the reader with the first sentence! Dracula is dying! But before he does, he has one last duty to perform -- passing on his mantle to a new dark lord. for Children of the Night He also suggests keeping a booktalking journal as you read where you can jot down possible hooks, dialogue, characters, or ideas for props. Under the School Resources tab are booktalks for children and young adults listed in alphabetical order by author. NoveList invites you to submit other booktalks to be included in their database (with your name!!) by emailing novelist@epnet.com. Rebecca Amerson, Media Specialist National Board Certified Library Teacher Woodstock High School Georgia Department of Education Kathy Cox, State Superintendent of Schools Page 4 The Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers 2007-2008 Nominees Booktalks http://www.glma-inc.org/peachaward.htm Media Matters Everlost by Neal Shusterman Nick and Allie are killed in a car crash and on their way to the light they bump into each other, knocking themselves off the path and into another sort of afterlife. They find a world inhabited by the "souls" of children who didn't make it down the tunnel. This world, which parallels that of the living, is filled with danger and the opportunity for adventure. Shusterman presents an intriguing world for the afterlights (those who don't make it into the light) and uses this fun playground to write a rip-roaring adventure story. From www.librarything.com Check out these Georgia Library Media Center WebPages! Want to add pizzazz and information to your current webpage? Check out these outstanding pages. Juli Gilbert of McDonough Elementary School in Henry County invites you to visit her great webpage at: http://www.henry.k12.ga.us/me/1MediaCenter.htm Jo Albert-Hill and Barbara Davidson of Thomson Middle School in McDuffie County have created a super Library Media Webpage. Check out this awesome site at: http://www.mcduffie.k12.ga.us/webpages/tmsmediacenter/index.cfm Alice Adams, Jenny Swafford, Joy Cox and Darlene Lance of Murray County High School have an outstanding webpage for their Media Center. http://www.murray.k12.ga.us/Teacher/jenny%20swafford/index.htm Georgia Department of Education Kathy Cox, State Superintendent of Schools Page 5 Media Matters NEW GALILEO INTERFACES TRAINING SESSIONS COMO was a great place to showcase the new GALILEO user views, so great, in fact, that the session "Have it Your Way: New GALILEO Community Interfaces" filled up quickly and some of you were not able to squeeze in. GALILEO has planned some online sessions for GALILEO's three major user communities: public library, academic, and K-12. The schedule is below: Scholar Interface Orientation Nov 7, 11:00-12:00 p.m. Nov 27, 10:00-11:00 a.m. K-12 Interfaces Orientation (High School, Teen, with Kids [elementary] to come) Nov 7, 9:00-10:00 a.m. Nov 28 , 10:00-11:00 a.m. Library Interface (Public Library/General User) Nov 8, 10:00-11:00 a.m. Nov 27, 2:00-3:00 p.m. For more information see: http://www.usg.edu/galileo/about/planning/projects/upgrade/training.phtml To register to attend one of these sessions, please send an e-mail message to galileo.training@usg.edu indicating which session you wish to attend. __________________________________________ Karen Minton GALILEO Support Services Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia 2500 Daniells Bridge Road, Building 300 Athens, GA 30606-3539 Phone: (888) 875-3697 karen.minton@usg.edu http://www.galileo.usg.edu The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want. Georgia Department of Education Kathy Cox, State Superintendent of Schools Page 6 Media Matters CHECK OUT THESE AWESOME WEBSITES! The Georgia Children's Picture Storybook Award 2008 James Campbell of Lee Street Elementary in Clayton County has created a fabulous website featuring the picture book nominees with lesson plans, activities, and a wealth of information. If you miss this website, you have missed a wonderful resource! http://www.clayton.k12.ga.us/schools/114/ media/GCBA/picture08!.htm Thanks James! Pat Wall in Fulton County has created a wonderful PowerPoint tutorial for presenting GALILEO to teachers. It is now posted on the GALILEO presentations site at : http://www.usg.edu/galileo/help/library/presentations.phtml. Thanks Pat! At the moment that we persuade a child, any child, to cross that threshold, that magic threshold into a library, we change their lives forever, for the better. ~~ Barack Obama (to ALA on 6/25/05) Georgia Department of Education Kathy Cox, State Superintendent of Schools Page 7 Media Matters FEATURED SPEAKERS Conferences David Pogue Dr. Curtis Bonk Patrick Crispen Hall Davidson Leslie Fisher Doug Johnson Annette Lamb Gail Lovely Mark Minasi Meg Ormiston Brent Williams The International Reading Association will be holding it's annual conference in Atlanta on May 4May 8 at the World Congress Center. Some of the featured authors include: Gail Gibbons Walter Dean Myers Alice Walker Mike Thaler Maya Angelou