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He was 83 and lived in Ridgefield, Conn. \nLongtime friend and live-in caretaker Lynn Caponera said she was with Sendak when he died at about 2:45 a.m. Tuesday at Danbury Hospital. She said Sendak suffered a stroke Friday night and never regained consciousness. \n\"Where the Wild Things Are\" earned Sendak a prestigious Caldecott Medal for the best children's book of 1964 and became a hit movie in 2009. President Bill Clinton awarded Sendak a National Medal of the Arts in 1996 for his vast portfolio of work. \nSendak didn't limit his career to a safe and successful formula of conventional children's books, though it was the pictures he did for wholesome works such as Ruth Krauss' \"A Hole Is To Dig\" and Else Holmelund Minarik's \"Little Bear\" that launched his career. \n\"Where the Wild Things Are,\" about a boy named Max who goes on a journey -- sometimes a rampage -- through his own imagination after he is sent to bed without supper, was quite controversial when it was published, and his quirky and borderline scary illustrations for E.T.A. Hoffmann's \"Nutcracker\" did not have the sugar coating featured in other versions. \nSendak also created costumes for ballets and staged operas, including the Czech opera \"Brundibar,\" which he also put on paper with collaborator Pulitzerwinning playwright Tony Kushner in 2003. \nHe designed the Pacific Northwest Ballet's \"Nutcracker\" production that later became a movie shown on television, and he served as producer of various animated TV series based on his illustrations, including \"Seven Little Monsters,\" ''George and Martha\" and \"Little Bear.\" \nBut despite his varied resume, Sendak accepted -- and embraced -- the label \"kiddie-book author.\" \n\"By 1957 he was writing his own books.\" \nFor entire article see: http://www.accessatlanta.com/celebrities-tv/where-wild-things-are-1433415.html? cxntlid=thbz_hm \n \n Page 2 \n \nMedia Matters \n \n1754 Twin Towers East 205 Jesse Hill Jr. Drive Atlanta, Georgia 30334 \nPhone: 404-657-9800 Fax: 404-656-5744 E-mail: jserrite@doe.k12.ga.us \n \nAre you on Facebook? Consider becoming a \"friend\" of GALILEO, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and the Georgia Department of Education. \n \nDatabase of the Month \n \nThe 1936 Gainesville Tornado: Disaster and Recovery provides online access to a historical film depicting the extensive damage from the severe multi-funnel tornado strike that devastated Gainesville, Georgia, on April 6, 1936. The thirty-two-and-ahalf minute film, probably shot for insurance purposes, focuses on the devastation of the commercial and governmental center of Gainesville, but also includes footage of damage to nearby residential areas. In particular, it features the damage to the public square, the county courthouse, the Georgia Power Company, the Cooper Pants Factory, and the First Methodist Church. The 1936 Gainesville tornado (part of a massive tornado outbreak across the Deep South that also heavily damaged Tupelo, Mississippi) is generally regarded as the fifth deadliest in U.S. history. Extensive recovery efforts involving many local, regional, state, and national resources eventually rebuilt Gainesville, culminating in the 1938 dedication of the new city hall and county courthouse by President Franklin Roosevelt. \nAdvocacy Tip \nHost an end of the year open house. Have students showcase their work. \n \n Media Matters \n \nPage 3 \nWhen each of us learns to appreciate the critical importance of ethics and makes inner values like compassion and patience an integral part of our basic outlook on life, the effects will be far-reaching. ~ Dalai Lama \n \nPosters are available from the Children's Book Council at no cost beyond shipping. \n \nTo receive a free poster(s) with activity guide, please send a 9 x 12 self-addressed envelope (for 1 or 10 posters) or a 10 x 13 self-addressed envelope (for 25 posters) with appropriate postage affixed. Note that Postal regulations have changed. Please use the USPS Postage Price Calculator to determine postage cost, or ask for help at your local post office. \n \nWeight of posters and an envelope 1 poster and envelope: 1.2oz. 10 posters and envelope: 14oz. 25 posters and envelope: 2lb 6oz. \nMail envelopes with postage affixed to: Children's Book Council ATTN: 2012 Poster Order 54 West 39th Street, 14th floor New York, NY 10018 \n \nPlease note: There is a 25 poster maximum per person. \nDue to the volume of poster requests, we cannot process any poster orders that do not include a self-addressed, stamped envelope. \n \n Page 4 \nAnnette Clement Barbara Bondari Becky Ward Betsy Spann Betty Beasley Betty Whatley Carol Ann Chapman Catherine Marshall Christine Willcox Donna Boling Dorothy Bland Elaine Carter Emily Herman Jane Spurlin Kathy Ray \n \nCongratulations Retirees! \n \nFannin County Middle Northeast Campus, Tift County High Banks County High Hubert Middle Lithonia Middle Jackson High Britt Elementary Langford Middle Monroe High Peachtree Ridge High Heard Elementary Media Coordinator Mary Lin Elementary Yeager Middle Pebblebrook High \n \nFannin Tift Banks Savannah-Chatham DeKalb Butts Gwinnett Richmond Dougherty Gwinnett Savannah-Chatham Buford City Atlanta City Douglas Cobb \n \nMore retirees on next page \n \nYou have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. You are the guy who'll decide where to go. ~ Dr. Seuss \n \n Page 5 \n \nJanet Swanson Janice Habersham Jo Ann Jones Karen Beasley Kathy Douglas Laurie Crooks \nLouise Doughty Martha Mathews Mary Beth Spivey Mary Gale Mary Lou Thornton Nita Bakay Pat Perkins \n \nCongratulations Retirees! \n \nSocial Circle Primary \n \nSocial Circle City \n \nSkyview Elementary \n \nBibb \n \nNewbern Middle/Valdosta Middle Carnesville Elementary \n \nValdosta City Franklin \n \nWeaver Middle \n \nBibb \n \nStone Mountain Elementary \n \nDeKalb \n \nOsborne Middle \n \nGwinnett \n \nBernd Elementary \n \nBibb \n \nRiverside Middle \n \nColumbia \n \nJordon Hill Elementary \n \nGriffin Spalding \n \nMedia Coordinator \n \nLanier \n \nMonroe Area High \n \nWalton \n \nRobert Burch Elementary Fayette \n \nLast year one retiree said that it has been a wild and wonderful ride....I hope that sums it up for all of you. We appreciate your dedication to the students, the teachers, and our profession and wish you good health and much happiness! \nAnyone can carry his burden, however hard, until nightfall. Anyone can do his work, however hard, for one day. Anyone can live sweetly, patiently, lovingly , purely, till the sun goes down. And this is all life really means. ~ Robert Louis Stevenson. \n \n Page 6 \nPatricia Moton Rebecca Acree Roxanne Johnson Sallie Freeman Sheree Bryant Sylvia Gaillard Trish Biemiller Yvonne Stuart \n \nCongratulations Retirees! \n \nCollins Elementary \n \nRichmond \n \nSimpson Elementary \n \nGwinnett \n \nCreekview High \n \nCherokee \n \nEtowah High \n \nCherokee \n \nMedia Coordinator \n \nButts \n \nMill Creek Middle \n \nCherokee \n \nTrickum Middle \n \nGwinnett \n \nWilliam Hutchings Career Bibb Center \n \nTeacher of the Year \n \nJessica Holstun \n \nTroup County TOTY * \n \nTroup \n \nJim Stewart Jo Beth James Elizabeth Mason Karen Willingham Tammy Smith Kate Hoppenrath \n \nNorth Gwinnett High TOTY Gwinnett *(finalist for county) Royston Elementary TOTY Franklin \n \nTutt Middle TOTY \n \nRichmond \n \nBuice School TOTY \n \nGwinnett \n \nSugar Hill Elementary TOTY Shiloh High TOTY \n \nGwinnett Gwinnett \n \nKaren Gould \n \nHamilton Elementary TOTY \n \nColquitt \n \nLibrary Media Specialists are Teachers Too! These educators were chosen as Teacher of the Year \nat their school or in their system! Congratulations! \n \n Media Matters \n \nPage 7 \n \nSuperintendent Barge Presents First Phillips Award \nRecognition named for Condyce Phillips, a cafeteria manager who helped Superintendent Barge write a better story for himself \n \nMEDIA CONTACT: Matt Cardoza, GaDOE Communications Office, (404) 651-7358, mcardoza@gadoe.org or Keisha Ford-Jenrette, GaDOE Recognitions Office, (404) 657-2949, kford@gadoe.org \n \nApril 24, 2012 -- State School Superintendent Dr. John Barge presented the first Phillips Award to Condyce Phillips this past Thursday. Mrs. Phillips was the cafeteria manager at Griffin Middle School in Cobb County when Superintendent Barge was a student. She helped Superintendent Barge and countless others write a better story for themselves. \nWhile bringing remarks at the Georgia School Nutrition Association's 57th Annual Conference, Superintendent Barge presented Mrs. Phillips with this new award that was created to recognize school support staff who have had a tremendous impact on the lives of others. \n\"Condyce Phillips showed me great kindness and compassion, which helped me see that school was a safe and supportive place,\" said Superintendent Barge. \"One of the first things I wanted to do after becoming Superintendent was to name an award for Mrs. Phillips and give others the opportunity to nominate a school staff member who helped shape their lives for the better.\" \nNominating a school staff member \nOnce each quarter, one support staff member will be selected for this award. The nomination form can be requested by emailing Keisha Ford-Jenrette at kford@gadoe.org (form is also attached and online at www.gadoe.org). \n \nFrom the GaDOE website \nQualifications for the Teacher of the Year \nA certified classroom teacher (clear and renewable certificate) in public prekindergarten through grade 12, including special education, physical education, art, music, and media specialists. (Counselors are not eligible.) \nAn exceptionally dedicated, knowledgeable, and skilled teacher who is planning to continue in active teaching status. \nA teacher who inspires students of all backgrounds and abilities to learn. A teacher who has the respect and admiration of students, parents, and colleagues. A teacher who plays an active and useful role in the community as well as in the school. A teacher who is poised and articulate and possesses the energy to withstand a taxing schedule. \n \n Page 8 \n \nRundles wrap-up: The library and customer care \nBy Jeff Rundles \n \nA few weeks ago the Colorado attorney generals office released a report of consumer complaints filed with its office, and it offered few surprises. When it comes to what the AG hears about, it is allegations of fraud, potential fraud and/or questionable business practices. In 2011 state citizens filed some 7,297 complaints, up from 6,462 in 2010 and 4,723 in 2009. \nAnd, of course, thats just the people who took the time to take such action. I think its reasonably safe to assume that thousands more just took it, as it were. It comes as no shock that the types of businesses people complain about the most are financial consultants, utility companies (especially providers of cable and satellite TV), and anything having to do with health care. In my experience you can measure the level of customer service in direct disproportion to the number of requests you get, either on the phone or the Internet, to take a survey at the end of the session on their level of customer service. \nThey usually ask, \"Was the information we provided ,,Very Helpful, ,,Helpful, ,,Somewhat Helpful or ,,Not Helpful?\" What they should be asking is, \"Did our service ,,Really Suck, ,,Just Suck, or is being our customer best categorized under the heading ,,Sucks For You?\" \nI got thinking about all of this because directly or indirectly I have had a lot of dealings with healthinsurance companies and health-care providers in the last couple of years, and while most profess a great interest in, and pride themselves on, customer service, they are in general terrible. I must say that I know a couple of doctors and dentists I would rate very high for customer service  and what I am coming to call \"customer care\"  but the insurance companies, well ... I am pretty sure they have people with business cards that have those initials pointing out their professional certifications, and the people I have come across are listed as P.O.  Professional Obfuscators. On second thought, perhaps P.O. is an indication of how they will make you feel. \nI find it interesting, by the way, that Denver Mayor Michael Hancock is putting a great deal of effort and resources into revamping the Division of Motor Vehicles. Hell be the latest in a long line of mayors who have tried. \nMany people  me included  have pointed out the disaster of customer service at every level  business and government  many times. It probably serves no purpose, other than the fact that venting makes you feel better. What is needed is a solution, and I think I have found one. \nEveryone should hire librarians. \nContinued on next page \n \n Media Matters \n \nPage 9 \n \nContinued from previous page \n \nEvery time you hear about budget cuts and cutbacks on hours, it seems like our libraries, and librarians, are the ones suffering. But these places, and these people, must be the most helpful, the most informed, and the most knowledgeable resources on the planet. If they hired librarians to be clerks at the DMV, everyone would get their license plates on time and walk out of the office looking forward to renewal time. If librarians ran health care, people might still get sick, but not tired. \nI recently went to the Denver Public Librarys Western History Department for some research, and I couldnt believe the level of customer care. I am so used to surly and uninformed clerks and agents that I braced myself, only to discover that I was in the hands of not only an expert  a person who had the answers, the ideas, and didnt need to check with anybody else  but a cheerful expert at that. \"Very helpful\" doesnt even come close. \nMay I suggest that insurance companies, financial planners, cable television executives, DMV \nmanagers and others similarly situated visit a library for a demonstration of customer care? Perhaps \nthe AG, when taking damages to settle complaints, could send the money over to the library. \n \nMedia Specialists of the Year! \n \nJanice Habersham Karen Gould Linda Tiller Beth Shoemaker Montonio Reid \n \nBibb County Media Specialist of the Year Colquitt County Media Specialist of the Year Douglas County Media Specialist of the Year Dublin City Media Specialist of the Year Clayton County Media Specialist of the Year \n \nAny names missing? Send GaDOE the names of any Library Media Specialists or TOTY who were not included. \nAdvocacy Tip \nWrite (or have your students' parents write) a letter to your local paper describing what the library program adds to a student's education. \n \n Page 10 \nU.S. Department of Education Names Two Public Georgia Schools as National Green Ribbon Schools \nMay 3, 2012 -- U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan last week announced that Georgia has three (two public and one private) U.S. Department of Education National Green Ribbon Schools. The list includes 78 schools that span 29 states and D.C \n\"I congratulate Georgias three National Green Ribbon Schools,\" said State School Superintendent Dr. John Barge. \"These schools have demonstrated through a very difficult application process that they are operating more efficiently and offering a healthier environment for our students.\" \nThe 78 awarded schools were named winners from among nearly 100 nominees submitted by 30 state education agencies, the District of Columbia and the Bureau of Indian Education. More than 350 schools completed applications to their state education agencies. Among the list of winners are 66 public schools including 8 charters, and 12 private schools composed of 43 elementary, 31 middle and 26 high schools with around 50 percent representing high poverty schools. \nThrough a partnership involving the Georgia Department of Education, Lt. Governor Casey Cagle, the U.S. Green Building Council of Georgia, Georgia EPD, the Clean Air Campaign, and the Turner Foundation, four schools from Georgia were nominated to compete for the newly launched U.S. Department of Educations National Green Ribbon Schools program. \nThe three national-winning schools will split $10,000 in prize money from the Turner Foundation for demonstrating energy efficiency efforts. \nARABIA MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL Arabia Mountain High School, a DeKalb County public school, was the first LEED Certified public school in Georgia. Each year, they purchase 60% renewable energy, divert over 72 tons of waste through a robust recycling program. They have implemented water efficient fixtures for both indoor and outdoor water use, have green procurement process for cleaning supplies, paper and furniture, and it is a Clean Air School. Arabia Mountain has implemented Environmental Integrated Curriculum and currently has 100% of their students testing proficient on the science section of the Georgia High School Graduation Test. \nSPRINGDALE PARK ELEMENTARY Springdale Park Elementary School, an Atlanta public school, was certified LEED Gold and generates 18% of its energy from an onsite geothermal ground source heat pump which both heats and cools the school. The school further saves energy by using a passive solar design with daylighting, sensors, and efficient lighting fixtures. They have implemented water efficient fixtures for both indoor and outdoor water use, have green procurement process for cleaning supplies, paper, and furniture, and it is a Clean Air School. They have two onsite school gardens and 39% of the food used in the school is grown within a 200 mile radius of the campus. In every grade, the environmental science standards listed in the Georgia Performance Standards are taught applying the scientific method also known as the Characteristics of Science. \n \n Media Matters \n \nGreat idea from Susan Grigsby! \n \nPage 11 \n \nIt's that time of year when the fines accrued on student accounts have got to be paid. I have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand it is teaching responsibility but on the other hand I think it teaches nothing but how to ask Mom and Dad for money and responsibility is not part of the equation. That said, I came up with an idea this year that has worked really well so far. \nI have been telling students they can \"pay off\" their fines in creative ways: they can sing to me, play their instrument for me, draw me a picture, or create something to enhance the media center decor. They can also get a reduction of 50 cents per can for canned food they bring in to donate to our local food bank. \nI am now looking at a gallery of student created art and I can't tell you how good it makes me feel to look up and see their work. I have a beautifully drawn Lamborghini and Bugatti from a boy who is a constant library visitor but from an economically disadvantaged family. I have a beautiful colored-pencil drawing of a bird-like superhero from a girl who didn't even speak until about 6 months ago (ELL and painfully shy) but came to the library often. I have been treated to a beautiful song and I've had an orchestra student bring in her violin to play for me. Slowly I'm watching my media center fill up with the creative expressions of my students and I am delighted. \nIf your school/administration will let you do it I can tell you the pay-off is much higher than the dollar amount I would have collected. It is paying off in loyal \"customers,\" good will, and a sense of pride among my students for THEIR media center. \n \nIf I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry. ~ Emily Dickinson \n \nAdvocacy Tip \nWith the end of the year approaching, take a look back at the successful projects you taught in your library. Why not share these with your peers? Submit a plan to the Standards for the 21st-Century Learner Lesson Plan Database and have it published. AASL will send a letter to your administrator letting them know about your accomplishment. \n \n Page 12 \nHelp with Summer Reading from GALILEO and NoveList \nResearch has shown that children who participate in summer reading programs in the public library avoid the summer learning slump -- that is, the loss of reading skills we see in children who don't read over the summer. Instead, children who participate in summer reading programs tend to start school a little bit ahead of where they left off in June. \nAnd, with the end of the school year just around the corner, we know that many of you are already working on your library's summer reading programs. To help, we've put together book lists to support the 2011 Collaborative Summer Library Program. As always, there are different themes for different age levels: One World, Many Stories (children); You Are Here (teens) and Novel Destinations (adults). \nIn NoveList, you'll find youth-oriented Summer Reading lists centered on these themes: \nType summer reading in the Search For... box on the homepage, and click Search. \nFrom your Result List, click the Lists \u0026 Articles tab. \nFrom the \"Narrow Results by\" section to the left, expand the \"Publication Type\" drop-down, and then select Feature Articles. \nFrom the \"Sort by\" drop-down, select Date Descending to see the most recent lists supporting the 2011 Collaborative Summer Reading Program: \nFor Younger Kids: Summer Reading: Around the World with Reading is a fiction list featuring outstanding picture books where kids, parents, and pets travel through multicultural neighborhoods and around the world. \nFor Older Kids: Summer Reading: Life Around the World includes nonfiction books which give cultural overviews of life for older children of the world. Summer Reading: Open Up Your World with Reading lists fiction titles that will open the world to older children, creating global citizens along the way. \nFor Teens: Summer Reading: Life Experiences Around the Globe is a list of autobiographical books about early life experiences around the world. Summer Reading: Great Big World includes fiction titles encompassing realism, humor, mystery, adventure, historical fiction, and fantasy that will help teens traverse the globe through their reading. \nFind additional Best Practices information in NoveList about summer reading programs by librarians working in schools: \nFrom home page, click on Teaching with Books hyperlink on right panel. \nUnder \"NoveList Resources\" on the right panel, click on the Best Practices link. \nFrom here, scroll down the results for two short articles specifically about summer reading: \nBest Practices: Schools and Summer Reading and Best Practices: Summer Reading Lists and More! \n \n Page 13 \nCute kids and cool cats from Lee Street Elementary.