More information: http://www.reading.org/association/meetings/an nual.html The 39th Annual Conference on Children's Literature This wonderful conference begins on Friday, February 29, 2008 in Athens. Special guests include: Ian Ogilvy Cynthia Kadohata Brian Pinkney David Wiesner Mo Willems More information: http://www.coe.uga.edu/gcba/ Page 8 November 12-18 is Children's Book Week ! Children's Book Week moves to May! Upcoming Book Week Dates: 2008: May 12 - 18 2009: May 11 - 17 2010: May 10 - 16 2011: May 2 - 8 Find some great ideas to celebrate at: http://www.cbcbooks.org/cbw/ Media Matters 11/12-18 11/1 11/4 11/6 11/9 11/10 11/11 11/12 11/13 11/13 11/14 11/15 11/22 November is..... Thanks to Susan Grigsby Family Stories Month Military Family Appreciation Month National AIDS Awareness Month National Georgia Pecan Month National Peanut Butter Lovers Month American Education Week Children's Book Week National Family Literacy Daylight Savings Ends Election Day National Child Safety Council Marine Corp Birthday Veteran's Day (actual) Veteran's Day (observed) National Young Readers Day World Kindness Day *be kind and read to a child!* National Educational Support Professionals Day America Recycles Day Thanksgiving Day Georgia Department of Education Kathy Cox, State Superintendent of Schools Page 9 2008 Exemplary/Exceptional Library Media Program! The 7th Annual Exemplary/Exceptional Library Media Program information is now on the GaDOE website. Please consider applying for this recognition program or think about reading and scoring the applications. Many times the narrative readers realize their own library media program meets or exceeds the criteria and apply the following year. The rubric has been updated. The directions and application have been modified. The deadline has been changed and the honorees will attend the June 2008 State Board Meeting. Information will be sent to principals, media coordinators, the GaMedia List Service, and the GaDOE Media List Service. Check out the details at: http://www.glc.k12.ga.us/pandp/media/exemplary.htm Nomination form: http://admin.doe.k12.ga.us/gadoe/ots/empnom.nsf/Nomination?OpenForm Congratulations to Linda Martin of Sugar Hill Elementary in Hall County. Linda was named Georgia's Media Specialist of the Year at the recent COMO conference. Nominees for this outstanding honor included: Melissa Allen Kathi Vanderbilt Michele Entrekin Cindy Beatty Cassandra Hicks-Wilson Carole Williams Glovis South Congratulations to all! named Alpharetta High School Library Media Center Exemplary Library Media Program of the Year for 2007 Join us for an Open House Thursday, November 8, 2007 8:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. 3595 Webb Bridge Road RSVP 770-521-7640 x166 or rosej@fultonschools.org Exceptional Library Media Program Open House Eagle's Landing Middle School Media Center Thursday, November 29, 2007 9:00am - 2:00pm Eagle's Landing Middle School 295 Tunis Road McDonough, GA 30253 770-914-8094 Hosted by Janis Hayden, Media Specialist Deania Gilliam, Media Paraprofessional Handouts, presentations, refreshments, and much more! Directions: From I-75 southbound: Take Exit 222, Jodeco Road. Turn left, proceed to the third traffic light and take a left on Tunis Road. The school is on the left. From I-75 northbound: Take Exit 222, Jodeco Road. Turn right, proceed to the second traffic light and take a left on Tunis Road. The school is on the left. Please visit Flippen Elementary School, Exemplary School Library Media Program, which is located on the next street. Elementary Exemplary Media Center Open House Come experience a "day in the life" of the Flippen Elementary School Media Center! When: Thursday, November 29, 2007 9:00am--2:00pm Where: Flippen Elementary School 425 Peach Drive McDonough, GA 30253 770-954-3522 Hosted by: Cindy Adair, Media Specialist and Diane Wright, Media Parapro What to Expect: Come see our media program in action, watch a video, take a tour of our school, talk to those who help make our program so successful, and enjoy some refreshments. While you are here, plan to also visit the exceptional program at Eagle's Landing Middle School, just one street over. Directions: From I-75 S: Take exit 222 (Jodeco Rd.), Turn left. Go 1.2 m. and turn left onto Peach Dr. Go approx. 1 m. and the school is on your left. From I-75 N: Take exit 222 (Jodeco Rd.), Turn right. Go 1.2 m. and turn left onto Peach Dr. Go approx. 1 m. and the school is on your left. November 2007 GaDOE Library Media Services Sunday Monday October S M TW T F S 123456 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Tuesday Wednesday December S M TW T F S 1 2345678 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Thursday Friday 1 2 Stephen Crane- What was the 1871-1900 http:/ Spruce Goose? / www.on l i ne l i t erat u re .c om/ cran e/ Saturday 3 Betty Bao Lord1938- http:// www.ai l f.o rg/ n ot ab l e/ ba ol o rd . h tml 4 5 6 7 8 1948: T.S. 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