(Clayton County). James Campbell build these benches for his students to sit on during story time and other activities. Check out Lee Street Elementary information on the Georgia Children's Book Award. Amazing! \nhttp://clayton.114.schooldesk.net/LibraryMedia/GAChildrensBookAward/ PictureBookNOMINEESfor2012/tabid/10357/Default.aspx \n \n Media Matters \n \nPage 14 \n \nWhen I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that American society has found one more way to destroy itself. ~ Isaac Asimov \n \n May 2012 \n \nGeorgia Department of Education \n \nSu nday \n \nMond ay \n \nApril S M TW T F S \n1234567 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 \n \nTuesday \n1 \nEmpire State Buil di ng dedi cated: 1931 \n \nWed nesday \n \nThu rsday \n \nFr iday \n \nSatu rd ay \n \n2 \n \n3 \n \n4 \n \n5 \n \nWho is Benjamin Who is Nellie T. Spock? Today Ross? is hi s birthday. \n \nColumbus fi rst visited Jamaica: 1494 \n \nFirst Americans in space: 1961 \nLeo Lionni's birthday \n \n6 \nWhat is the Hindenburg Disast er? \n \n7 \nBirthday of Robert Browning: 1812 \n \n8 \nHarry S Truman born: 1884 \n \n9 \nWoodrow Wi lson proclaims 1st Mother's Day: 1914 \n \n10 \nFirst tel ephone install ed in Whi te House: 1877 \n \n11 \nBirthday of Peter Si s: 1949- \n \n12 \nPoet and painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti born: 1828 \n \n13 \nBirthday of Norma Klein: 1938-1989 \n \n14 \nLewis and Cl ark depart fromSt. Louis: 1804 \n \n15 16 \nKatherine Anne Butt on Port er born: 1890 Gwi nnett receives fatal wound in duel: 1777 \n \n17 \nBrown v Board ofEd is decided: 1954 \n \n18 \nWhere i s Mt. St . Helens? \n \n19 \nAstronaut Di ck Scobee born: 1939 \n \n20 \nLevi Strauss pat ents copperriveted jeans: 1873 \n \n21 \nAmerican Red Cross founded: 1881 \n \n22 23 24 \n \nGreat Emi gration Margaret Wise Birthday ofMary \n \ndeparts for \n \nBrown's \n \nStolz: \n \nOregon: 1843 birthday. \n \n1920-2006 \n \nNew York Publi c \n \nLibrary \n \ndedi cated: 1911 \n \n25 26 \n \nBirthday ofRalph BramStoker's \n \nWaldo Emerson: Dracula goes on \n \n1803-1882 \n \nsale: 1897 \n \n27 \nGolden Gate Bri dge opens: 1937 \n \n28 29 \n \nSierra Club found- Who is Si r \n \ned: 1892 \n \nEdmund \n \nHillary? \n \n30 \nWho is Countee Cull en? \n \n31 \nBirthday ofWalt Whi tman: 1819 \n \nJu ne S M TW T F S \n12 3456789 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 \n \nNo thing will e ver be a tte m pted if a ll po ssi ble o bje ctio ns m us t first be o verco m e. 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Every April school librarians are encouraged to create activities to help their school and local community celebrate the essential role that strong school library programs play in a student's educational career. Read about the history of School Library Month. \nThe 2012 theme is You belong @ your library. The AASL School Library Month Committee is busy planning activities and creating resources to help school librarians celebrate. Check their website (http://www.ala.org/aasl/ aaslissues/slm/schoollibrary ) often for new materials. \n \nSelfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure. ~ Jane Austen \n \n Page 2 \n \nMedia Matters \n \nVolume 11 Number 9 \n \nQUICK FACTS ABOUT GEORGIA PUBLIC EDUCATION \n \nTotal Number of Public School Students: 1,633,596 (2010-11) 1,639,077 (2011-2012) \n \n(2011-12) \n \nRace/Ethnicity \n \nNumber \n \nPercentage \n \no White o Black o Hispanic \n \n723,476 \n \n4.1 \n \n605,878 \n \n37.0 \n \n199,252 \n \n12.2 \n \nGender o Male o Female \n \nNumber Percentage \n \n837,366 \n \n51.1 \n \n801,711 \n \n48.9 \n \no Asian \n \n56,312 \n \n3.4 \n \no Other \n \n54,159 \n \n3.3 \n \nOther Facts \n \nNumber \n \no Eligible for free/reduced lunch 988,394 \n \nPercentage 58.7 \n \no Special Education 169,954 \n \no Limited English Proficiency \n \n83,965 \n \no Students Transported (2010-11) 1,015,103 \n \n10.4 5.1 61.9 \n \n(*Percentages of advanced placement and dual enrollment are calculated based on the total number of high school students, and percentage of students enrolled in Georgia Virtual School is based on the total number of middle and high school students) \n \no Advanced Placement Enrollment (2010-11) 81,560 \n \n17.2* \n \no Dual Enrollment \n \n5,072 \n \n1.1* \n \no Enrolled in Georgia \n \nVirtual School \n \n1,938 \n \n0.2* \n \nTotal Number of Schools: \n \n2,288 (2010-11) \n \n2,289 (2011-12) \n \nNumber of schools Percentage \n \nNumber of Students \n \nPercentage \n \no Elementary \n \n1,335 \n \n58.3 \n \n791,883 \n \n48.3 \n \no Middle \n \n485 \n \n21.2 \n \n371,118 \n \n22.6 \n \no High School \n \n461 \n \n20.1 \n \n473,371 \n \n28.9 \n \no K through 12 \n \n8 \n \n0.3 \n \n2,705 \n \n0.2 \n \nCharter Schools \n \n212 \n \n-- \n \n137,423 \n \n- \n \n Media Matters \n \nVolume 11 Number 9 \n \nPage 3 \n \n1754 Twin Towers East 205 Jesse Hill Jr. Drive Atlanta, Georgia 30334 \nPhone: 404-657-9800 Fax: 404-656-5744 E-mail: jserrite@doe.k12.ga.us \n \nLive that your friends can defend you, but never have to. ~ Arnold H. Glasow \n \nThe 2012 Exemplary Library Media Program information is now available on the GaDOE website. The deadline for applications is May 31, 2012. Some of the requirements (as well as the GaDOE website) have changed this year so be sure to read the directions carefully. \n \nhttp://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/ Curriculum-and-Instruction/Documents/Exemplary%20application% 20and%20directions_2012.pdf \n \nAdvocacy Tip \nIncreasing visibility within your school community can be as simple as posting a thought-provoking question in an all-school or PTA bulletin or the school's reader board. Suggestions include: \nAre your students sometimes frustrated by the volume of information they must weed through to find their research answers? \nAre your students spending more time filtering or authenticating rather than reading and absorbing research? \nDoes your child know how to dig for the truth in research? Does your child know where to research first for unbiased information? \nThere are some places you love with your heart, and there are some places you love with your mind....the places that you love with both are called libraries. ~ Frank Delaney \n \n Media Matters \n \nPage 4 \n \nPeachtree City students win Atlanta Hawks' Poetry Slam \n \nTwo Peachtree City students took first and second places in a regional poetry contest sponsored by the Atlanta Hawks. \n \nA student from Peachtree City, Malcolm McLachlan, who attends The Campus in Peachtree City, won first place out of all 15 participants. \n \nIn second place was Morgan Ritson of McIntosh High School in Peachtree City. \n \nThese 15 students from 10 different schools in eight different counties throughout Georgia presented their poems in the final round of competition. \n \nThe theme for this year's Poetry Slam was I Was Born This Way and finalists were judged on connection to the topic, overall message and originality/ creativity. \n \nThe Hawks hosted their 4th annual Poetry Slam March 22 at Atlanta's Hard Rock Cafe. Nominations for the Atlanta Hawks Poetry Slam were accepted through Feb. 24, 2012 and open to high school students in grades 9-12 who attend school within 75 miles of Philips Arena. \n \nThese high school kids were so very impressive with what they spoke about, said Alison Sawyer, director of corporate communications for the Atlanta Hawks and Philips Arena. \n \nJudges were Willie Green, Atlanta Hawks guard; Judy Serritella, coordinator of Library Media Services, Fine Arts, and Literacy Support for the Georgia Department of Education; Devika Rao, Atlanta-based writer with a weekly column, Doing Good, in the AJC; Trent North, principal of Carrollton Middle School North. \n \nWinners: 1st  Malcolm McLachlan: The Campus in Peachtree City \n \nFrom The Citizen: newspaper of Fayette County \n \n2nd -- Morgan Ritson: McIntosh High School \n \n3rd -- Cinnamon : Temple High School \n \n Media Matters \n \nPage 5 \n \n Kingston Media Center Recognized During Open House \nby Mark Andrews Daily Tribune (Bartow County) \nIn September, Kingston Elementary School received an Exceptional Library Media Program Award, which, according to the Georgia Department of Education's Judy Serritella, \"honor[s] and recognize[s] outstanding library media programs and the library media specialists who create a nurturing environment, a place for learning outside of the classroom, and are educators in the true sense of the word.\" \nOn Friday the media center opened its doors to parents and community members to see the role the center plays at the school. \n\"[Lori Pilgrim] not only takes the role of media specialist, but she's a certified teacher as well,\" Principal Stefany Howard said. \nHoward explained Pilgrim works with teachers and the school's technology specialist to help provide supplemental instruction to students while also meeting the various media-related needs of students and teachers. \n\"[Pilgrim and the media center] are the hub of this building. ... Without her, it wouldn't be possible,\" Howard said. \"She's definitely got her hand in every academic aspect.\" \nStudents greeted guests at the open house and provided a tour for the various stations at the media center, which include a self-check out, computers for Accelerated Reader testing and a studio for producing WKES, the school's televised morning news show. \nThe students present during The Daily Tribune News' visit to the center were positive about the role the center plays at the school. \n(continued on next page) \n \n Media Matters \n \nPage 7 \n \n\"Actually, the media center is my favorite place to be. I love to read,\" said fifth-grader Breana Waynick. \nFifth-grade student Hallie Howard said she likes how Pilgrim teaches lessons that help with what she's learning in class. \n\"She goes over vocabulary and stuff with us and it's really great,\" Howard said. \nStudents like fifth-grader Lindsay Worthington work behind the scenes of the WKES morning announcement show, which informs students of the day's lunch menu, upcoming school activities, humor and trailers for books. \nFifth-grader Gyllian Thomas also works on the set and said using props like a director's clapper board, funny hats and glasses help the group reach younger students. \n\"We like to add the humor in because then all the little kindergartners and first-graders like it,\" Thomas said. \"It gets the point [across], but it's fun and everything.\" \nThroughout the library is the theme Driven To Read\" in which students are encouraged to read up to one million words during the school year, with the books being marked with their word count. \n\"The Driven To Read books are really easy to find because they have a yellow label,\" fourth-grader Joseph Forsyth said, adding he has read one million words. \nTeachers echoed Howard's statements about the role of Pilgrim and the media center being the hub of the school. \n\"Whether it's a unit or thematic unit, I can call [Pilgrim] and say, 'we're doing a unit on bugs,' and then when we'll come to the library she'll either have something through the Promethean board or story or activity to support our Georgia Performance Standards and those type of things,\" said kindergarten teacher Dana Moore. \nFourth-grade teacher Ginger Land said while the center provides technology resources, Pilgrim also continues an emphasis on reading. \n\"She has expanded [Accelerated Reader] into all different Lexile forms, different levels of books she can use, she incorporates it to where the students become aware of where they're at and how they can grow,\" Land said, adding Pilgrim has helped students become comfortable with finding items at the library. \"... They are very knowledgeable of where they can find material, not just here, but where they can find it at the community library and that expands from the classroom to community.\" \nPilgrim said while she appreciates the media center receiving state recognition, she wants parents and the community to see the value and role of media centers in schools. \n\"The award was nice, but my goal with today too was to show people in our community and our board of education what goes on in a media center nowadays,\" Pilgrim said. \"We used to have libraries, now we have media centers and everything we do supports the curriculum in some sort of way and so many people are unaware of what goes on in here and that's why I asked the students to show [visitors] what they're learning.  \n\"A lot of people think we sit at a desk and check books in and out all day and that's just a small part of what goes on in here.\" \n \nThe line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between political parties either-but right through every human heart. ~ Alexander Solzhenitsyn \n \n Media Matters \n \nPage 8 \n \n Media Matters \n \nHEARD COUNTY MIDDLE OPEN HOUSE \n \nPage 9 \n \nMedia Program `Exceptional' at HCMS \nProfessional educators from as far away as Americus, Georgia and Montgomery, Alabama came to Heard County Media Center's open house Thursday (March 15). The HCMS Media Center is one of three middle school library media programs to be selected by the Georgia Department of Education as an Exceptional Library Media Program for 2011. \nMore than 60 visitors, including Rep. Randy Nix, Heard County Commission Chair June Jackson and Heard County School Superintendent Jerry Prince attended the event. Educators from Carroll County, Pike County, Haralson County, Troup County and Alabama were among the guests who attended the event. \nThe event was hosted by HCMS Principal Mike Roberts, Media Specialist Glovis South and Media Assistant Janet Scott. Barnes \u0026 Noble, Follett Library Resources, Galileo, Renaissance Place, Scholastic and Surpass (library software company) were featured in professional learning stations set up in the media center. Visitors were able to scan QR codes for links and information and were able to ask questions to representatives from B\u0026N (J.C. Barb), Follett (Ben Myers) and GALILEO Support Services (Courtney McGough). A special learning station was set up with iPads and eReaders for a Words With Friends tournament between the top student \nContinued on next page \nStudents challenged administrators in a Words With Friends Tournament Thursday, March 15 at Heard County Middle School. The tournament was part of the media center's open house festivities. From left: Heard County Commissioner June Jackson, Riley Curbow, Anna Sims, Rep. Randy Nix, Carmen Elrod, Heard County School Superintendent Jerry Prince, Elexus Spradlin and Ashlyn James. \n \n Media Matters \nProfessionals from as far away as Forsyth, Georgia, Montgomery and Auburn, Alabama visited the media center during the Exceptional Media Program Open House. Dawn Lanca, media specialist from Pike County, won the Barnes and Noble Gift Basket. (Shown with J.C. Barb/Newnan B\u0026N). \n \nPage 10 \n \nreaders and administrators. Visitors were particularly interested in procedures for checking out eReaders (Nooks, Kindles) to students and how iPads are being used to teach technology and information literacy skills. For information about the media program at HCMS, go to http:// bravesread.net. Follow Mrs. South @BravesRead and Mr. Roberts @MikeRoberts1973 on Twitter. \nAuburn High School Media Specialist Nikki Robertson (@NikkiDRobertson) posted these comments on her blog: When I arrived at Heard County Middle School I immediately understood why Heard County Middle School received such a distinguished award. The office staff greeted me with such warmth and kindness. Then I arrived at Glovis South's (@Bravesread) exceptional library and saw students playing Words With Friends on iPads (acquired with a grant) with principal, Mike Roberts aka: @mikeroberts1973, school superintendent Jerry Prince and Representative Nix. Students can earn access to the Internet Cafe located in the library where they can play games on iPads, enjoy beverages and other perks. ... \nPrizes, including a gift basket from B\u0026N, were given throughout the day. Scholastic donated an autographed hard cover book by Brian Selznick. The school's news crew members and WWF team spoke to visitors throughout the day about the media center's reading and technology elements. \nAnna Sims shows Heard County Commissioner June Jackson how to make a play in Words With Friends. Also shown: Riley Curbow and Temple High School Media Specialist Sabrina Thompson. \n \n AASL Fifty Ways to Succeed @: Your Library Managing, Teaching, Public Relations and That Extra Effort \nBlanche Woolls (bwoolls@slis.sjsu.edu) \nManaging: Make your library appealing to all who enter. Don't put up with broken, scarred, wrong size mismatched furniture and shelving Improve your signage. Take some hints from public librarians. Merchandise your collection. Weed your collection. Change displays, bulletin boards, exhibitions frequently. Be sure you help students learn about continuing their educations. \n \nTeaching: Work with teachers and students making the teaching job easier for teachers and the learning job easier for \nstudents. Meet with teachers informally and formally and plan. Teach, with their teachers, things students need to learn. Teach your teachers all the new bells and whistles technology has to offer. Take all teachers with a smile. Share with your teachers new articles from your professional collection. Dream up new ways to approach same old same old. Be especially helpful with new teachers or things new to a teacher. Encouraging reading has always been our assignment. \n \nPublic Relations Copy Wal-Mart's greeter scheme. Watch rules. Watch and remove rules that limit students. Make sure the students understand it is their library. Overcome overdues. \n \nContinued on next page \n \n Forget fines. \n \nPage 12 \n \nResist broadcasting any negative messages over the public address system. \n \nResist negative reminders in the library. \n \nHave great programs. \n \nEncourage students to volunteer in the library. \n \nKeep the principal informed of exciting things going on in the library. \n \nMaintain a great web site where you have links to great information. \n \nKeep your principal informed about what is new in the professional literature. \n \nHave an advisory committee for the library. \n \nProvide at least one event in the library each semester to show parents. \n \nThat extra effort \n \nWatch for opportunities for proposal writing. \n \nFind out about contests in which your students can participate. \n \nFind out about field trips. \n \nDon't miss school events. \n \nShow your worth. \n \nKeep records of your successful experiences. \n \nConduct real research. \n \nMake frequent reports. \n \nVisit your legislators. \n \nInvite the school board to your school. \n \nInvite your legislators to visit your school. \n \nVolunteer to provide a session at your state conference. \n \nVolunteer to write for a professional periodical. \n \nBring in the media as often as you can. \n \nIn closing, \n \nMake sure students understand Frances Henne's description of the ultimate in information literacy: For some students, and in certain schools, this may be many students, the only library skill that they should have to acquire is an awareness imprinted indelibly and happily upon them, that the library is a friendly place where the librarians are eager to help. \n \nThink before you whine, then don't. \n \nMost of all, enjoy your job, all day, every day. The contribution you are making to the teachers and students in your school cannot be measured. \n \nSmile. \n \n Media Matters \n \nPage 13 \nI think that I shall never see a billboard lovely as a tree. Perhaps unless the billboards fall, I'll never see a tree at all. ~ Ogden Nash \nDatabase of the Month \n \nVanishing Georgia comprises nearly 18,000 photographs. Ranging from daguerreotypes to Kodachrome prints, the images span over 100 years of Georgia history. The broad subject matter of these photographs, shot by both amateurs and professionals, includes, but is not limited to, family and business life, street scenes and architecture, agriculture, school and civic activities, important individuals and events in Georgia history, and landscapes. The wide variety of the collected visual images results from efforts by archivists from the Georgia Division of Archives and History who sought, between 1975 and 1996, to preserve Georgia's endangered historical photographs. Designed primarily for preservation, the project located, selected, and copied historically significant photographs held by individuals who wanted to share their pieces of the past with future generations. The Georgia Archives joins with the Digital Library of Georgia and GALILEO (Board of Regents, University System of Georgia) to present the Vanishing Georgia images as part of the Georgia HomePLACE initiative. Support for the project is provided by a Library Services and Technology Act grant administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Georgia Public Library Service. \n \nTo err on the side of kindness is seldom an error. ~ Liz Armbruster \n \n Research Weekend: Librarians can play a key role in keeping at-risk kids in school \nhttp://www.nodropouts.org/blog/research-weekendlibrarians-can-play-key-role-keeping-risk-kids-school? rce=feedburner\u0026utm_medium=feed\u0026utm_campaign=F eed%3A+NoDropouts+%28No+Dropouts% utm_content=Google+Reader \nLibrarians can be the unsung heroes who provide personal attention, improved relationships with adults and engaging curriculum to students who are at risk of dropping out. \nThat's according to Jami L. Jones of the Department of Library Sciences at East Carolina University. In \"Dropout prevention through the school library,\" Jones offers a research-based framework to improve graduation outcomes by engaging school librarians in the fight to keep students in school. \nIn this installment of Research Weekend, they look at how librarians can be the tipping point when students are choosing whether to stay in school. \nNoting the importance of resiliency to graduation outcomes for at-risk students, Jones emphasized the role librarians can play in building caring and supportive relationships, setting high expectations and creating opportunities for meaningful participation. \nTo create supportive relationships, librarians should be accessible, encourage conversation with students by asking for their input and provide developmentally appropriate instruction. \nLibrarians can create high expectations by creating challenging and engaging lessons requiring students to stretch cognitively and intellectually and by sending messages that leave no room for excuses. Students can become engaged in meaningful participation by joining the library board or working on projects overseen by the librarian. \nTo help school leaders think about these roles, Jones created the Library Ladder of Resiliency. Its five rungs are: \nMaking connections -- students engage with a mentor. Reading -- Students who read well by grade four are much more likely to graduate than their less-literate peers. Problem-solving skills -- Students who participate in after-school activities that teach critical thinking are more likely to stay in school. Social skills -- Making and keeping friends increases a student's resiliency. Hobbies and Interests -- Librarians should encourage students to pursue their interests. That's not all librarians can offer at-risk students. Research shows that quality teaching helps keep students engaged in school -- and Jones argues that doesn't just happen in the classroom. But just like good classroom teaching, library-based instruction must offer students solid research-based curriculum, challenging goals and individualized instruction. \nAre you a part of your school's strategy for keeping at-risk students engaged? \nLove all, trust a few, do wrong to none. ~ William Shakespeare \n \n Media Matters \nMedia Specialist Jim Randolph and illustrator Mike Wimmer at the Georgia Children's Literature Conference \n \nPage 15 \n \nAuthor Jody Feldman and student Hanna Lee (who rode her bike to the conference to hear her favorite author speak). \n \nUGA Professor and Director of the Georgia Children's Literature Conference Joel Taxel with one of the many attendees. \nPeople who fly into a rage always make a bad landing. ~ Will Rogers \n \n Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. ~ William A. Ward \nA very happy parent (on left) attended the Open House. \n \nPage 16 \nOpen House at Ridgeview Charter Middle School ! \n \nLoved this display idea! \nFrom your parents you learn love and laughter and how to put one foot in front of the other. But when books are opened, you discover you have wings. ~ Helen Hayes \n \n Media Matters \n \nPage 17 \nOpen House at Medlock Bridge Elementary \nKathy Politis and Fulton County Media Coordinator Brenda Pruitt-Annisette. \nI love this picture! \n \nLoved these ideas. The book has map of Georgia and the year the title was a nominee. There is also a small sticker on the spine that indicates the nomination. The flowers were a table direction and if you look closely you can tell they are handprints of the students. \n \n April 2012 \n \nSu nday \n1 \nApril Fool's Day! \n \nGeorgia Department of Education \n \nMond ay \n \nTuesday \n \n2 \n \n3 \n \nHans Christ ian Pony Express \n \nAndersen born: established: \n \n1805-1875 \n \n1860 \n \nWhat did \n \nWashi ngt on \n \nIrving write? \n \nWed nesday \n4 \nMaya Angelou: 1928- \n \nThu rsday \n \nFr iday \n \n5 \n \n6 \n \nBooker T. \n \nWho are \n \nWashi ngt on \n \nMatthew \n \nborn: 1856-1915 Henson and \n \nRobert Perry? \n \nSatu rd ay \n7 \nBirthday of Wi lliam Wo r ds w o rth : 1770-1850 \n \n8 \nWhy is this day signifi cant t o Hank Aaron? \n \n9 \n \n10 11 12 \n \nJenkins' Ear Day: Who wrote The Apollo 13 launch- Yeah Ramona! \n \n1731 \n \nGift of the Magi? ed: 1970 \n \nToday is \n \nWho is Marian \n \nWho is Jackie \n \nBeverl y \n \nA n d ers o n ? \n \nRo b in s o n ? \n \nCleary's \n \nbirthday! \n \n13 14 \nWho was the 3rd AbrahamLincoln president of the assasinated: United States? 1865 \n \n15 16 17 \n \nThe Titanic sinks. 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Map and Government Information Library"],"edm_is_shown_by":["https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ggpd_i-ga-be300-pi51-bp1-bm4-b11-s8-belec-p-btext"],"edm_is_shown_at":["https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_ggpd_i-ga-be300-pi51-bp1-bm4-b11-s8-belec-p-btext"],"dcterms_temporal":null,"dcterms_rights_holder":null,"dcterms_bibliographic_citation":null,"dlg_local_right":null,"dcterms_medium":["state government records"],"dcterms_extent":null,"dlg_subject_personal":null,"iiif_manifest_url_ss":null,"dcterms_subject_fast":null,"fulltext":"March 2012 \nVolume 11, Number 8 \n \nMedia Matters \nA newsletter for people who care about Library Media Programs \n \nInside this issue: \n \nHurrah Tracy \n \n2 \n \nPrograms we offer \n \n3 \n \nPicture Perfect Science 4 \n \nGALILEO and Common 5 Core \n \nOpen House invites \n \n7 \n \nSchool for the Deaf \n \n9 \n \nBritannica \n \n10 \n \nTeen Tech Week \n \n11 \n \nand more \n \nKSU Literature \n \n12 \n \nConference \n \nHolocaust Learning \n \n13 \n \nTrunks \n \nChildren's Literature 14 Conference \n \nDatabase of the Month 15 \n \nNominees \n \n16 \n \nCalendar \n \n19 \n \nUpcoming Exemplary/Exceptional Library Media Program Open Houses \nMarch 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 \n \n Page 2 \nMaking education work for all Georgians! \nPhone: 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 \n \nVolume 11, Number 8 \nYou'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 \nJan 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. \n \nWay to go Tracy! \nTracy 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. \nMrs. 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. \nPlease brag...send your story to jserrite@doe.k12.ga.us \n \nAdvocacy Tip \nIs 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. \n \n Media Matters \n \nPage 3 \n \nThe information above is taken from the 2011 Feedback Form. The collaborated library media instruction should be 100%...not 89%. \n \n  Media Matters \n \nGALILEO and Common Core State Standards \nKaren Minton \n \nPage 5 \n \nOne 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. \nTeachers 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. \n \nOther 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 \nContinued on next page \nWhen you teach your son, you teach your son's son. ~ The Talmud \n \n Media Matters \n \nPage 6 \n \ndescribing 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. \n \nWhile 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. \nBoth 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. \nNew 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/ \n \n   Advocacy Tip \nTake a 30 second library idea to EVERY faculty meeting--something to make someone's job easier. \n \nPage 9 \n \nAdvocacy Tip \nConsider 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 \nIf you surrender to the wind, you can ride it. ~ Toni Morrison \n \n Media Matters \n \nPage 10 \n \nEasy Access to Teacher Resources Aligned to the Common Core State Standards \u0026 Georgia Performance Standards \n \nWith 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. \n \nBest 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. \n \nFind 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. \n \nChoose a subject and grade level and then select the Common Core Standards link. \n \nThe standards will be displayed and you can see educational materials that support specific standards by clicking \"materials correlated to this standard\". \n \nCommon Core Standards \nLanguage Arts Reading Writing Literature Information Literacy \n \nMathematics Mathematical Practices Number and Operations \nMeasurement and Data Geometry Functions \n \nSpeaking and Listening College and Career Readiness \n \nExpressions and Equations Statistics and Probability \n \nResources for All Subjects K-12 \nFind 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. \nYou'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. \n \nGeorgia Learning Standards \nScience Earth Sciences Life Sciences Physical Sciences Scientific Inquiry \n \nSocial Studies \nGeography American History World History Humanities \u0026 Culture Civics \u0026 Government \n \n Media Matters \n \nPage 11 \n \nTeen Tech Week - March 4-10, 2012: http://www.ala.org/teentechweek \nTeen 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. \nContact the ALA Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA, a division of ALA) with questions. \n \nFreedom 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 \u0026 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. \nYou can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him. ~ Leo Aikman \n \n Media Matters \n \nPage 12 \nYou cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson \n \nKennesaw State University Annual Conference on Literature for Children \u0026 Young Adults \nWednesday, 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/ \nWe all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness. ~ Booker T. Washington \n \n Media Matters \n \nPage 13 \n \nThe 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. \nThe 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. \nTeachers 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. \nEncourage 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 \nThey 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. \nThe website is a good place to seek direction or obtain more information about the project. \nAdvocacy Tip \nFlex the facility: make the space as flexible as possible so that students can collaborate on projects or work alone, depending on what they need. \n \n Media Matters \n \nPage 14 \n \nDon't miss this conference! \n \nThe 43rd Annual Conference on Children's Literature \n \nThe 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 \n \nPlease 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. \nhttp://georgiapeachaward.org/2011-2012-vote-voting-ends-midnightmarch-15-2012 \n \nAdvocacy Tip \nLibrary as Service Project: Offer community service credit to students who volunteer in the library as shelvers or  better yet  as tutors. \n \n Media Matters \n \nPage 15 \nCheck out the Heard County Middle School Media Center blog: http://www.bravesread.net/index.html \n \nDatabase of the Month \nSanborn 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. \nThere 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 \n \n Georgia Book Award (Gr. 4-8) Final List (2012-2013) \nBooks for Younger Audiences (Gr. 4-6) \nShang, 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 \nBooks Spanning the Audience Continuum (Gr. 4-8) \nBauer, 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. \nBooks for Older Audience (Gr. 6-8) \nShulman, P. (2010). The Grimm Legacy. Puffin Books. Magoon, K. (2009). The Rock and the River. Aladdin Books Myers, W. D., \u0026 Workman, R. (2011). Kick. HarperCollins Reedy, T. (2011). Words in the Dust. New York, NY: Scholastic \nAlternates \nSachar, 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 \n \n Picture Book Nominees 2012-2013 \nAverbeck, 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 \u0026 Max. Clarion Books. Woodson, Jacqueline.. (2010). Pecan Pie Baby. Illus. by Sophie Blackall. Putnam. \nAlternates Birtha, Becky. (2010). Lucky Beans. Illus. by Nicole Tadgell. Albert Whitman \u0026 Company. \n \n Media Matters \n \nVolume 11, Number 8 \n \nPage 18 \n \nThe nominees for the 2012-2013 Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers (Grades 9 - 12) have been selected! \n \nTitle 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 \n \nAuthor Perkins, Stephanie Sepetys, Ruta Roth, Veronica O'Neal, Ellis Ryan, Amy Kathleen Skloot, Rebecca Carbone, Elisa Whitney, Daisy Johnson, Maureen Cook, Trish \u0026 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 \n \n March 2012 \n \nGeorgia Department of Education \n \nSu nday \n \nMond ay \n \nF ebru ary S M TW T F S \n1234 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 \n \nTuesday \n \nWed nesday \n \nApril S M TW T F S \n1234567 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 \n \nThu rsday \n \nFr iday \n \n1 \n \n2 \n \n1st Census: \n \nDr. Seuss's \n \n1790 \n \nbirthday!! \n \nWho is Frederick Why was he \n \nChopin? \n \nawarded the \n \nPuli tzer Prize \n \nin 1984? \n \nSatu rd ay \n3 \nPatricia MacLachl an: 1938- \n \n4 \n \n5 \n \nDav Pil key's MemFox born: birthday: 1966- 1946- \n \n6 \nWho is Eli zabeth Barrett Browning? \n \n7 \nWhere i s the Suez Canal? \n \n8 \nPuri m \n \n9 \n \n10 \n \nBattle ofthe \n \nDaniel Boone \n \nMonitor and \n \nhired t o cut \n \nMerrimac: 1862 Wi lderness \n \nRoad: 1775 \n \n11 12 \n \nBirthday of \n \nVirginia \n \nEzra Jack Keats: Hamilton's \n \n1916-1983 \n \nbirthday: \n \n1936-2002 \n \n13 14 15 \n \nImpeachment charges against Pres. Johnson: 1868 \n \nEli Whitney pate- Birthday of \n \nnted cotton gin: Andrew \n \n1794 \n \nJack s o n : \n \nWho is \n \n1767-1845 \n \nMarguerit e de \n \nAngeli? \n \n16 \nSid Flei schman born: 1920-2010 \n \n17 \nSt. Pat rick's Day! \n \n18 \nJohn Updike born: 1932-2009 \n \n19 20 \n \n1st bank robbery in U.S.: 1831 \n \nFred Rogers born: 1928-2003 \nLois Lowry born: 1937- \n \n21 \nSel ma, Alabama Civi l Rights March: 1965 \n \n22 \nWho is Randolph Caldecott? \n \n23 24 \n \nWho said \"Give 26th Amendment \n \nme liberty or \n \nratified: 1971 \n \ngive me death\"? \n \n25 26 \n \nTriangle \n \nWhat is your \n \nShirtwaist Fire: favorit e \n \n1911 \n \nRobert Frost \n \npoem? \n \n27 \nPonce deLeon s ig h ted Florida: 1512 \n \n28 \n1st picture book for children: 1592 What is your favorite picture book? \n \n29 \nBirthday ofCy Young: 18671955 \n \n30 31 \n \nBirthday of \n \nEiffel Tower \n \nVincent Van \n \nopens: 1889 \n \nGogh: 1853-1890 \n \nMa y yo ur bl es sings o utnum ber the sha m ro cks tha t gro w, a nd m ay tro uble a vo id yo u whe re ver yo u go . ~ Irish bl es sing \n \n "},{"id":"dlg_ggpd_i-ga-be300-pi51-bp1-bm4-b11-s6-belec-p-btext","title":"Media matters, Vol. 11, Issue 6 (Jan. 2012)","collection_id":"dlg_ggpd","collection_title":"Georgia Government Publications","dcterms_contributor":["Georgia. 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Here are a few suggestions..... \n1. Look at the Exemplary Library Media Program rubric. You may decide to apply for the award or focus on one of the criteria and work to improve your Library Media program. \n2. Build a rapport with your faculty and staff. If you already have a good relationship, think of ways to make it even stronger. Mentor a new library media specialist. \n3. Attend grade level or subject area meetings. Go prepared with ideas to help. \n4. Know the GaDOE policies concerning Library Media. \n5. Read Information Power, learn the AASL Standards, become familiar with the Common Core and Georgia Performance Standards....those standards are OUR standards. \n6. Make the Library Media Center the vital hub of your school. \n7. Serve on your school's leadership team. \n8. Keep current with the literature, take a course, teach or take a professional development class. \n9. Join GLMA, GLA, GAIT, AASL, and/or ALA. Don't just join---get involved. \n10. Remember what it was like to be a classroom teacher. Remember what it was like to be a student. \n11. Say Thank You a lot. \n12. Clean your desk at least once a week. \n13. Create a newsletter for your students, parents, faculty. \n14. Use the wonderful resources from Georgia Public Broadcasting; use and promote GALILEO. \n15. Enjoy your job....people know when you are passionate about something....be passionate about students, learning, technology, reading, teaching. \n \n Media Matters \n \nPage 2 \n \nCaroline Kennedy to Librarians: \"Your work is truly life changing.\" \nCaroline Kennedy was the keynote speaker at the recent Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times \"I Love My Librarian\" Award Ceremony in New York City. The program is administered by the American Library Association's Campaign for America's Libraries. The event honored ten librarians who were recognized for service to their communities, schools, and campuses. More than 1,700 library patrons nominated a librarian. The event was part of the Carnegie Corporation's Centennial Celebration. You can find the entire speech at this website: \nhttp://www.atyourlibrary.org/culture/caroline-kennedy-librarians-your-work-truly-life-changing \nPhotograph from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Kennedy \nFrom her speech: \n\"Classroom libraries play a vital role in student's intellectual development, and school libraries fill a larger void in their lives. A great school library becomes the heart of the school and the center of the larger community. A great school librarian understands that kids can't succeed without the support of parents, teachers, business partners and 21st century research and writing skills.\" \n \nThere is no such thing as gratitude unexpressed. If it is unexpressed, it is plain, old-fashioned ingratitude. ~ Robert Brault \nAdvocacy Tip \nTo keep time spent reshelving books to a minimum, consider providing section specific markers (painted dowel rods, bookmarks, paint stirrers) that students can use to mark the space where the book they are browsing was pulled from. \n \n Volume 11 Number 6 \n \nPage 3 \n \nHenry Rollins: The Column! Henry Speaks On His Consciousness-Expanding Trip to the Library of Congress With Ian MacKaye \n \nby Henry Rollins Originally appeared September 9, 2011 in the LA Weekly \n \nPage 3 \n \nI have just wrapped one of the better days this year. It only finished several minutes ago, as midnight draws near. \n \nI met up with Ian MacKaye at the intersection of Pennsylvania and Seventh Street in downtown D.C. at 11 a.m. Our first stop was at the National Archives. We have a friend there who allows us to come in and view some of the rarer documents the massive building holds. \n \nOur contact got us visitor IDs, and we went through security checks and rounds of phone calls and code-required doors before finally arriving at a very thick and heavy door that opened like a bank vault. \n \nWe step inside and sit down in the chairs provided; walking around, pulling open the drawers, or looking into any of the countless boxes is a no-go. Why? The room we are sitting in holds documents from the first 26 years of America's governmental workings. It is my second visit, and I am even more excited than I was the first time. \n \nOur contact has prepared documents for us to look at. They come out of drawers and boxes big and small. Highlights include letters from Thomas Jefferson, the first and last pages of George Washington's inaugural speech -- written in his own hand -- and Abraham Lincoln's letter to Congress authorizing Ulysses Grant to be put in charge of the Union armies. For fun, our contact has brought in Frank Zappa's notes read at the Parents Music Resource Center hearings. Hilarious. \n \nOne of the high points for me was a draft of the Bill of Rights, as it went back and forth between the two houses of Congress. What became the Second Amendment had several more words to it, while the last words of what became the 10th Amendment -- \" ... or to the people.\" -- were a handwritten addition. Wow! I can't tell you how awesome it was to see that. The other high point was reading the words of Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln out loud with Ian. Perfection. \n \nAfter two hours of amazing viewing, our contact had work to attend to, so we thanked him profusely and left, vowing to come back again. Our contact must be a glutton for punishment, as he said that would be just fine. \n \nOur next stop was the Library of Congress, where Ian has the hookup. Apparently, the LOC heard about Ian's collection of Dischord Records and punk-rock ephemera and asked to take a look. They are now helping Ian catalog the pieces. \n \nFor two hours we are allowed to walk all over the place and visit with different departments. We first meet with people who are meticulously repairing books from as far back as the 15th century, from Thomas Jefferson's prayer book to a book from Susan B. Anthony's collection with her handwritten notes on the cover. The work is very careful and very slow. Different countries in different times used different bindings, adhesives and paper. Repair must be historically considered, lest we lose a one-of-a-kind book. \n \nThese people are all about collecting, databasing and preserving. I am in my element. We are having conversations about acid-free paper and Mylar L-sleeves! Be still, my fanatic heart. \n \nFrom there, it was off to the audio department. They were waiting for us. They had laid out a few of the millions of pieces of vinyl in their care. Stooges, first album, white label promo, date-stamped August 1969. I pulled out the LP. Unplayed. The superwide band holding the song \"We Will Fall\" reflected back at me, screaming, \"I am pristine! \n \nContinued on next page \n \n Media Matters \n \nPage 4 \n \nContinued from previous page \nWorship me!\" Stooges and MC5 singles, unplayed, looking as new as the day they were pressed. Original Harry Partch, Sun Ra and Fugs LPs, decades old, mint new. I looked up from this table of vinyl and, to my left, saw an old record player standing against the wall. Who do you think it belonged to? Good guess, you're right: Thomas Edison. Fanatic overload! \nI have been gathering audio and other music-related materials for more than 30 years now and have seen some serious collections in my time, but the LOC is the biggest dog in the yard. I told one of the people there about some seven-inch punk rock acetates I had just acquired, and his eyes lit up. That's at least two people who care! \nI know that collector types can be a pain in the neck and seem perpetually frozen in time -- or at least in their parents' basement -- but someone has to look out for the past, lest it slip away forever. It was amazing to be around people who are dedicated to making sure there is a trail, who work with painstaking care to maintain the integrity of what came before. I was told I was doing the right thing by diligently saving fliers in acid-free protectors and transferring my analog sources to digital, and to keep up the good work. \nA day of nonstop awe and inspiration. Whenever any great song or album gets lost in the ether, someone is deprived of the joy of hearing it, and the great effort of those who created and recorded the work is damaged. Thankfully, the fanatics are there to make sure the jam session never stops. \n \nEach year GLMA and GAIT co-sponsor the Georgia School Library Media Specialist of the Year award to recognize K-12 library media specialists whose services have resulted in exemplary library media programs. \nEach school system may select one library media specialist for this award. From those chosen for the system level award, one media specialist is chosen as the district Library Media Specialist of the Year. Each district represents a different region of Georgia. \nThe state Library Media Specialist of the Year is selected from the district winners and will be announced at the Georgia Council of Media Organizations (COMO) conference. \nAdditional details and an application can be found at \nhttp://www.glma-inc.org/ \nJoan Abraham, NBCT 2009 DeKalb Library Media Specialist of the Year Princeton Elementary School 1321 South Deshon Road Lithonia, GA 30058678-875-3020 \nJoan_E_Abraham@fc.dekalb.k12.ga.us \n \n Media Matters \n \nPage 5 \n \nAdvocacy Tip \nLegislators and other political officials love to receive mail from children that can be displayed on their office walls or on a hall bulletin board outside their office door. Make posters or collages featuring photos of children using items purchased with funding provided by the politicians (for example, computers or the state digital librarywhatever the funding purchased). Make a big headline: Thank You, Senator or Representative or Mayor _________ for the _______. Leave a space for the children to sign their names at the bottom. Eye-catching glossy posters will be more likely to be displayed thus more likely to keep your library in the politician's mind. \n \nThe 43rd Annual Conference on Children's Literature \nThe Georgia Children's Book Award was established in 1968 by Sheldon Root, a Professor in the Department of Language Education at the University of Georgia. The award is given in two categories--picture books (grades K-4) and middle grades (4-8). \nEach year titles are nominated by teachers and library media specialists and the twenty selected books are presented to students in appealing and meaningful ways. Curricular activities connected to the books are developed. Students vote for their favorite and the authors and/or illustrators often attend the conference as featured speakers. \nThis year's conference will be held in Athens on March 23rd and 24th. Featured speakers include: Jody Feldman (The GollyWhopper Games), Meghan McCarthy (Aliens are Coming! The true account of the 1938 War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast), Carole Weatherford (Becoming Billie Holiday), Barbara O'Connor (Moonpie and Ivy) and Mike Wimmer (Train Song). \nhttp://gcbac.com/ \n \nHELP WANTED \nReaders/reviewers to read the applications for the 2012 Exemplary Library Media Program. Please send an email to: jserrite@doe.k12.ga.us if you would like to help with the evaluation process. \nWe have not been able to upload any new information to the GaDOE webpage. The information posted about the 2011 Exemplary Program is, for the most part, still accurate. The deadline and due dates will, of course, be updated. \n \n Media Matters \n \nPage 6 \n \nThere are so many indicators that children are living digital lives. A recent example is the report from The Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop entitled, \"Always Connected: the new digital media habits of young children.\" \n \nHere is a snapshot of their findings: \n Children have more access to all kinds of digital media and are spending more time during the day with them than ever before. \n Not all children have access to newer digital technologies, nor do all children use media in the same ways once they do own them. Family income continues to be a barrier to some children owning technology, even as the price of devices falls. \n Lower-income, Hispanic, and African American children consume far more media than their middle-class and white counterparts. \n Children appear to shift their digital media habits around age 8, when they increasingly open their eyes to the wide world of media beyond television. \n Mobile media appears to be the next \"it\" technology, from handheld video games to portable music players to cell phones. Kids like to use their media on the go. \n \n7 Great resolutions \n1. Eat right 90% of the time; eat whatever you want 10% of the time. 2. Get as much sleep as you need to be happy, healthy, and fun to be around. 3. Make up creative excuses to get MORE exercise. 4. Do something every day that makes you LAUGH out loud. 5. Take a walk or get some other exercise whenever you feel stressed. 6. Go outside and play at least once a week. 7. Limit TV to one hour a day or less. \nSource: The Hope Heart Institute, Seattle \n \n Our Favorite Books! \n \nReader Ahna Chastain Amy Altman Amy Crosby \nAmy Golemme Amy Redmond Amy Rubin Ann Dietrich Ann M. Rogers Barbara Powell-Schager Beth Bridges Beth Ogletree \nBetsy Clem Bobbie Strickland Cara Harpin Carla Gaddy Carla Gregory Charlene Hubbard Charmaine MacKenzie \nCheryl Youse Chesann Thompson Christi Harp \n \nSchool Oglethorpe County Middle Statesboro High \n \nTitle Unbroken \nUnlocked \n \nAuthor Laura Hillenbrand \nKaren Kingsbury \n \nSanders Elementary \n \nIf On a Winter's Night a Italo Calvino Traveler \n \nCollins Hill High \n \nFall of Giants \n \nKen Follett \n \nRockmart Middle \n \nMatched \n \nAlly Condie \n \nFindley Oaks \n \nHeart of a Samurai \n \nMargi Preus \n \nDalton High \n \nBetween Shades of Gray Ruta Sepetys \n \nSwainsboro Elementary \n \nMatched \n \nAlly Condie \n \nBig Shanty Intermediate The Lemon Tree \n \nSandy Talon \n \nArnold Magnet Academy The Book Thief \n \nMarkus Zusak \n \nRehoboth Road Middle Northwest Whitfield High \n \nAll books by Margaret Maron \nOkay for Now \n \nGary D. Schmidt \n \nBerrien Middle McClure Middle \n \nThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo The Son of Neptune \n \nStieg Larsson Rick Riordan \n \nMt. Carmel Elementary \n \nSarah's Key \n \nTatiana de Rosnay \n \nSmitha Middle West Fannin Elementary \n \nWhere the Mountain Meets the Moon Scorpia Rising \n \nGrace Lin Anthony Horowitz \n \nDuluth Middle \n \nAcross the Universe \n \nBeth Revis \n \nColquitt County High \n \nThe Hunger Games (all three) \n \nSuzanne Collins \n \nLindsey Elementary \n \nWillow Run \n \nPatricia Reilly Giff \n \nOla Middle \n \nHunger Games \n \nSuzanne Collins \n \nChristina Badowski Christine Bunn \n \nNew Mountain Hill Elementary Jessie Rice Elementary \n \nChristine Miller \n \nSalem High \n \nChristine Whatley-Wilcox Dougherty County \n \nThe Help \nThe Christmas Tapestry \nLast Night I Sang to the Monster The Help \n \nKathryn Stockett Patricia. Polacco. Benjamin Alire Saenz Kathryn Stockett \n \n Media Matters Cindy Evans \nCissie Burley Connie Van Brackle Darlene Cook Dawn Adams Dawn Hall Debbie Baker Debbie Lindblad Debbie Sutherland Deborah Holmes Denise Hornsby Diana Evans Diane Tyner Diane W. Hassler Donita Hinckley Doreen Smith Elaine Willis Ellen Scripture Evelyn T. Eiland \nFred Danes Heather Kindschy Helen Dunn Jackie Ashman Jane Bentley \nJanet Campbell Jermiah Jones Jill Hanson \n \nChattooga High \n \nIn Harm's Way \n \nDoug Stanton \n \nJM Odom Elementary \n \nListen \n \nRene Gutteridge \n \nLee County Primary \n \nThe Poisonwood Bible Barbara Kingsolver \n \nGarrison Pilcher Elementary Northside Elementary \n \nThe Help \n \nKathryn Stockett \n \nPictures of Hollis Woods Patricia Riley Giff \n \nForsyth Central High \n \nSouth of Broad \n \nPat Conroy \n \nNorth Jackson Elementary Oglethorpe Charter \n \nThe Cheshire Cheese Cat: A Dickens of a Tale Hunger Games \n \nCarmen Agra Deedy Suzanne Collins \n \nJ.R. Stringfellow \n \nElephants Cannot Dance Mo Willems \n \nMartinez Elementary \n \nCutting for Stone \n \nAbraham Verghese \n \nTunnel Hill Elementary \n \nThe Help \n \nKathryn Stockett \n \nBennett's Mill Middle \n \nThe Help \n \nKathryn Stockett \n \nGladden Middle \n \nOut of My Mind \n \nSharon Draper \n \nCartersville Middle \n \nHunger Games \n \nSuzanne Collins \n \nMacIntyre Park Middle \n \nHunger Games Trilogy Suzanne Collins \n \nWarner Robins High \n \nMatched \n \nAlly Condie \n \nIrwin County Middle/High Southeast Bulloch High \n \nDivergent \n \nVeronica Roth \n \nSaving CeeCee Honeycut Beth Hoffman \n \nCusseta Road Elementary A R Johnson Magnet \n \nThe Yellow Star: The Legend of King Christian X of Denmark \nTwenty Thirty \n \nCarmen Agra Deedy Albert Brooks \n \nWalton High \n \nWhen You Reach Me \n \nRebecca Stead \n \nWest Hall High \n \nI Am the Messenger \n \nMichael Zusak \n \nC.R.S.C.N. \n \nA Walk in the Woods \n \nBill Bryson \n \nBuchanan Primary \n \nSarah's Key \n \nTatiana De Rosnay \n \nCross Creek Elementary The Reading Promise \n \nPeek's Chapel Elementary Now You See Her \n \nAtlanta Neighborhood Charter \n \nThe Apothecary \n \nAlice Ozma James Patterson Maile Meloy \n \nPage 8 \n \n Media Matters Jo Dennin Jolynn Cichocki Julie Bigham Karen Hickey Karen Merrick Kathi Vanderbilt Kathleen Disney Kathy Bonnell Kellie Hall Kim Marshall Kristine Mitchell Laurie Crooks Leigh-Ann Hunt Linda Ostrow Lindy Pals Lisa Smith Liz Mason Lora J Taft Lynn Bradley Lynn Dye Lynne Suarez Margaret Hall Margo Young Margo Young Marion Sanford Marla Sellers Mary Beth Duty \n \nThe Heritage School South Forsyth High South Paulding Middle Flowery Branch Elementary Pike County Middle Allatoona High Vanderlyn Elementary Clements Middle Ringgold High Sandy Creek High Blanchard Elementary Stone Mountain Elementary Ashworth Middle Coastal Middle Jefferson Middle Northgate High Tutt Middle Pine Ridge Elementary Sandy Springs Middle Keheley Elementary Heritage Elementary H. V. Jenkins High Cook Middle Cook Middle Calhoun High Fort Valley Middle Stripling Elementary \n \nPage 9 \n \nThe Red Umbrella \nWhen Crickets Cry \nThe Misadventures of Maude March Moon Over Manifest \n \nChristina Gonzalez Charles Martin Audrey Couloumbi Clare Vanderpool \n \nThe Help Divergent A Moveable Feast Pale Demon Hunger Games The Help A Discovery of Witches The Gingerbread Man Loose in the School School, Inside Out and Back Again The Help Dead End in Norvelt Matched Storyteller Mockingbird The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie Under the Dome The Help The Rose of Sebastopol The Help The Help The Help One Crazy Summer Young Fredle \n \nKathryn Stockett Victoria Roth Ernest Hemingway Kim Harrison Suzanne Collins Kathryn Stockett Deborah Harkness Laura Murray Thanhha Lai Kathryn Stockett Jack Gantos Allyson Condie Patricia Reilly Giff Kathryn Erskine C. Alan Bradley Stephen King Kathryn Stockett Katharine McMahon Kathryn Stockett Kathryn Stockett Kathryn Stockett Rita Williams-Garcia Cynthia Voigt \n \n Media Matters Mary Lou Wallace Matt Osborn Matthew Parsnick Michelle Maddox Mimi Mayberry-White Myra Springfield Natalie Kennedy Neely Hudson Nicole Dineen Pamela C Kelly Patti Hutchison \nPaula Shuff Rachel Carter \nRenae McNeely Ron Akerman Roslyn Wells Ruth Molares Sally Chandler Sarah Barfield \nSharon Tinnan \nStephanie Conley Susan Fuentes Tamara Forrest \nTemeka Butts \n \nPage 10 \n \nRichmond County Arabia Mountain High Sky View Elementary St. Marys Elementary Glynn Middle Bagley Middle Valdosta High Greene County High Trip Elementary Alpharetta High Milton High \nGreenbrier Elementary Sonoraville Middle \nSwainsboro Middle Crisp County Middle Richmond County Liberty Middle Mercer Middle Shirley Hills Elementary \nHerschel Jones Middle Haymon Morris Middle \n \nHunger Games \n \nSuzanne Collins \n \nA Dance With Dragons George R. R. Martin \n \nOne Fine Day \n \nNonny Hogrogian \n \nOut of My Mind \n \nSharon Draper \n \nThe Book Thief \n \nMarkus Zusak \n \nPeople of the Book \n \nGeraldine Brooks. \n \nThe Sugar Queen \n \nSarah Addison Allen \n \nColdest Winter Ever \n \nSister Souljah \n \nEvery Soul a Star \n \nWendy Mass \n \nThe Help \n \nKathryn Stockett \n \nTeaching with Poverty in Mind: What Being Poor Does to Kids' Brains and What Schools Can Do about It Game of Thrones \nUnbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption The Tender Heart \n \nEric Jensen \nGeorge R.R. Martin Laura Hillenbrand Andy Andrews \n \nTommy's Honor \n \nKevin Cook \n \nEmily's Christmas Gifts Emily Post \n \nMichael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25 Game of Thrones \n \nRichard Paul Evans George R.R. Martin \n \nThe Redeemer (The Reluctant Demon Diaries) \n \nLinda Rios Brook \n \nTiger's Curse \n \nColleen Houck \n \nMockingbird \n \nKathryn Erskine \n \nSmiley Elementary Creekside High \nMacon County Middle \n \nThe Help \nSome People, Some Other Place \nI Beat the Odds: From Homelessness, to The Blind Side, and Beyond \n \nKathryn Stockett J. California Cooper \nMichael Oher \n \n Media Matters \n \nPage 11 \n \nTerri Massey Tess MacMillan \nTina Launey Tommy Tatum Tracey Kell \nVicki Lovin Yvonne Stuart \n \nCommerce High \n \nThe Help \n \nKathryn Stockett \n \nRiver Trail Middle Belmont Hills Elementary \n \nNot Much, Just Chillin': The Secret Life of Middle Schoolers \nThe Help \n \nLinda Perlstein Kathryn Stockett \n \nAdairsville Middle \n \nOnce a Spy \n \nKeith Thomson \n \nChestatee Academy Morgan County Middle \n \nHeaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of his Trip to Heaven and Back \nThe Help \n \nTodd Burpo Kathryn Stockett \n \nHutchings Career Center The Help \n \nKathryn Stockett. \n \n1754 Twin Towers East 205 Jesse Hill Jr. Drive Atlanta, Georgia 30334 \nPhone: 404-657-9800 Fax: 404-656-5744 E-mail: jserrite@doe.k12.ga.us \n \nOne kind word can warm three winter months. ~ Japanese Proverb \nAdvocacy Tip \nStart planning for next year! Check out AASL's calendar of Library Promotional Events and ALA's list of Celebration Weeks \u0026 Promotional Events. Look for celebrations that you can collaboratively plan events for or opportunities to invite guests into your library. \n \nGod gave us memory so that we might have roses in December. ~ James Barrie \n \n Media Matters \n \nPage 12 \n \nJust for fun.... \nThere is no doubt that many treasured recipes came about through accidental invention in the kitchen, but we must single out one of the most enduring -- and delicious -- of these recipes: the chocolate chip cookie. \nRuth Wakefield had worked as a dietitian and food lecturer before buying an old toll house outside of Boston with her husband. Traditionally, toll houses were places weary travelers paid their road tolls, grabbed a quick bite and fed their horses. Wakefield and her husband converted the toll house into an inn with a restaurant. One day in 1930, Wakefield was baking up a batch of Butter Drop Do cookies for her guests. The recipe called for melted chocolate, but Wakefield had run out of baker's chocolate. She took a Nestle chocolate bar, crumbled it into pieces and threw it into her batter, expecting the chocolate pieces to melt during baking. Instead, the chocolate held its shape, and the chocolate chip cookie was born. \nNestle noticed that sales of its chocolate bars jumped in Mrs. Wakefield's corner of Massachusetts, so they met with her about the cookie, which was fast gaining a reputation among travelers. At Wakefield's suggestion, they began scoring their chocolate (cutting lines into the bar that allow for easier breaking) and then, in 1939, they began selling Nestle Toll House Real Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels. The Wakefield cookie recipe was printed on the back of the package; in exchange, Ruth Wakefield received free chocolate for life. \nFrom : http: //science.howstuffworks.com \n \nAdvocacy Tip \nShare the 2011 School Library Counts! survey results with your colleagues. Does your school include digital citizenship in its curriculum? If not, consider collaborating with classroom teachers and/or technology instructors in teaching your students appropriate and responsible technology use. www.ala.org/aasl/slcsurvey \nEverybody can be great because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't need to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love. \nMartin Luther King, Jr. \n \n Media Matters \n \nPage 13 \n \nJanuary Webinars: \nOrganizational Storytelling for Librarians: Using Stories for Leadership, Community, and Advocacy \nTuesday, January 10, 2012 2 pm 60 min \nEarly Registration: https://oclc.webex.com/oclc/onstage/g.php?t=a\u0026d=710379596 \nJoin us for this webinar to learn about the process of leading and managing through organizational storytelling. Librarians can use personal stories within the organization for leadership (tell them who you are and why you are here), team building (sharing your vision effectively, rediscovering and honoring the mission of the organization), and moving through change (honoring the past as you move toward the future; listening to others, communicating your goals through story). Learn how to \"retool\" storytelling with new concepts of organizational storytelling gleaned from business and other sectors, with specific examples and powerful tools to improve library communication and advocacy. Also hear effective library stories and learn tactics shared by \"story\" expert Robert McKee who uses screenwriting methods to bring truth and tension to storytelling. In this webinar, co-sponsored by ALA TechSource and WebJunction, hear how libraries tell their story to strengthen organizations, build community and to amplify the value they bring to their communities. \nPresenters: Kate Marek , professor at Dominican University's Graduate School of Library and Information Science, and author of Organizational Storytelling for Librarians (ALA, 2011); and Chris Rippel , head of continuing education, Central Kansas Library System. \n \nDeveloping and Maintaining E-Reader Policies and Procedures for Libraries \nTuesday, January 31, 2012 2 pm 60 min \nEarly Registration: https://oclc.webex.com/oclc/onstage/g.php?t=a\u0026d=717919875 \nAs debates rage on about e-books, publishers and privacy, how are libraries approaching policies for managing e - readers? Join us for this webinar focused on the nuts and bolts of serving patrons with gadgets , including policies and procedures for libraries lending e-readers and for patrons using their own readers to access library e-book collections. Hear from a library who has e - reader policies and procedures in place, including how they review and update polices ; and from a library that has recently developed policies and procedures after researching and learning from many other libraries. \nPresenters: David Newyear , adult information services manager, Mentor Public Library, Ohio; and Daniel Schwartz , library director, Butt-Holdsworth Memorial Library, Kerrville, Texas. \n \nO, wind, if Winter comes, can Spring be far behind? ~ Percy Bysshe Shelley \n \n Media Matters \n \nPage 14 \n \nFebruary Webinars: \nCloud Computing 101 Thursday, February 9 2 pm 60 min Early Registration: https://oclc.webex.com/oclc/onstage/g.php?t=a\u0026d=713233359 Cloud computing seems to be all the rage, but what actually is it? This overview presentation will explain what cloud computing offers libraries, how libraries are using these services, and what you should consider when thinking about using a cloud service in your library. A distinction between services for end-users and services for organizations will be made, explained, and illustrated as well as the terms used to describe cloud services. Learn how quick and easy it now is to deploy applications ? in the cloud ? using tools such as Google Docs, Google App Engine, and Amazon's Web Services, among others. Resources for further exploration will be included. Presenter: Roy Tennant , senior program officer in the Research division of OCLC. \nTwitter for Job Seekers: Tips for Helping Your Library's Job-seeking Patrons Thursday, February 23 2 pm 60 min Early Registration: https://oclc.webex.com/oclc/onstage/g.php?t=a\u0026d=711203020 Twitter is one of the best online tools for networking and job seeking. Whether browsing job postings or connecting with people in your field, Twitter offers something for everyone. This session will cover tips and techniques for helping patrons network and find jobs on Twitter, and provide your library with ways to use Twitter in support of job seekers. Learn how you can use \"tweets\" to extend and augment your library services, showcase the resources and programs you provide job seekers and demonstrate the powerful connections you create in your library community. Presenters: Brooke Roegge , digital information specialist, Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development ( @PositivelyMN ) ; and Andrea Snyder , manager, Job \u0026 Career Information Center, Enoch Pratt Free Library/Maryland State Library Resource Center ( @JobCenter_Pratt ). \nJay Turner| Director, Continuing Education| Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Suite 150, Atlanta, GA 30345-4304 404.235.7124 | 404.235.7201 fax | 678.327.6009 mobile jturner@georgialibraries.org | www.georgialibraries.org \n \n January 2012 \n \nGaDOE Library Media Services \n \nSu nday \n1 \nMary Shelley's novel Frankenst ein is p u b lis h ed : 1818 \n \nMond ay \n \nTuesday \n \nWed nesday \n \nThu rsday \n \n2 \n \n3 \n \n4 \n \n5 \n \nSenator John \n \nLeonardo daVinci Louis Braille born:1st Library \n \nKennedy \n \nunsuccessfully 1809 \n \nSchool opens: \n \nannounces hi s tests a flying \n \n1887 \n \ncandidacy for machine: 1492 \n \nJackie Robinson \n \npresident: 1960 \n \nretires: 1957 \n \nFr iday \n6 \nBirthday ofCarl Sandburg: 1878-1967 \n \nSatu rd ay \n7 \nZora Neale Hurston born: 1891-1960 \n \n8 \n11th amendment ratified: 1789 \n \n9 \n \n10 11 \n \nConcorde tested: 1969 \nRichard Nixon born: 1913 \n \nLeague of Nati ons formed: 1920 \nUnited Nati ons formed: 1946 \n \nWho is Alan Paton? \n \n12 13 \n \nBirthday ofJack Frisbee \n \nLondon: 1876- introduced: \n \n1916 \n \n1957 \n \n14 \nWhat did Hugh Lofting write? \n \n15 \nBirthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.: 1929 \n \n16 \nWhat is the 18t h amendment? \n \n17 \nBirthday of Benjamin Frankl in: 1706 \n \n18 19 \n \nA.A. Milne born: 1882 \n \nBirthdays of Edgar All an Poe, P aul Cezanne, and Robert E. Lee \n \n20 21 \nA US boycott of Traffic light the Olympics in invent ed: 1923 Moscow i s announced by P res id en t Carter: 1980 \n \n22 23 24 25 26 27 28 \n \nBirthday ofLord Byron: 17881824 \n \nWho is Elizabeth Blackwell? \n \nBirthday ofEdi th Macintosh \n \nWharton: 1862- computers went \n \n1937 \n \non sale: 1984 \n \nJames Marshall \n \nfinds gold at \n \nSutter's Mill: \n \n1848 \n \nDental drill pat ented: 1875 (ouch!) \n \nRussians liberate Challenger space \n \nAuschwit z \n \nshut tle \n \nConcentration explosion: 1986 \n \nCamp: 1945 \n \n29 30 \n \nBirthday ofWilli- Mohandas \n \namMcKinley: Gandhi assas- \n \n1843 \n \nsinated: 1948 \n \n31 \nJackie Robinson born: 1919 \n \nDecemb er 11 S M TW T F S \n123 4 5 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 31 \n \nF ebru ary 12 S M TW T F S \n1234 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 \n \nT he tim e is a lwa ys right to do wha t is ri ght. ~ Ma rtin L uther King, Jr. \n \n "},{"id":"dlg_ggpd_i-ga-be300-pi51-bp1-bm4-b11-s5-belec-p-btext","title":"Media matters, Vol. 11, Issue 5 (Dec. 2011)","collection_id":"dlg_ggpd","collection_title":"Georgia Government Publications","dcterms_contributor":["Georgia. 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School librarians may also be referred to as teacherlibrarians or library media specialists. \nSchool librarians are in unique positions within their schools because they: \ncollaborate with all teachers in the building across grade levels and subject disciplines \nwork with all students throughout the students` academic careers \nare instructional leaders in their schools who serve on curriculum, school improvement, and planning committees \nfrequently provide professional development to their colleagues in areas related to instructional and technology resources \nteach a wide range of local, state, and national curriculum, information literacy, and technology standards, including all ISTE NETS standards \noften serve as primary technology integration specialists in their buildings \nAbout School Libraries \nLibraries support the curriculum, promote literacy development, and foster lifelong reading habits among children through the development of carefully selected print collections and the infusion of educational technology. \nContinued on next page \n \n Media Matters \n \nPage 2 \n \nContinued from page 1 \nLibraries provide: \na wealth of educational resources for students in the form of online databases; eBooks; audiobooks; online catalogs; creativity and research tools; and professionally vetted websites that are available at school and home. \nready access to technology hardware, including computers, printers, assistive technologies for special needs students, presentation equipment, digital readers, and cameras, as well as a variety of specialized educational software and online applications. \nequitable access to technology for students of all income levels. \nflexible, broadly available access points for technology whether the school uses computer labs, portable devices, or a hybrid model. \na location that encourages individual study, group collaboration, and large group presentations. \nAbout School Librarians \u0026 Educational Technology \nSchool librarians play a critical role in the infusion of educational technology in their schools. In \nparticular, they: \nsupport the use of technology throughout the school by working closely with the school's technology coordinator or fill the role of the technology coordinator when a separate position does not exist. \nserve as information literacy and educational technology specialists in their schools. \naddress educational technology and information literacy skills instruction embedded in the curriculum. \nprovide technology training for teachers, administrators, and parents. \nwork with teachers, counselors, and administrators to prepare students to succeed in higher education, the work place, and in society. \nhelp students develop important digital citizenry attributes to demonstrate responsible use of information and technology. \nprovide leadership in the development of local information and technology literacy standards \n \nContinued on next page \n \n December 2011 \n \nPage 3 \nOh, my friend, it`s not what they take away from you that counts. It`s what you do with what you have left. ~ Hubert Humphrey \n \nContinued from page 2 \nEducational Technology Issues Faced by School Librarians Today \nIn today's difficult economic times, many school districts have chosen to cut non-classroom teaching positions. These cuts run counter to a large body of research that indicates that a strong library program, staffed by certified school librarians, correlates with significantly greater student achievement. Short-term savings are obliterated by long-term consequences of denying students equitable access to educational resources and instruction provided by the school's information literacy specialists and technologists - school librarians. As schools close their libraries or staff them with noncertificated personnel, students lose access to professionally managed print and electronic resources. At an unprecedented time in history when students require development of complex information literacy and technology skills to succeed, a robust school library program is a prerequisite to success. \nSchool librarian needs include: \nadequate funding for technology, including sufficient connectivity, electrical access, hardware, software, subscription databases, and online tools to equitably support research and inquiry-based learning. \naccess to relevant professional development that supports them in maintaining currency in their knowledge of educational technology and its applications. \nfunding and incentives to assist school districts in committing to staffing all school libraries with certified school library professionals and appropriate support staff. \nlanguage in legislation that specifically highlights the inclusion of school librarians to ensure that these critical professional positions are not eliminated due to ambiguity and misinformed prioritization. \n2010, ISTE SIGMS (International Society for Technology in Education, Special Interest Group, Media Specialists), www.iste.org. All rights reserved Reprinted with permission \n \nIf you don`t get everything you want, think of the things you don`t get that you don`t want. ~ Oscar Wilde \n \n Media Matters \n \nPage 4 \nApple Lesson \nAnja Tigges, Ed.S. William J. Scott Elementary Atlanta City \n \nA first grade teacher and I teamed up for a lesson about apples. The two day lesson included several read alouds about the life cycle of the apple tree and what wonderful things we get from apples, an apple tasting, making a class pictograph of your favorite kind of apple, how applesauce is made, and a homemade apple sauce tasting. \nThe first thing we did when the students came to the library was to fill out a graphic organizer on the white board as a class--anything and everything the students could tell me about apples. I then read several books about apples and the apple harvest. We revisited the graphic organizer to see if there was anything students wanted to add based on the information from the books we just read. \nNext, we had an apple tasting. Every student ate a piece of green apple, yellow apple, and red apple. We discussed words like sour and tart. Once each student decided on his/her favorite apple, they got a die-cut of their favorite apple and put it on the pictograph. We then talked about the graph: what apple do students like the most? What apple do students like the least? How many more students like one kind of apple over another kind. \nAfter the pictograph discussion, we talked about the steps involved in making applesauce. All the ingredients were shown to the students. They got to smell the different spices, see how a peeler works, and see how a slow cooker works. (When they smelled the spices, they made comments like: That smells like my oatmeal. Cute!) \nRounding out the first day of the 2-day lesson, the students completed an apple book printed from Enchanted Learning. Before leaving the library, they were told they would come back tomorrow to finish the lesson. Several students cheered: YAY! We are coming back to the library tomorrow. You gotta love hearing that as a librarian! \nAt home that evening I peeled about 16 apples and put everything in the slow cooker to make the apple sauce. The next morning, everything was ready! \nWhen the students came in for the second day of everything apples, they were so excited! We first reviewed things from the day before--we revisited the pictograph, we talked about the steps (in the correct order) of \nmaking applesauce, and we talked about all the facts they learned about apples and the life cycle of the apple tree. Then everyone got a bowl of homemade applesauce. Comments from the students: Ms. Tigges, you are genius. Ms.Tigges, you are a rock star. I was feeling the love! \n \nContinued on next page \n \n The students enjoyed the lesson and felt comfortable in the library. The students read non-fiction books. Mission accomplished! Now I hope to take this lesson and turn it into a Media Festival project with a few of the students. \nSome age-appropriate apple books: The Seasons of Arnold's Apple Tree by Gail Gibbons Apples Grow on a Tree by Mari Schuh Picking Apples by Gail Saunders-Smith Apples by Gail Gibbons Apples by Ken Robbins Apples by Elaine Landau How Do Apples Grow? By Betsy Maestro Seed, Sprout, Fruit: An Apple Tree Life Cycle by Shannon Knudsen Apples, Apples, Apples by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace Apples, Apples Everywhere! Learning about Apple Harvests by Robin Koontz Slow cooker apple sauce recipe: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Spiced-Slow-Cooker-Applesauce/detail.aspx Happy Harvesting! \n \nSanta's helpers are subordinate clauses! \n \nAdvocacy Tip \nExcite your students (and in turn, their parents!) by engaging them in STEM learning with the National STEM Video Game Challenge \nwww.stemchallenge.org \n \n Media Matters \n \nPage 6 \n \nBritannica Training \nOur GALILEO partner...Britannica is offering Britannica Online subscribers an invitation to participate in online Britannica training sessions. This is a complimentary service provided to see what's new with Britannica Online and learn different ways to use it in your school or library! K-12 educators will enjoy these 1-hour online presentations that they can attend without having to leave the school or library. Sign up at www.info.eb.com/webinar today! \nUpcoming Training Schedule for December: \neBooks (2:30-3:00 p.m. Eastern Time) : Thursday, December 8 \nElementary PreK-5 : (4:00 p.m. Eastern Time) Tuesday, December 6 \nSecondary 6th-12th: (12:00 p.m. Eastern Time) Tuesday, December 6 \nPreK-12 All Grade Levels (6 p.m. Eastern Time) : Tuesday, December 6 \nAdvanced: Creating Workspaces \u0026 Putting Videos into PowerPoint (4:00 p.m. Eastern Time) : Wednesday, December 7 \n \nAdvocacy Tip \nWhen school librarians and teachers collaborate, students are more involved in learning and their work is more creative. At Deerfield High School (Ill.), a collaborative project transported students to the Medieval era and they developed a first-person narrative through the eyes of a historical figure. Where would a collaborative project take your students? What would they discover? \nA person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely. ~ Roald Dahl \n \n December 2011 \n \nPage 7 \n \nInvestigate Britannica's World Atlas Features! You can now search Britannica content related to states, provinces and large cities. We also have a brand new Points of Interest feature that allows you to optionally view points of interest on the map such as additional city and town data, places of birth or features of the land. \nTry it today! \nBritannica Online School Edition (K-12) \nElementary http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zebk (in the Features section on the home page.) \nCompton's http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zebm (in the Features section on the home page.) \nHigh School http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zehs (In the Reference Desk on the home page.) \n \nLexiles in GALILEO \n \nLexiles are standard scores that match a student's reading ability to the difficulty of the reading material. Many GALILEO resources not only include Lexile scores, they also let students limit their search results to a particular Lexile range. Let's take a look at GALILEO resources that include Lexiles. \n \nNoveList and NoveList K-8 include a Lexile score in the information for many books as well as a link to a Lexile chart. To limit your search to a specific Lexile range, just click on Advanced Search and choose your range. Tip: In Advanced Search, you can leave the search box blank and just choose the Lexile range of your choice to see all books in that range. \n \nSIRS Discoverer and SIRS Issues Researcher both include a Lexile score in articles. In either database, search for the topic and then choose to sort results by Lexile. To limit to a particular range in either database, click on the Advanced Search and type in the Lexile range. \n \nMany EBSCO resources, such as Student Research Center, MAS Ultra, Middle Search Plus, Kids Search, \n \nand Searchasaurus, also include Lexile scores. Most resources let students limit their search to a Lexile \n \nrange from the main search screen. In Kids Search, students can choose the Detailed Search to limit their \n \nsearch. \n \nCourtney McGough GALILEO Support Services \n \nAdvocacy Tip \nHold a family reading night to encourage students to read. (Serve popcorn!) Have students invite their families to visit the library and discover a new favorite read together. http://www.albertleatribune.com/2011/11/20/school-matters-11/ \n \n Page 8 \n \nDecember 2011 \n \nStarting in 1984, the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress began to establish affiliate centers in the 50 states. Today, there is a State Center for the Book in all 50 states, as well as the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. These Center for the Book affiliates carry out the national Center's mission in their local areas, sponsor programs that highlight their area's literary heritage, and call attention to the importance of books, reading, literacy, and libraries. Affiliates must submit an application to become part of -- and retain -their Center for the Book status, which is renewable for a three-year period. The Center for the Book has established Guidelines for establishing affiliates and for programming activities. The State Centers gather annually at the Library of Congress for an Idea Exchange Day. \n \nhttp://www.read.gov/kids/ \nCurious George and related characters, created by Margret and H. A. Rey, are copyrighted and trademarked by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company and used under license. Licensed by Universal Studios Licensing LLLP. All Rights Reserved. \n \nA good book should leave you slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading it. ~ William Styron \n \nIf there is a book you really want to read but it hasn`t been written yet, then you must write it. ~ Toni Morrison \n \n December 2011 \n \nPage 9 \n \nThe Library of Congress partnered with the Ad Council, Universal Partnerships \u0026 Licensing and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company to develop public service announcements featuring the iconic characters from the Curious George series to encourage parents to read with their children. The television, print and outdoor PSAs feature George and his best friend and mentor, The Man in the Yellow Hat reading books together asking parents to Read to your child today and inspire a lifelong love of reading. \n \nGetting Excited about Reading: \nGive your child the choice to read what they want. It helps them create their own identity and interest in reading. \n \nFind authors your child likes to build connections and excitement about reading Choose all kinds of books, such as non-fiction, fiction and certain themes. It exposes them to various kinds of literature and also helps them determine their personal preference Suggest books that build on personal experiences such as friendship, family, trips, pets or sports Think about the 3 I`s: Interest, Integration and Invention \nFind the book award winners at your school library or public library. \n \nReading Together: \nRead aloud to your child and with your child. Take turns reading a book with them  this promotes confidence and builds great relationships with literature. Older children benefit from reading aloud  hearing an adult read with fluency and discussing a book with an adult have great benefits. \nResearch has shown that reading aloud to your child: \nIncreases their vocabulary Improves their attention span Nurtures emotional development Stimulates imagination Creates understanding of other cultures and lifestyles Improves problem-solving and critical thinking skill \nHints for Reading Aloud: \nChoose a book that lends itself to reading aloud  folktales, funny or scary books are always fun. Make reading time special. Find a cozy, comfortable place to read. Be versatile. You read to them or they read to you. Take turns. Introduce the author and illustrator. Discuss what they do with your child. Saying the name of the author and illustrator makes the connection that books are created by real people. Talk about the book  ask questions about what they liked and did not like, what they found interesting, and more. Show the pictures while you read. Read with expression. \nRead together EVERY DAY! \n \nContinued on next page \n \n Media Matters \n \nPage 10 \n \nContinued from previous page \nWhat can get a child to read a book? \nThe 3 I`s: \nInterest: When a child wants a book for information and/or enjoyment. Build on their interests, hobbies, favorite activities, or a trip you have taken by asking them if they would like a book about one of these topics. \nIntegration: Using reading as a connection to other subjects  math, science, art, sports, music and more. Find out what real-world topics your child is interested in and suggest areas of the library or bookstore that have books on that topic. Connect reading to at-home experiences. For example, finding a book on machines would help explain why a toy or clock is not working at home. \nInvention: Creating something that relates to a book. Reading that initiates or inspires creation or invention motivates many children. For example, a child who has read Goldilocks and the Three Bears may want to create porridge that Papa Bear would enjoy. Reading with invention in mind is spontaneous and often occurs after reading is finished. The creativeness involved with this motivation allows children to further their reading interests and invent themselves. http://www.read.gov/curious/index.html \n \nAdvocacy Tip \nTake five minutes to write a story about your experience with outrageously out-of-date school library materials and the consequences of under-funded school library programs. Email your stories to the ALA Washington Office by writing Ted Wegner (twegner@alawash.org) and Jeff Kratz (jkratz@alawash.org) to help garner support and help influence members of the Senate \n \nAnother Grant Recipient: $2500 Youth Literacy Grant Keisha Robinson, Library Media Specialist at Harper-Archer Middle \n \n December 2011 \n \nPage 11 \n \nhttp://public.doe.k12.ga.us/ ci_services.aspx? PageReq=CIServEnglish \nEvery thought is a seed. If you plant crab apples, don`t count on harvesting Golden Delicious. ~ Bill Meyer \n \nDeCaihndelfcionkremt:hFaetriwiodenabys,iAtepfroirl \n \n13, 2012 more \n \nAdvocacy Tip \nBe vocal! Write an op-ed for your local paper or an article for an educational journal. \n \nAdvocacy Tip \nParents can be a school library program`s greatest asset. How is your program an asset to parents? http://www.caller.com/news/2011/nov/14/ mireles-elementary-library-offers-parent/ \n \n GRANTS \nOver the past 1.5 years I have applied for four library grants: The Laura Bush Foundation Grant, The Dollar General Literacy Foundation Grant, The Target Early Childhood Reading Grant, and The Lois Lenski Covey Foundation Grant. Each grant is slightly different, and I`d like to give a small sketch of each, hoping it might encourage more Georgia librarians to avail themselves of these generous opportunities so that book collections increase in many school districts. \nAt $5,000.00, The Laura Bush Grant is the most generous of the four. Because of its generosity, the application is also the most extensive. The application is typically posted online around November 1st, and the deadline is December 31st. Winners are usually announced in April or May. The application has short essay questions about your school`s population, your school`s library collection, and your school`s community. You might have to invest some time in researching statistics on a government website to complete the part of the application concerning your school`s community . It`s also best to read applications of past winners, and to read all the information, especially the FAQ section, posted on the website itself. \nThe Target Grant is for $2,000.00, and The Dollar General Grant has a maximum of $3,000.00. Both grants are rather easy to fill out, but they do require you to have an idea. Whereas The Laura Bush Grant is awarded based mostly on need, both The Target Grant and The Dollar General Grant want you to develop an idea or concept and show how the grant is needed in order to fulfill that concept; both grants also want the most bang for their buck, meaning your idea has to have an impact on a good portion of the school`s population. The idea for my school was as follows: each kindergarten-2nd grade class would get a monthly book to help build up the classroom library. \nEvery kindergarten-2nd grade class got the same monthly book, hence the title of my project was On the Same Page. To stretch the funds, I used the school`s tax exempt information and the 20% off for educators at a book store. I also wanted to support a locally owned book store rather than a big chain book store. Little Shop of Stories in downtown Decatur fits the bill perfectly: I ordered the books via email, they had the school`s tax exempt information on file (we set that account up when I purchased the first set of books), and they notified me via email when the books come in so that I could pick them up. \n \n December 2011 \n \nPage 13 \n \nThe students took an AR test on the books, the teachers discussed the books in class-- plot, theme, setting, etc. When the students come to the library for check out, I show them other books by the same author, and we also discuss the book, the author, and the illustrator. Just this past week the classes received Llama Llama Misses Mama by Anna Dewdney. When the students came to the library and found other books by her, they were so excited! And of course those books were immediately checked out! That`s what we want kids excited about books! \nThe Lois Lenski Covey Foundation Grant application asks questions about your school`s population (especially student reading level statistics), your library`s collection, and your library`s budget. You are allowed to stipulate how the funds will be used. Applications are due sometime in the summer, and winners are announced in mid-December. \nHere are the websites so you can check them out! \nhttp://laurabushfoundation.org/ \nhttp://sites.target.com/site/en/company/page.jsp?contentId=WCMP04-031821 \nhttp://www2.dollargeneral.com/dgliteracy/Pages/landing.aspx \nhttp://loislenskicovey.org/ \nhttp://littleshopofstories.com/ \nAnja Tigges. Ed.S. \n \n Media Matters \n \nGrants Center \n \nPage 14 \n \nRecently, the Salem Press launched The Library Grants Center, a free, online directory of grants for libraries. Developed and edited by Mirela Roncevic for Salem Press, the grants tool empowers librarians to locate library grant funding sources on the national, state, regional, and local levels (US sources). The center is free, requires no login or authentication, and will be updated on a regular basis. It also contains a how-to area with a tutorial, FAQ, and lists of resources. \n \nAccording to the Salem press release, the web site focuses on grants available to all types of libraries and from a range of sources--public and private-- including professional organizations, large corporations, and family foundations. Everyone`s aware of the financial pressures on libraries. They are enormous and growing, said Peter Tobey, Salem Press`s Director of Sales \u0026 Marketing. So we were motivated to try to relieve some of that pressure by developing self-help tools for librarians. The Library Grant Center is that tool. \n \nThe Library Grants Center consists of three distinct sections: \nNational Library Grants features a sophisticated search tool that lets grant seekers perform simple keyword searches or narrow their search options. A range of browsing options is also provided, including browsing by grant category, purpose, and deadline. \nState Library Grants is a state-by-state guide that points librarians to grant information specific to their state and to the foundations in their area that support libraries. \nLibrary Grants How-To provides in-depth information on the grant applications process, complete with extensive lists of resources for further research and pointing to grant writing tools available online at no cost. \n \nWe hope librarians will help us add to the Center so that, as a community, we can keep it up-todate and growing, added Tobey. We are committed to keeping it current and useful. \n \nAccording to Roncevic, the proliferation of social media outlets has inundated the library and publishing industry with relentless dialogue. While dialogue is important, we shouldn`t forget the tools. The more free tools we build and share, the more we grow our community`s footprint. The bigger that footprint, the greater the benefit for all involved. The Library Grants Center is a free tool that addresses the needs of librarians looking for funding but also a practical reminder to publishers and vendors that their support still matters a great deal. \n \nAdvocacy Tip \nAre you a solo librarian? Check the new issue of Knowledge Quest, because no school librarian needs to feel solo` when leagues of professionals are willing, able, and waiting to led an ear and a hand as needed. From Solo But not Separate, page 26. \n \n December 2011 \n \nPage 15 \nhttp://www.scholastic.com/teachers/contributor/ brian-selznick?eml=BNL/e/20111116//txtl/ November2011//BrianSelznick/LIB////// \u0026ym_MID=1379860\u0026ym_rid=2645669 \nWatch this video interview with Brian Selznick. \nDownload Brian Selznick's full-color biography (PDF) \nBorn and raised in New Jersey, Brian Selznick cannot remember a time when he was not drawing and making things. His mural of a dinosaur on his fifth grade classroom wall was a big hit, and he had a one-man show in junior high school. \nHe graduated from the Rhode Island School of Art and Design with the intention of becoming a set designer for the theater, but a job designing window displays at Eeyore's Children's Bookstore in New York City changed his mind. Working at the store became a crash course in children's literature, and his first book was published while he worked there. \nSoon he left to pursue a full-time career in children's book illustration; he also has designed theater sets and is a professional puppeteer. His first book, The Houdini Box, was inspired by a fascination with the famous magician and his secrets. He has illustrated both novels and picture books for other writers, including the Sibert Honor books, When Marian Sang by Pam Munoz Ryan and Walt Whitman: Words for America by Barbara Kerley. His illustrations for Barbara Kerley's The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins won a Caldecott Honor Award in 2002; and in 2008, his groundbreaking and breathtaking The Invention of Hugo Cabret was awarded the Caldecott Medal. \nHe divides his time between Brooklyn, New York, and San Diego, California. \n \nPoet Laureate Philip Levine \nAt age 83, Philip Levine has been appointed the 20112012 poet laureate consultant in poetry by Librarian of Congress James Billington. He took up his duties October 17, opening the library's annual literary season with a reading from his work. In this interview, the street-smart poet has a few choice words to say about a lifetime of experience with good librarians-- and some bad ones.. \nFrom the online version of American Libraries magazine. \n \n December 2011 \n \nPage 16 \n \nThere are 80,100 public school libraries, representing 92% of all traditional public schools. \nThere are 1,820 public charter school libraries representing 51% of public charter schools. \nThere are 62,364 state-certified library media specialists in public schools and 3,909 state-certified library media specialists in private schools in the U.S. \n62% of all public school libraries have at least one full-time, paid, state-certified school librarian. \nAbout 27% of America`s school libraries do not have a state-certified librarian on staff. \nIn 15% of public schools, the state-certified school librarian spends time in more than one school. \nOn average, there is one school librarian for every 953 students. \nFamily literacy activities are supported by 42% of public school libraries. \nCurrently, school libraries are only spending an average of $9.35 per child for books  about half to a third the average cost of a hardcover book. \nThe average cost of a single hardcover book for U.S. k-12 student ranges from $18.97-$27.04. \nIn the United States, sales of video games and other entertainment software ($6.0 billion in 2000) total more than nine times the amount spent on books, periodicals, audiovisual, and other materials for school libraries ($647.0 million in 2004). \nSince 1965, more than 60 education and library studies have produced clear evidence that school library media programs staffed by qualified school librarians have a positive impact on student academic achievement. \n \nAdvocacy Tip \nYour biggest advocates are your students (http://bit.ly/vBaGxi) and their parents (http://bit.ly/tNyKP0). Get them involved! \n \n From Britannica (our partner with GALILEO) \n \nPage 17 \n \nBritannica is celebrating the holidays early with a holiday gift of free access through December 31st for Image Quest statewide for GALILEO. \nWe are delighted to set up preview access for the GALILEO community for Britannica's new database, Image Quest (http://quest.eb.com). \nThank you for sharing this information as we are confident that this award-winning database will be well received by the libraries. \nMany schools, public libraries, colleges and universities have expressed great interest in being able to help students and faculty find high-quality images that have full permissions for educational use, and we are very excited to be able to offer this amazing collection. You'll be glad to know that all of the superior providers are included in this collection, and we plan to have over 60 collections in the near future. \nFREE GALILEO PREVIEW AT www.quest.eb.com \nThe best way to see all that Image Quest has to offer is to experience it yourself. We have enabled GALILEO statewide so just jump in and enjoy through December 31, 2011. \nIf there are any access issues, please use username questpreview and password galileo. \nREVIEWS \nPlease also be sure to read the perfect 10 review from Library Journal as well as a great review from Booklist in the February issues. \nLibrary Journal: http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/ljinprintcurrentissue/888877-403/ ereviews_britannica_image_quest_by.html.csp \nBooklist: http://www.booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=4531255 \nSchool Library Journal also named Image Quest Best Reference Pick 2010 in the April issue of SLJ ! \nIMAGE QUEST \nSimplify and improve your search for images with Image Quest. Now you can access more than two million rights-cleared images from over 50 of the best collections in the world (soon to be over 60 collections!). Dorling Kindersley Images, Getty Images, the National Portrait Gallery of London, the National Geographic Society, Oxford Scientific, and other leading names have joined with Britannica to provide the best and broadest collection of proprietary educational imagery. Teachers can use the images in their lesson plans and classroom activities while students will turn to the site as they work on homework assignments and school or course projects. Free of advertising and from trustworthy sources, Image Quest provides safe and fast access to high quality images on all topics and for all ages. \nContinued on next page \n \n December 2011 \n \nPage 18 \n \nContinued from previous page \nLOCATE RIGHTS-CLEARED IMAGES SELECTED FOR EDUCATIONAL RELEVANCE \nAll images in Image Quest are rights-cleared for non-commercial, educational use-- great for teacher lessons plans, assignments, activities, and whiteboards; student reports and projects; or school Web sites, newsletters, newspapers, flyers, and bulletins. \nSAVE TIME \nOrganized by subject matter and fully searchable, Image Quest provides a unique collection from trustworthy sources. With images of every topic in one convenient site, you don't have to spend time combing through multiple Web sites looking for reliable images. \nBE CONFIDENT IN THE IMAGES YOU USE \nEach photo or illustration comes with complete metadata, including the source, the copyright holder, caption, and keywords. Because Britannica has done the work of finding the best photos--most of which are not freely available on the Web--you can trust the source and be certain that you're using an accurate photo. \nENJOY QUICK AND EASY ACCESS \nImages can be downloaded, printed, saved in a \"Lightbox\" or virtual folder, or e-mailed as jpegs. \nFEEDBACK AND QUESTIONS \nVicki Brock (local representative) (770) 324-7243 vbrock@eb.com \nOR \nMabel Mannion (800) 621-3900 x7205 mmannion@eb.com \nWe look forward to getting your feedback. We are very excited to have the opportunity to offer this new database and we know the GALILEO users will love it as well. \n \nI just don`t like that man. I must get to know him better. ~ Abraham Lincoln \n \n Media Matters \n \nWhy Books Make the Best Presents! \n \n1. Books don't need to be assembled before being given. 2. Books don't need batteries. 3. Books never come in the wrong color or size. 4. Books don't need to be serviced by a dealer. 5. Books don't need spare parts. 6. Books are easier to wrap then footballs. 7. Books look good with any decor. 8. Books don't need watering or fertilizing. 9. Books don't irritate your allergies. 10. Books don't go out of style. 11. Books don't get aphids or draw ants. 12. Books don't bark or need to be walked in the middle of the night. 13. Books don't stretch, shrink, or fade. 14. Books don't need extension cords. 15. Books won't scratch the coffee table. 16. Books don't get stale before they arrive. 17. Books never need ironing. 18. Books don't have zippers that break. 19. Books can be used over and over by many people. 20. When you are finished with a book, it is not empty. 21. A book is a gift you can open again and again and again. \n \nAdvocacy Tip \nHave your parking lot (or elevator) speech ready to go with this worksheet from ALA`s Advocacy University: Frontline Advocacy Toolkit. \n \nPage 19 \n \n December 2011 \n \nPage 20 \n \n43rd Annual Conference on Children's Literature If you have programs, activities, research, or ideas about children`s literature to share, UGA would like to hear from you! Please consider being a presenter at the 43rd Annual Conference on Children`s Literature, to be held in Athens on March 23-24, 2012. The small group sessions offer a great opportunity for sharing your passion and expertise in any aspect of teaching children`s literature with your colleagues and individuals interested in this field. Potential Presenters UGA is especially interested in presenters who are:  Public librarians \n School media specialists  Classroom teachers  Reading specialists  Graduate students  Enthusiasts of children`s literature \nPotential Topics While your presentation subject matter must have a direct connection to children`s literature, there are a number of possible topics that you could consider presenting. Here are some ideas for possible topics that you might consider: \n Integrating children`s literature across the curriculum  Exploring various literary genres  Using new media/digital literacies to extend and enhance appreciation of children`s literature  Exploring children`s responses to literature  Reaching reluctant readers with children`s literature  Helping children find books they can read and enjoy  Literature and teaching standards and literature in the age of testing  Organizing to participate in the GA Book Awards (tips and ideas from your school) \nSubmissions Presentation proposals are due no later than December 2, 2011. To access the application form, please go to: http://www.gcbac.com/conf_presenter2012.php \n \n December 2011 \n \nGeorgia Department of Education \n \nSu nday \n \nMond ay \n \nNov emb er 1 1 S M TW T F S \n12345 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 \n \nTuesday \n \nWed nesday \n \nJan ua ry 12 S M TW T F S \n1234567 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 \n \nThu rsday \n \nFr iday \n \nSatu rd ay \n \n1 \n \n2 \n \n3 \n \nEnglish Chunnel Monroe Doct rine Joseph Conrad \n \ncomplet ed: \n \nsigned: 1823 born: \n \n1990 \n \n1857-1924 \n \n4 \nInvent ion of phonograph: 1877 \n \n5 \n \n6 \n \nWalt Disney's Who is Joyce birthday: 1901- Kilmer? 1966 \n \n7 \n \n8 \n \nUS Naval base at Birthday ofEli Pearl Harbor Whi tney: attacked: 1941 1765-1825 \n \n9 \n \n10 \n \nBirthday ofJoel Emily Dickinson Chandler Harris: born: 1845/8-1908 1830-1886 \n \n11 \nWhat is UNICEF? \n \n12 13 14 15 16 17 \n \nWashi ngt on DC Sir Francis Drake George Washing- Gone Wit h the Birthday of \n \nWho wrote A \n \nbecomes capital: begi ns his \n \nton died at \n \nWi nd \n \nMargaret Mead, Chri stmas Carol? \n \n1800 \n \ncircum- \n \nMount Vernon: premiered: 1939 Arthur C. 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Dr. Barge is the first state superintendent since Werner Rogers to speak to our group. \nIn his remarks Dr. Barge said that a strong partnership between the Library Media Specialist and the classroom teacher is necessary to guarantee the best educational outcomes for our students. He sees a great opportunity to implement Career Pathways for all of our students. As we move to a model of education based on a particular student`s interests and strengths, the Library Media Center will continue to play an important role. Students will need to have access to additional information relating to their pathway, information that may not be available in the standard curriculum. And while the internet is a great resource full of bountiful information, only a small percentage of the information contained in print is actually on the internet. The Web is simply not a substitute for libraries. \nDr. Barge also told the group that in place of our current AYP determinations, we are developing our own formula for measuring the success of our schools, called the College and Career Ready Performance Index. \n(continued on page 14) \n \nFirst Lady Sandra Deal also spoke to the COMO group...she said that Media Specialists minister to more students on a daily basis than classroom teachers. \n \n Media Matters \n \n1754 Twin Towers East 205 Jesse Hill Jr. Drive Atlanta, Georgia 30334 \nPhone: 404-657-9800 Fax: 404-656-5744 E-mail: jserrite@doe.k12.ga.us \n \nPage 2 \n \nThe Parent's Guide to the Lexile Framework for Reading brochure is available in 7 languages on the \nTransAct website. Your school counselor should be very familiar with TransAct. Anyone with a valid, Georgia school system email address is authorized to access TransAct. TransAct has documents in 21-plus languages that include school administration, health and medical, free and reduced price information, and special services. Let me know if you need detailed directions on accessing TransAct. (Directions were sent in an earlier email via the GaDOE Library Media List Service.) The Lexile document is available in the seven most spoken languages in our schools -- Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Urdu, and Vietnamese. \n***The brochure and other resources are also now available on the GaDOE website at: https://www.georgiastandards.org/Resources/Pages/Tools/ LexileFrameworkforReading.aspx# \nNeed the Find a Book logo for your school or system webpage? Let me know. \nAdvocacy Tip \nNot sure about calling your elected officials to request support for school libraries? Take a look at the Tips for Success section of the Advocating in a Tough Economy Toolkit: http://bit.ly/p09kG6 \n \n Page 3 \nFeedback Form \nIn April 2011, Library Media Coordinators were asked the following questions concerning their system: 1. What is your systems plan for Library Media programs and Library Media Specialists \nin 2012? 2. Do you require an annual inventory? 3. How many print items are in your collection? 4. How many non-print items are in your collection? 5. How many items are checked out annually? 6. What is your systems annual cumulative student use count? (How many students \ncame to the Media Center this past year...not how many students are enrolled in school.) 7. What is the average age of your collection? 8. What are your expenditures for media materials (not including salaries)? 9. Do your Library Media Centers have after school programs, evening hours, summer reading programs, etc.? 10. Any suggestions for the Georgia Department of Education. \nThe deadline for responding was May 2011 , but there are over 30 systems who have not yet completed the Feedback Form. The information should not have been difficult to gather since all Library Media Centers are automated. In some cases, an intelligent estimate (example: number of patrons served) is perfectly acceptable. This information is not intended to make people feel threatened or cause additional work, but will give the GaDOE and our legislators vital data, i.e., the many, many students we serve with limited funds and, in numerous schools across the state, with outdated materials. \nYou can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me. ~ C.S. Lewis \n \n Page 4 \n \nIn teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day's work. It is invisible and remains so, maybe for twenty years. ~Jacques Barzun \n \nSuperintendent Barge Presents First Fountain Award \nRecognition named for Monty Fountain, a teacher and coach who helped Superintendent Barge write a better story for himself \nMEDIA CONTACT: Matt Cardoza, GaDOE Communications Office, (404) 651-7358, mcardoza@gadoe.org or Keisha Ford-Jenrette, GaDOE Recognitions Office, (404) 657-2949, kford@gadoe.org \n \nSeptember 28, 2011 -- State School Superintendent Dr. John Barge today presented the first Fountain Award to Monty Fountain, a teacher and coach who helped Superintendent Barge and countless others write a better story for themselves. At an assembly at Alexander High School in Douglas County, where Mr. Fountain still teaches, Superintendent Barge surprised Mr. Fountain with this new award that was created to recognize teachers who have had a tremendous impact on the education and lives of others. \n\"Monty Fountain taught me that the road to success would be paved with persistence, hard work and a strong work ethic,\" said Superintendent Barge. \"One of the first things I wanted to do after being elected last year was name an award after Mr. Fountain and give others the opportunity to nominate teachers who helped shape their lives for the better.\" \nNominating a Teacher Once each quarter, one teacher will be selected for this award. The public is invited to nominate a teacher who had a profound impact on someone's life and career. Nomination forms can be requested by emailing Keisha Ford-Jenrette at kford@gadoe.org. \nYou can find the application at this link. \nThanks to Peachtree Supplies for being the title sponsor of the Fountain Award. Please visit their website at http://www.peachtreesupplies.com. \n \nThe dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called \"truth.\" ~Dan Rather \n \n Page 5 \nComo Close-Ups \n \nDr. Elizabeth Bennett (UWG) receiving a well deserved award at the luncheon. \n \nAuthor and illustrator of Pete the Cat providing one of the keynote addresses at COMO. \nEric Litwin (author) and James Dean (illustrator) \n \n Media Matters \n \nPage 6 \n \nAND THE WINNER IS... \nLeslie Wantland \nOne of the highlights of the Georgia Council of Media Organizations Conference (GaCOMO) is the presentation of the Library Media Specialist of the Year Award (LMSOTY). Cosponsored by the Georgia Library Media Association (GLMA) and the Georgia Association of Instructional Technology (GAIT), the LMSOTY Award recognizes a K-12 media specialist whose services have created an exemplary media program. This year the state winner was selected from a group of seven district LMSOTY winners. \nDuring GaCOMO the seven district LMSOTY winners participated in a very informative panel discussion. They shared tips and ideas on how to develop an exceptional media program emphasizing student achievement. At the GLMA/GAIT/GLA School Luncheon, GAIT President Sonja Fox and GLMA President Betsy Razza recognized each district LMSOTY and his/her enabler. \nThis years state Library Media Specialist of the Year is Susan Grigsby of Elkins Pointe Middle School in Fulton County. She was nominated by her principal Jerome Huff. In his nomination letter, Mr. Huff stated that \"Students enter the [Elkins Pointe] media center knowing that it is a place of learning and gathering information to make them better students.\" \nDuring the panel discussion, Susan commented that when library media specialists are asked to add another responsibility to their full schedule, we should \"...shift our thinking from ,,yes, but... to ,,yes, and. That shift can lead to collaborative brainstorming that may never happen otherwise. Saying ,,yes, and allows others in on the idea so that solutions are discovered instead of problems. So, when you take a ,,never say no attitude it doesnt mean you are doing every single thing someone asks you to do but it does mean finding a way to make many things work by inviting the requesting party to chime in on the solution. It also means giving creative ideas a nurturing place to grow and blossom instead of finding the problems with them right off the bat.\" \nSix other districts represented in this year's competition. Beverly Brostek, media specialist at Brunswick High School in Glynn County, represented the Southeast District. Beverly believes that by \"...giving teachers the tools they need to enhance their teaching will ultimately benefit all stakeholders...\" Therefore, Beverly will host technology training sessions that integrate technology into the GPS. She also turns the media center in the Pirates Caf to promote reading. \nThe East District was represented by Angela Dallis, media specialist at Grovetown High School in Columbia County. Angela states reading is her passion and that is why she constantly promotes books through read-alouds, book talks, and even dressing as various book characters. She strives to have a \"student-driven\" media center despite budget cuts. Often Angela volunteers to pilot software at her school knowing it will be a benefit to students, teachers, and parents. \nContinued on next page \n \n Page 7 Chris Parker, media specialist at Mt. Carmel Elementary in Henry County, represented the South Metro District. Chris is an avid supporter of the Georgia State Media Festival and works with students and teachers to incorporate technology skills into daily lessons. As coordinator of the schools Compassion Projects, Chris is able to put books in the hands of his students, their parents, and even soldiers serving in the Middle East through multiple fundraising projects including book fairs. \nAndy Plemmons represented the Northeast District and is the media specialist at David C. Barrow Elementary School in Clarke County. Andy strongly believes students should help make decisions on book purchases. He has two groups of students who meet with the vendors, preview books and help with the final order. To help struggling readers, Andy talks to each individual to discover their interests which helps to lead them to become stronger readers and better students. \nShannon Robertson of Southeast Bulloch Middle School in Bulloch County represented the Coastal District. One of the highlights of the media center is the weekly Book Club meeting that involves students in all grades. Shannon worked with the sixth grade teachers to create a unit that emphasizes internet skills, research skills, internet safety, the Dewey system, and print resources. All lessons carry over to projects in the upper grades. \nThe Southwest district was represented by Cheryl Youse, media specialist at Colquitt County High School. To promote reading, Cheryl uses book talks, a Banned Books program, and book trailers, which have been viewed by students around the country. Thanks to Cheryl, technology is an instrumental part of the learning environment for her students: Thinkfinity, Discovery Streaming, GALILEO, iPods, Google Earth. \nNow is the time to start thinking about the K-12 media specialist who you know that should be nominated for LMSOTY. Please review the guidelines on the GAIT web site (http://www.gait-inc.org/) or the GLMA web site ( http://glma-inc.org ). There are many outstanding media programs throughout the state. Now more than ever it is imperative that people in other areas of education and outside of education know who is the driving force of these great programs. Nominate an outstanding media specialist for Library Media Specialist of the Year. \nL-R: Cheryl Youse, Shannon Robertson, Christopher Parker, Susan Grigsby, Andy Plemmons, Angela Dallis, Beverly Brostek \n \n Page 8 \nClothes for Reading \nStephanie Wells East Hall Middle School \nIt all started with running low on uniform shirts. East Hall Middle School in Gainesville has a uniform policy that requires a certain color and style of shirt. Extra shirts are available in the Library Media Center workroom for those students who arrive at school in a non-uniform shirt. When the supply of extra shirts starting getting low, I decided to visit my friends Platos Closet store to see if there were any shirts I could purchase. The store caters to teenagers and will buy clothes on the spot paying cash for what the store can use. Many customers leave behind what the store does not buy and those are what the owner donates to East Hall Middle. Each week a faculty member goes to the store and loads up bags of clothing, shoes, and purses. \nVolunteers at EHMS go through the donations and separate what can be kept for our students and eliminate the inappropriate items. The clothing we cannot use goes to a consignment store that gives us $25 gift certificates. We, in turn, give those certificates to the winners of a monthly drawing held for students who have had perfect attendance the previous month. Clothes deemed too old or worn out are given to a homeless shelter. \nThe students in a direct instruction Special Education class assist in sorting, handing and organizing the clothing racks. This is a wonderful hands-on learning project for the students and also an opportunity for them to engage in a worthwhile service project. These special needs students are able to \"earn\" an article of clothing for themselves by working in the Media Centers Clothing Store. They often find something for themselves or their mothers and are excited they are helping. \nStudents are allowed to \"shop\" for clothes when they achieve above a 90 on an Accelerated Reader quiz, or their teachers wants to give them a reward. Tickets for a free trip to our store have been sent to all teachers to use as they see fit. Earning a 90 on a quiz might entitle the student to fill one grocery bag as full as they can get it while earning a 100 might earn the student two bags to fill! During the week before Mothers Day, all of the students are invited to come get something for their Mom. Stock is replenished weekly with several volunteer staff members making the trip to the actual clothing store in Buford. \nOn Parent Night, parents and guardians are allowed to shop in the clothing store and are asked to pay $1.00 per item. Whatever funds are raised are used to purchase resources for the Library Media Center. \n \n Media Matters \n \nPage 9 \n \nWhere Soldiers Come From  GPB Film Screening \n260 14th Street, NW Atlanta, Georgia 30318 Tuesday, November 1, 2011 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm \nOn Tuesday, November 1 -- get a sneak preview of Where Soldiers Come From ahead of the world premiere. \nFrom a snowy, small town in northern Michigan to the mountains of Afghanistan, Where Soldiers Come From follows the four-year journey of childhood friends who join the National Guard after graduating from high school. As it chronicles the young men's transformation from restless teenagers to soldiers looking for roadside bombs to 23-year-old combat veterans trying to start their lives again, the film offers an intimate look at the young Americans who fight our wars, the families and towns they come from - and the way one faraway conflict changes everything. A co-production of Quincy Hill Films and ITVS in association with American Documentary | POV. \nContact GPB to REGISTER for WHERE SOLDIERS COME FROM screening event ~ Tuesday, November 1st \nFor more information, visit http://www.gpb.org/events or call Member \u0026 Audience Services, (800) 222-4788. \n \n Media Matters \nAre you on Facebook? Become a Friend of GALILEO at: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Galileo-Friends/133901393342305 \nLittle Shop of Stories (located in Decatur) has created a new community-wide reading initiative program that aims to get families together reading the same book. The inaugural book is The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster - the book is 50 years old this fall! The program will culminate in December with a visit by Norton Juster. For more info about the program: http://littleshopofstories.com/same-page.php Don't live in or near Decatur? You can still log on and learn about this program. Communities outside the immediate Decatur area are getting On The Same Page as word spreads. Little Shop of Stories has created teacher packets (with goodies!) to guide classroom discussions and would love to share with anyone interested. Contact information is on the Little Shop website. \n \nPage 10 \n \nAdvocacy Tip \nAsk local businesses to sponsor an author visit/book signing in your library media center. http://bit.ly/pI5MLe \n \nNeed help explaining the role school librarians play in education? Read and share AASL`s president Carl Harvey take on school librarians as a coach` in their school. http://bit.ly/qKzig1 \n \n Media Matters \nGeorgia Department of Education's State Longitudinal Data System (SLDS) \n \nPage 11 \n \nSLDS is designed to improve instruction by bringing student data to the teachers desktop through the student information system (SIS). Many Georgia school districts may use Infinite Campus, Power School or SchoolMax for their SIS. SLDS is designed to house many components for districts, schools and teachers alike. SLDS will eventually deliver state programs to districts, schools, and teachers via a secure information highway between the GaDOE and a district where data is sent and received called \"The Tunnel\". This tunnel provides a safe access point for districts and schools to upload data and a secure location for GaDOE to pick-up the information districts uploaded. In essence, SLDS is a students permanent records folder in digital form. \nNow available to all users via SLDS is the current statewide testing and attendance data. The data is available to provide student information based on data provided through FTE and GTID numbers. \nThis information is available to districts, schools and teachers. The goal is to offer a single sign-in for users to gather important information to make data-driven decisions regarding the district, school and classroom. \nThe SLDS system will have many components. The first is a data resource provided on a district, school and teacher level. In progress is the teacher resource link, also known as TRL. The resource link will provide teachers with additional free resources to assist in differentiation of student learning. Teachers will be able to provide quality resources to supplement a student's learning through the teacher resource link. For future development there is an assortment of programs intended to assist educators each and every day with all students. Items in development to be delivered through the tunnel include, Common Core GPS standards and resources, IEP/RTI, GAVS, IIS, professional development, Class and Leaders KEYS and many more! \nSLDS Training \nThe SLDS Team in comprised of a number of resources. While most users are finding SLDS easy and intuitive, the SLDS is offering face-to-face training as requested by districts. For more information visit: http://slds.doe.k12.ga.us/Pages/SLDS.aspx For training modules visit: http://slds.doe.k12.ga.us/Lists/Other%20Resources/AllItems.aspx To schedule training: SLDS@doe.k12.ga.us Join the SLDS Mailing List: join-slds@list.doe.k12.ga.us Friend SLDS on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/GeorgiaSLDS Follow SLDS on Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/GeorgiaSLDS \n \n Media Matters \nEligible applicants for the Striving Reader Grant \n \nPage 12 \n \n35% or more qualifying for free/reduced lunch based on the 2010 count LEAs and non-profit providers of early learning Funds support birth- to-grade 12 literacy projects in eligible high poverty/lower performing LEAs \nEarmarked funding \n \n15% of funding \"Early Learning\" Birth to age 5 (non-profit early learning centers and pre-k) \n40% Kindergarten through 5th grade (Elementary School) \n40% Middle and High schools with equal distribution of funding \n \nGAcollege 411 (available via GALILEO) is resource designed to help Georgia high school students and others who are interested in attending college explore careers, prepare for college and learn about financial aid opportunities. \nResources include tools for matching students to careers; detailed information on specific careers, SAT, ACT, and GRE test preparation; tools for comparing Ga. colleges and universities; online forms for loan applications, FAFSA, and Hope Scholarship information. Users can create a personal account that allows them to manage all their college and career information and can share their information with school counselors. \nAdvocacy Tip \nSend a message through the media. Legislators monitor their hometown media closely. Letters to the editor and editorials supporting libraries, rallies, and other events that get news coverage [like congressional briefings] are likely to be noticed by the legislator and his/her staff. \n \n Media Matters \n \nPage 13 \n \nContinued from page 1: \nThis index will include data on graduation rates, postsecondary enrollment, career readiness, pathway completion, and results from the EOCT and national tests, such as the SAT, ACT, IB, and AP exams, among other things. \nEach student will have his or her own set of data that we will examine to determine whether their education is truly working for them. This data is, in essence, the story of each and every student. \nI bring this up because the purpose of this new index is to move the focus away from a single standardized test to determine a student`s success, and instead focuses on his or her overall educational outcome. \nAnd I believe that this shift in our focus provides for an increasingly important role for our libraries. \nWhen we focus on the entire scope of a student`s work, the skills they learn from their time doing in the library become that much more important. \nSkills such as being able to explore new ideas, investigate, analyze, use technology and information tools to produce new knowledge and demonstrate achievement, and communicate what they`ve learned using oral, written, visual, and technological modes of expression. \n \nThese are all skills that are developed through library and media center use. \n \nAdvocacy Tip \nWe say it often, \"If you have a workshop, a new books preview for teachers and administrators, any event in the library, make sure you have food.\" Well, my library office is a \"coffeeklatch\" of teachers and staff every day with coffee freshly ground, both decaf and \"real\" for $.25 a cup. My teaching assistant often brings cookies or other treats left over from her weekend catering jobs while a severely autistic student and his aide walk to a nearby convenience store for more as part of his job experience. People often drop in more than the required 25 cents in appreciation for the treats. \nYou all can guess that there is a high correlation between the teachers who actively use the library for project-based learning and those who drink the library coffee...its a given that the coffee is served with conversation, curriculum design and advice, both ways. And whats said in the office, stays in the office. Its a bit of work but you get into a routinethe camaraderie and collaboration is well worth it. Its not unique, there are many variations of this around the country, but it is worth considering if you dont already do something like this for your faculty and staff. The head of maintenance just finished fixing a door handle he noticed while coming in for a cookie and coffee. YES! \nSubmitted by Sara Kelly Johns, Lake Placid Middle/High School Librarian, New York \n \n Rebecca Amerson, Media Specialist Extraordinaire, spends a lot of her spare time camping in her ,,bookmobile. Check out this beautifully painted trailer/ camper. \nAnd what do you do for fun? \n \n Page 15 \n \nNeed some direction in finding maps for your students? GALILEO resources provide current and historical maps from around the world; state maps, including current and historical Georgia maps; and even some outline maps for student activities. Lets get our bearings so that we can locate these valuable treasures in GALILEO. \n \nEncyclopdia Britannica offers a World Atlas fea- \n \nture where you can choose a country or state and \n \nImage from Encyclopdia Britannica \n \nsee a profile, the encyclopedia article, and points \n \nof interest. You can also search for a country or state and then click the Images and Media section to see maps. \n \nThe SIRS resources include current and historical maps as well as outline maps. All maps can be viewed online or printed from a PDF file. In SIRS Discoverer, click the Maps of the World feature under the Database Features section on the right to see these. In SIRS Issues Researcher, click on SIRS Researcher to access the database. Then, click on Maps in World Almanacs and Maps on the right. \nFor Georgia maps, the Digital Library of Georgia and GeorgiaInfo have plenty of historical and current maps. In Digital Library of Georgia, go to Browse by Media Type and choose Maps from the list to see collections with maps. Also, dont miss the Fire Insurance Maps link to see the Sanborn maps, which provide an interesting historical look at the streets of Georgia towns over the years. GeorgiaInfo has an extensive map collection with political, physical, and highway maps in the Maps section of the site as well as some instructional handouts with maps. \n \nPlease Contact Us if you have questions or comments or if you need to report problems. \n \nCourtney McGough GALILEO Support Services Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia Express Links for Databases Mentioned in this Post: Encyclopdia Britannica School Edition: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zebs Encyclopdia Britannica High School: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zehs Comptons by Britannica (for middle school): http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zebm Britannica Elementary: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zebk SIRS Discoverer: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zssd SIRS Issues Researcher: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zsks Digital Library of Georgia: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=dlg1 GeorgiaInfo: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=gnfo Find All Your Express Links (whats this?) \n \n Media Matters \n \nPage 16 \n \nEuropean Explorers Christopher Columbus's first voyage to the New World culminated in October 1492, sparking a great wave of exploration and discovery. Beginning with Marco Polo's travels in the latter 13th century, Europeans embarked on a period of several hundred years of exploring that took them to almost all places on the globe. Britannica (available through GALILEO) has extensive coverage of Columbus and other explorers. \n \nSubscribe to the newsletter by visiting : http://corporate.britannica.com/library/info/educators.html \nBritannica has both an elementary and high school edition newsletter. Please share this information with your faculty and staff. \n \n Page 17 \nTwo tech-savvy school librarians recognized for building lifelong learners by Jennifer Habley \nCHICAGO  School librarians Glovis South and Stephanie Rosalia are the recipients of the 2011 American Association of School Librarians (AASL) Information Technology Pathfinder Award. Sponsored by Follett Software Company, the $1,500 award recognizes and honors two school librarians  one elementary and one secondary  demonstrating vision and leadership through the use of information technology to build lifelong learners. \nGlovis South with Heard County Middle School in Franklin, Ga. created the \"Technology Literacy Caf\" as a place for students, teachers and parents to learn about new technology, innovative gadgets, informational blogs, wikis, podcasts, pencasts and avatarbased programs. Visitors can sip from the caf's coffee treats while using any of the many tech tools, print books, or video media available in the space. \nAs a National Board Certified teacher, South works closely with classroom teachers to develop lessons using current technology standards. She uses Google Docs to integrate the school library program into the curriculum school-wide. Teachers can log into their Google mail account to schedule checkouts, lessons or, if the caf is available, for a small student group or individual student. How-to guides help make processes and technology as simple as possible for teachers and students to understand. \nIn addition, South makes sure that parents are aware of the technology available to students by inviting them to the caf to play. The school library program's website is a rich source available to teachers, students and parents with links to proper research and citation methods. In her application, South stated, \"I would like to continue learning  because technology changes every day  by possibly getting my doctorate in media technology.\" \nStephanie Rosalia, school librarian at Eileen E. Zaglin School in Brooklyn, N.Y., states in her application, \"I brought an actual and virtual library to my school where there once was none.\" Rosalia's vision was to go beyond the common perception of an elementary school library and create a program grounded in technology. Rosalia introduced herself from the beginning as the \"information literacy teacher\" and went to work building collaborative partnerships with classroom teachers. \nBy using multiple audio, visual and digital technologies, Rosalia's school library program has helped place the school in the top 25 percent of all New York City K-8 schools. With a student population where 96 percent do not speak English at home, Rosalia has made many of her reading materials and tutorials Webbased to offer more help to students whose primary language is not English. Databases offer translations, and the option to have the material read aloud for easier comprehension. \nAlso, the usage of SMARTboards school-wide has allowed the skills taught in the school library to extend to the classroom. Rosalia states, \"My students don't rely on Google or Wikipedia for their information needs. They are becoming adept users of databases, subject directories, eBooks and other digital resources in addition to print text.\" Podcasts, audio books and streaming video augment the print collection. By creating multimedia outposts, Rosalia has made sure her students are college-ready and prepared to enter a 21st century workforce. \nSouth, Rosalia and other AASL award winners were honored at AASL's Awards Luncheon during ALA's 2011 Annual Conference in New Orleans. \n \n Media Matters \n \nPage 18 \n \nPage 18 \n \nMore Grant Recipients \nAtlanta City Schools received more Dollar General Grants than any other district in Georgia ($19,500 total). Congratulations APS! Back to School Grant (max $5,000) Miles  Reginald Ponder ($3000) Toomer  Shaneene Fannin ($2500) Young Middle  Lisa Gaither ($3000) Long Middle  Jacqueline Jordan ($3000) \n \nYouth Literacy (max $3,000) Capital View  Wilma Brightharp ($1500) D. H. Stanton  Brenda Street ($2500) Scott  Anja Tigges ($2500) \n \nNominate Your Tech-Savvy Superintendent Support the tech-savvy administrator that supports you. Nominate them for an award: http:// www.eschoolnews.com/resources/superintendents-center/tssa/nominate/ \n \nAdvocacy Tip \nDon`t assume elected officials know everything you know about libraries. Help them see what libraries mean to their constituents. \n \n Media Matters \n \nPage 19 \n \nThe Office of Secretary of State Presents Dr. Marsha T. Hunter with the Georgia Historical Records Advisory Board Award for Excellence in the Educational Use of Historical Records \n \nSecretary of State Brian P. Kemp and Georgia Historical Records Advisory Board (GHRAB) Chair Kaye Minchew presented Dr. Marsha Trentham Hunter with the GHRAB Award for Excellence in the Educational Use of Historical Records during the ninth annual GHRAB Archives Awards ceremony at the Georgia Archives on Tuesday, October 4, 2011. The GHRAB awards recognize outstanding efforts in archives and records work in Georgia. \nDr. Hunter, Media Specialist at Duluth High School, has initiated numerous programs dealing with the use of primary sources at the high school level. In an effort to increase understanding of the schools history, she developed an oral history project for use in the classroom, training students to interview individuals from the schools past, such as retired teachers, coaches, former administrators, and graduates concerning their experiences at the school. She participated in a Teacher Institute at the Library of Congress, creating and implementing a lesson plan using a primary source. This lesson plan, along with other primary source techniques, has been shared with other faculty. She has presented programs on the importance of documenting school history with an archives, highlighting its instructional value along with presentations on primary sources and techniques for oral history training. \nGHRAB works to promote the educational use of Georgias documentary heritage and to support efforts to improve the condition of records statewide. The Board is charged with advising the Governor, Secretary of State, and the Georgia Archives on records and policy issues. For more information, please visit www.GeorgiaArchives.org and click on GHRAB. \nThe Secretary of State's office offers important services to our business community, our government, and our citizens. These services include an efficient and secure election process, and the regulation of corporations, securities, and professional license holders. The Office also oversees the State Archives. For more information, please visit www.sos.ga.gov. \n \nMy model for business is The Beatles. They were four guys who kept each other's kind of negative tendencies in check. They balanced each other and the total was greater than the sum of the parts. That's how I see business: great things in business are never done by one person, they're done by a team of people. ~ Steve Jobs \n \n Su nday \n \nNovember 2011 \n \nGeorgia Department of Education \n \nMond ay \n \nTuesday \n \nWed nesday \n \n1 \n \n2 \n \nJohn Adams, 1st North and Sout h \n \npresident to l ive Dakota become \n \nin the White \n \nstates: 1889 \n \nHouse: 1800 \n \nThu rsday \n3 \nNati onal Sandwich Day! \n \nFr iday \n4 \nBirthday ofWill Rogers: 18791935 \n \nSatu rd ay \n5 \nBirthdays of Wil l Durant, Ida Tarbel l, Roy Rogers \nGunpowder P lot: 1605 \n \n6 \n \n7 \n \n8 \n \n9 \n \nPlut oni umi s first 1st African Ameri- BramStoker: 1847-Berlin Wall \n \nproduced: 1944 can Governor 1912 \n \nopened: 1989 \n \nelected: 1989 Can you name the person? \n \nMargaret Mitchell: 1900-1949 \n \nWho is Marie \n \nCuri e? \n \n10 \nSesame Street debuted: 1969 \n \n11 \nVeteran's Day! \n \n12 \nEll is Island closed: 1954 \n \n13 14 \nRobert Louis Wi lliamSteig: Stevenson born: 1907-2003 1850-1894 \n \n15 16 \nDaniel Pinkwater, Birthday ofJean David McCord, Fritz: 1915and Marianne Moore born. \n \n17 18 19 \n \nDavid Livingston Lewis \u0026 Clark \n \nd is co v ered \n \nreached Pacific \n \nVictoria Falls: Ocean: 1805 \n \n1855 \n \nLincoln's Gettysburg Address: 1863 \n \n20 21 \nWi lliamCole born:What did \n1919- 20002000 Eli zabeth \nGeorge Speare write? \n \n22 \nWho is George Eli ot? \n \n23 \nMarc Simont born: 1915- \n \n24 \nHave you ever heard ofCarlo Coll odi ? \n \n25 \nMarc Brown and Cres cen t Dragonwagon born on this dat e! \n \n26 \nCharlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus, and Peppermint Patty's creator born today. \n \n27 28 \nBirthday ofJames 1st automobile Agee: 1909-1955 race: 1895 \n \n29 30 \nBirthdays of C.S. 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I was published at \nthirteen, made a record at fourteen, had a hit at fifteen, and was a has-been at 10 sixteen... \n \nExemplary \u0026 Exceptional \n \n11 It's all uphill from there. \n \nHolcomb Bridge 12 I am from the North, and though I've lived in Nashville these past 23 years, that's barely long enough to remove the phrase \"Damnyankee\" from my name. I am \n \nDigital Shift \n \n13 therefore doubly honored to be asked to address you; first, as a transplant, and \n \nTemple High School \nAnother retiree \n \nsecond, as an artist. \n14 \nOf all the descriptions I might apply to myself  Northern, white, Jewish, gay, 15 female, vertically challenged  artist is the only one I earned myself. So today, I \n \nLeadership \n \nspeak to you from the viewpoint of an artist, first and foremost. \n15 \n \nCalendar \n \nWhen prehistoric man made his first symbols, and connected those symbols with 16 true language, he began a chain of events that would enlighten and ennoble the \n \nworld. The written word informs us. It challenges us. It drags us to the depths and \n \nlifts us to the heavens in one graceful arc that can only be appreciated by those \n \nwho can read. \n \nContinued on next page \n \nJane Yolen's Advice to Young Writers: 1. Be a reader 2. Write everyday 3. Don't let anyone tell you that you can't do it. \n \n Volume 11 Number 3 \n \nPage 2 \n \nLibraries are a hallmark of a civilized culture, and librarians represent that culture to all facets of society. We artists have a great affinity with you librarians, for many reasons, not the least of which is that we exist in large part to educate, and to protect. To make order out of chaos, and to teach others to do the same. To keep the dreams of a nation, of a people, safe for future generations. To make those dreams available to everyone  not just the wealthy or beautiful, not just the people of one race or one color or one religion  but available to everyone who dares to dream of something bigger than themselves. \nAs you well know, the history of libraries is deep and dense, informed with beauty and tragedy. Who among us has not wondered at the barbarism of those who burned the library at Alexandria? Which of us does not mourn the ignorance displayed every time a book is burned? Who among us here can fail to rejoice that we live in a nation where freedom of speech rules, and literacy is considered a right, not a privilege? \n \nIt is difficult to subdue a fully literate people. They are exposed to too many different trains of thought. They are taught to question, to challenge, to argue. In our respect for literacy, as in so many other things, we artists have a great deal in common with you. \n \nLibrarians and artists have an affinity for one another, perhaps because we're both outlaws. We seek understanding rather than agreement. We are open to greater worlds than the day to day world we occupy. We are often left to stand alone from the first, to make our way toward conscience and morality at ages far younger than the average person. We seek solitude, in order to hear the thoughts in our heads  and to make room for the hope in our hearts. \n \nI grew up on a farm, a mile or two from the nearest neighbor. There were books everywhere; some of my earliest memories are of my parents reading to me. From Babar to Winnie-the-Pooh, books were my companions and my solace. \n \nMy immigrant grandparents, whose English carried the lilt of their birth languages, would read the newspaper after dinner, and the fierce arguments over politics that ensued each night convinced me that the printed word carried a weight all out of proportion to its size. \n \nI lived, not only on the farm, but in France with Madeleine at her convent. In Africa with Mowgli, in China with Ping the duck, on Mars with the Tik Tok Man, and in my favorite place, Oz, with Dorothy and Toto. My family gave me books, and books, in turn, gave me the world. \nMy grandparents wrote to us every week, always including a paragraph for me, and the instant I realized how it worked, I demanded my mother teach me so I could read them for myself. I was sure they'd sent secret messages meant only for me with each letter, and I wanted to find them for myself! Even then, I understood that words can reveal, and words can hide. \nContinued on next page \n \n Media Matters \n \nPage 3 \n \nI didn't realize I was a freak until I started kindergarten. The teacher began showing us how to print letters. I raised my hand and asked to be excused, saying I already knew how to read and write and would much rather be reading. The teacher called me a liar, and made me stand in the corner for the rest of the afternoon. I was outraged, and complained bitterly to my mother when I got home. \n \nFortunately, my mother was also outraged, though at the thought of anyone calling her child a liar. She came with me the next morning, talked to the principal, and thereafter  provided I made good grades  I spent most of the writing hour with my nose buried in a book. \nMy father had what I now know was a rare and enlightened attitude toward my reading. A teacher himself, he believed that if I read something beyond my scope, I wouldn't understand it, and it wouldn't hurt me. If it was within my scope, I would understand it  and it wouldn't hurt me. \nAs first generation Americans, my parents understood all too well the power of literacy. In Russia, my grandparents were not permitted to attend school. Fortunately for them, they were Jewish, a religion that insists on education  in fact, the first thing we're taught to build when we begin a new community is not a place of worship, but a school. Because of this, they were literate in Hebrew, Yiddish, Russian, Ukrainian, French, and finally, English. Looking at my own mono-lingual skills, I feel like a pauper compared to them! \nMy people understood the power of literacy because they saw, over and over again, that education was the key to a future. The Portuguese say, \"Knowledge does not occupy space.\" As a hunted people, expelled from one country after another through the ages, the Jews had learned that lesson well. My grandmother often told me that gold could be confiscated, money could be lost  but knowledge was forever. \nSo my grandparents, and my parents, encouraged me to read  everything and anything, from Batman comics to My Side of the Mountain. My nickname as a child was \"Why?\" People would ask my mother how she could stand it, the constant questioning  my father even got a part time job selling encyclopedias so he could buy one for me and give my poor mom some time off! \nBut even when my omnivorous curiosity presented difficulties for them, they continued to support my quest for knowledge. Who knew where it would lead? We were in America! Maybe I would become a great scientist, like Einstein. Maybe I would become a professor, or a doctor  all the professions denied to my forebears in Russia. Whatever I became, they were sure books were key. \n \nContinued on next page \n \n Volume 11 Number 3 \nYou can understand what a disappointment it was to everyone when I became a musician... \n \nPage 4 \n \nAnd being a musician, being a writer, set me apart from the first. I became an outlaw the day I set my fingers on the piano keys. I became an outlaw the day I decided Madeleine L'Engle was more interesting than American Bandstand. \n \nWhen I looked around at my schoolmates, I didn't see anyone remotely like me. No one else dreamed of the day when she'd be able to afford a hard-backed book instead of a paperback. No one else saved every scrap of lunch money so they could buy pens, and pads, and books. I longed for friends, people I could talk to about things that were important to me, but I met none. \n \nI was alone, and lonely. I only met myself in novels. \n \nAnd novels were few and far between. There was a lending library on wheels, limited to books adults thought children would enjoy. Hah. Anyone who's ever watched an untutored adult choose books for a child knows how little I found of interest there! \n \nThen, one brisk October morning, everything changed. My entire class was taken to the library. We wrote our names down, gave our addresses to a stern-faced woman behind a tall desk, and were given library cards in return. They were limited to the children's and young adult sections, we could only take out three books at a time, but they were library cards. \n \nThe library saved my life. If anyone in my family wondered where I was, they had only to drop by the reading room to find me. The librarian, Mrs. Anna Baker, was my first true friend  someone who listened carefully, responded truthfully, and gave me every scrap of knowledge she could muster through the books she controlled. \n \nI met her because she'd noticed the way I decided which books to check out. To have access to an entire room full of books was more than I'd hoped for, and I was determined to read each and every one. I'd begun with the top left shelf of the room, and was gradually working my way to the bottommost right. Of course, the problem with my indiscriminate reading was quality, and interest  quite often, I'd take home my three cherished books, only to find that two of them failed me completely, and the third wasn't so great either. \n \nAnna began recommending books  A Wrinkle In Time, Half-Magic, Boy Gravely, Young Man With a Horn - all the Newberry and Caldecott winners and more besides. My life began to fill with more worlds than I'd ever dreamed. Books led me to more books, as authors led me to more authors. \n \nContinued on next page \n \n Media Matters \n \nPage 5 \n \nA newspaper article led me to Scottsboro Boys, but when I tried to sneak out of the adult section and check it out, the head librarian caught me and confiscated it. I complained to Mrs. Baker, who called my parents and obtained their permission to check adult books out for me on her own card. \nBooks saved me. I lived at the library. I lived there because it was quiet. I lived there because it was safe. I lived there because no one judged me. I lived there because there, and only there, did I feel free to explore myself. \nThe library was my safe haven, my sanctuary, the only place that understood my inner world. The library taught me that somewhere out there were others like me. The library promised that one day, when I was old enough, I would meet them at last. \n \nThe library saved me. It was a source of strength, and that source fed me, as surely as a river feeds the sea. It was the library that taught me how to be an artist, and led my way to my own life's work. \nAn artist is a citizen of the world, bound by no convention, tied by no borders. We are homeless from the start; we do not have the refuge of conformity, of predictability. Artists need a place of refuge, just as children need a place of refuge... and the world needs its artists, just as it needs its children. \nIt is the artists who pull sense from the chaos of daily life. It is the artists who carry our true history in their work. Artists are the last alchemists, turning base metal to gold, base desire to beauty, daily life to magnificent stories that stay with us long after we set the work aside. We take your heart's desire and make it visible  and if that isn't alchemy, I don't know what is. \nArtists deal in dreams. That is what we sell. We sell dreams, and as you well know, without a dream, a book is just an empty cover waiting to be filled. Without a dream, a CD is merely a piece of plastic. Without a dream, a child is just a shell, left to wander in ignorance, no better than a brute animal. \nContinued on next page \n \nDelicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns. ~ George Eliot \n \n Volume 11 Number 3 \n \nPage 6 \n \nBooks fill the empty pages of our hearts. They leave their language on our souls. Whether a story leaps at us from the printed page, or whispers to us from a CD, or blinds us with its beauty when we see it on film, words capture and hold our dreams. They remind us of ourselves at our best, and teach us what we can be. They carry our longing for the stars, and point us toward them when we are too earthbound to do it ourselves. \n \nI hope that every library is a place of refuge for people like me, and for all the children in the world. I hope that every librarian is as kind as Mrs. Baker, who corresponded with me regularly until her death, and whose last letter to me recommended several books she'd recently enjoyed. I hope that when you are tired, when you are exhausted, when you are frustrated and angry and railing against an impossible system with ridiculous rules  I hope that in those moments you will remember me, who found her heart in books, and learned from you that there are worlds for the taking, if only we can find them. \n \n*  2011 by Janis Ian; all rights reserved. Www.janisian.com \n \nNo spring nor summer beauty hath such grace As I have seen in one autumnal face. ~ John Donne \n \nDid you know that.... \n We have 1,676,412 students enrolled in Georgia public schools  962,041 of our students qualify for free or reduced lunch  217,036 require additional instructional services  167,798 receive special education services  159,680 qualify for the gifted program \nFrom the Georgia School Board Association September 2011 \n \n Media Matters \n \nChild of the Library \n \nChorus: \n \nI'm a Child of the Lib'ry, it made me who I am, It taught me about freedom and the fellowship of Man A sea of story waits for you behind the lib'ry door, Don't say we can't afford them any more. \n \nThe Lib'ry's where I made some friends I've known my whole life through The Walkers and the Blacketts and the Pevensies so true. Simp the canine cannonball, Galadriel the fair. The daughter of a pirate king and Paddington the Bear \n \nI've travelled South with Shackleton and all his gallant crew And to the African interior that Mary Kingsley knew I've rode the trackless prairie where the bison used to roam An travelled round the Universe, not half an hour from home. \n \nAnd as I grew the libr'y fed my curiosity, All there for the asking. All of it for free. It's there I found the stories that I couldn't find at home. It's where I learned I was myself and not my father's clone. \n \nSo make friends with your library, don't let it fade away. Teach your kids the lib'ry's where you go on Saturday. Don't let the bastards tell you they will cost to much to save While they're shoveling our taxes down the hole the bankers made \n \nSo make a stand for the lib'ry. Stand up while you can. Stand up for your freedom. Stand for your fellow man. Ignorance is never bliss, don't close the lib'ry door. For a lib'ry lost is lost forever more. \n \nLyrics  2011 Piers and Gill Cawley \n \nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch? feature=player_embedded\u0026v=MDi5JtS1H-g#! \n \nPage 7 \n \nwww.todayingeorgiahistory.org \n \n Volume 11 Number 3 \n \nPage 8 \n \nCatch Up with GALILEO \nKaren Minton \nThe fall conferences for schools and libraries begin with COMO in October, and GALILEO will be a big presence with sessions, exhibit booths, posters, and other materials. Check out the list below for sessions to help you and your teachers. Help spread the word to teachers and technology staff that they will find sessions of interest at GaETC and the Social Studies Annual Conference. If you aren't planning to attend a conference this year, look through the webinars on the GALILEO training page for sessions you can log in to right from a computer in your office. \nCOMO XXIII, Athens, October 5-7 \nWhat's New in GALILEO Catch up on new features, functionalities, and projects, with Q \u0026 A included. \nGrab GALILEO for Great Multimedia Projects This fun and inspirational session covers using GALILEO resources to create multimedia projects. \nProfessional Development Planning for Public Library Staff, GALILEO Included Learn strategies for implementing or improving a professional development program at your library, including a look at the \"Great Things to Know in GALILEO\" self -guided training modules. \nExploring Newspapers in GALILEO A look at content and functionality in DLG historical newspapers and subscription newspaper databases in GALILEO, including tips for better searching. \nShowing Value with GALILEO Statistics A look at the inner workings of how GALILEO collects, manages, and reports usage statistics. Session will also demonstrate different ways to present usage data for accountability purposes. \nGaETC, Atlanta, November 2-4 \nCreating Your Story: Tips for Using GALILEO in Student Multimedia Projects This session introduces the \"Create Your Own Story\" activity, a guided-exploration activity in which elementary, middle, or high school students investigate GALILEO resources, illustrate a chosen theme, and create an autobiographical digital story. \nThe NEW New Georgia Encyclopedia: Creating the Resources You Need to Teach the GPS After a description of planned technology upgrades, participate in a discussion on developing a version of the NGE for elementary readers and a Teacher's Resources area that will align NGE content with GPS. \n \nContinued on next page \n \n Media Matters \n \nPage 9 \n \nEnhancing History Education with Digitized Maps An exploration of digitized The Digital Library of Georgia, including the Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps that depict Georgia's cities and towns in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. \nCivil War Sesquicentennial: Digital Resources in GALILEO Explore online Georgia history resources in GALILEO to find primary sources, facts, images, magazine and journal articles, and more. \nSupporting and Customizing GALILEO for Your School Learn key information on supporting and customizing GALILEO for your school system, including best practices for accessing through the GALILEO interface or linking directly from school web pages. \nGeorgia Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference, Athens, October 20-21 \nCivil War Sesquicentennial: Resources in GALILEO and the Digital Library of Georgia Explore GALILEO and Georgia history resources to find primary sources, facts, images, magazine and journal articles, and more to use in your classroom. \nEnhancing History Education with Primary Source Materials in the Digital Library of Georgia The presenter describes the large variety of primary resources in the Digital Library of Georgia, their usefulness in enlivening history teaching, and how they can help students appreciate the value of research in history. \nThe NEW New Georgia Encyclopedia: Creating the Resources You Need to Teach the GPS After a description of planned technology upgrades, participate in a discussion on developing a version of the NGE for elementary readers and a Teacher's Resources area that will align NGE content with GPS. \n2012 Annual GALILEO Staff Awards for Best Use of GALILEO Resources in a Georgia Student Media Festival Project Many sessions at conferences and webinars are great preparation for creating projects for the Georgia Student Media Festival. Two awards will be presented for the best use of GALILEO resources among the 2012 entries. Use this flyer to promote the awards at your school. \nGALILEO Staff Awards Flyer http://about.galileo.usg.edu/docs/materials_docs/ GALILEO_StudentMedia_Award_2011-2012_1.pdf \nGALILEO Online Training http://help.galileo.usg.edu/librarians/training/ \nGALILEO News and System Status Announcements are now available via RSS feed. News: http://about.galileo.usg.edu/news/feed/ \nSystem Status Announcements: http://status.galileo.usg.edu/site/feed/ \n \n Volume 11 Number 3 \n \nPage 10 \n \n Media Matters \n \nPage 11 \n \n2011 Exemplary and Exceptional Recipients! \n \nExemplary \n \nElementary: \n \nParsons: Gwinnett LMS Suzanne Skeen \n \nPrincipal: Charlotte Sadler \n \nCompton: Cobb \nMiddle Palmer: Cobb \n \nLLMMSSJaPneeglglyMMcCillaumre-CreigPhrtionncipPalr:inCcaitphayl:WLeiznMtwuorrpthhTyShppeoreNsnecesoiTeaMvhnleieutmsidtrnsbisagdewraaiytl3l,GbaeETC \n \nMidway: Liberty LMS Cristina Dover \n \nPrincipal: Debra Frazier \n \nClarke: Clarke LMS Shawn Hinger \n \nPrincipal: Tad MacMillan \n \nHigh Glynn Academy: Glynn LMS Melissa Purcell and Amy Bradley Principal: Scott Spence Sequoyah: Cherokee LMS Jan Reed and Elease Franchini Principal: Elliott Berman \n \nExceptional \n \nElementary \n \nKingston: Bartow \n \nLMS Lori Pilgrim \n \nMedlock Bridge: Fulton LMS Leigh Martin \n \nPrincipal Stefany Howard Principal Margaret Pupillo \n \nMiddle \n \nRidgeview Charter: Fulton LMS Taylor Wickline \n \nLittle Mill: Forsyth \n \nLMS Anna Murdock \n \nHeard Middle: Heard \n \nLMS Glovis South \n \nPrincipal Lisa Hastey Principal Connie McCrary Principal Mike Roberts \n \n Volume 11 Number 3 \n \nPage 12 \n \nHolcomb Bridge Middle School Participates in First One Book Project by Ellen Reagin \nInspired by other schools nationwide that have held One Book Projects, Holcomb Bridge MS teacher Dana Ferrara brought the idea to the school's leadership team. After months of planning the project began with the selected novel, Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman. \nSeedfolks is a novel that focuses on the impromptu creation of a garden that brings together a diverse, inner city neighborhood. Like the garden, Holcomb Bridge is a diverse community of learners who come together for a common goal: excellence. The planning committee even created a web page so that families and community members could read along (http://onebookhbms.weebly.com). \nTitle 1 grant money provided enough funds so that every child had his/her own copy to read during the two week period. Every staff member had a small mentoring group to work with and even nonreading teachers enjoyed working with the students to promote literacy and create a common experience. Spanish copies were ordered and an evening Spanish speaking parent group formed to read the book together. \nFulton County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Robert Avossa attended the Kick Off assembly where he shared his own heritage and experience of coming to the U.S. as a small child. Holcomb Bridge teachers dressed the parts of the characters in the book and introduced themselves to the students at the school wide assembly. Permission was granted by the publisher to use the book cover art in community flyers and promotional materials. The entire project was a tremendous success and the school plans to loan their materials to other Fulton schools who may decide to try a One Book Project at their schools. Student and teachers are already asking what the next book will be. \n \nA good book should leave you slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading it. ~ William Styron \n \n Media Matters \n \nPage 13 \n \nLibrary Journal/School Library Journal present the second annual Virtual Summit on Ebooks: The New Normal a one-day virtual conference on ebooks and their role in the future of libraries on October 12th, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm EDT. This event will bring together librarians, vendors and publishers, and industry experts and offers keynote presentations as well as three tracks designed for public, academic, and K-12 libraries to discuss how libraries are leveraging the ebook opportunity to improve service and reach more users than ever before. This year's keynote will be delivered by author M.T. Anderson Library Journal is granting a special Gale discounted pricing of $19.95. This special pricing is good now until the live day. The normal price is $29.95, but participants using the Gale Promo code: Ebksmt11Gale will pay only $19.95. Click HERE to Register. Or you can click on the registration URL that leads directly to the registration page, just be sure to include the Gale Promo code: Ebksmt11Gale to pay only $19.95: http:// www.thedigitalshift.com/events/e-book-summit/register/? utm_source=gale\u0026utm_medium=promo\u0026utm_campaign=ebooksummit Once registered, media specialists will have access to all the summit content and materials for 90 days. To learn more about the Virtual Summit visit: http://www.thedigitalshift.com/events/e -book-summit/?utm_source=gale\u0026utm_medium=promo\u0026utm_campaign=ebooksummit \nBesides the autumn poets sing, a few prosaic days A little this side of the snow and that side of the haze. ~ \nEmily Dickinson \n \n Volume 11 Number 3 \n \nPage 14 \n \nTemple High School \n589 Sage Street \nTemple, Georgia 30179 \nKaren Suddeth, Principal Tim Gribben, Assistant Principal eMagazine News Release \nTemple High School Media Center Launches High Tech Learning Environment \nAugust 30, 2011 \nSince the media center is the learning hub for the entire school, Temple High is working to transform their media center into a 21st century learning environment. A remodeling project has opened the area for visitors to enjoy and provided space to accommodate technology upgrades. With the help of SPLOST money, the updated media center will feature ebooks, Nooks, iPads, iPods, and flat screen televisions. The media center has been redesigned to accommodate an interactive Promethean Board that will allow classes to utilize the resources the media center has to offer. There is also a plan to purchase ebooks with money from the School Improvement Grant (SIG). One goal of the transformation is to promote digital literacy among the students and faculty. The media specialist and media clerk/technology assistant are collaborating with teachers to help implement the NETS (National Educational Technology Standards http://www.iste.org/standards/nets-for-teachers.aspx). With help from the media center, these national standards are integrated in 21st century classrooms at Temple High School. \n \nSubmitted by Sabrina Thompson Media Specialist Temple High School \n \n Media Matters \n \n1754 Twin Towers East 205 Jesse Hill Jr. Drive Atlanta, Georgia 30334 \nPhone: 404-657-9800 Fax: 404-656-5744 E-mail: jserrite@doe.k12.ga.us \n \nPage 15 \n \nOctober gave a party; the leaves by hundreds cameThe Chestnuts, Oaks, and Maples, And leaves of every name. The Sunshine spread a carpet, and everything was grand, Mrs. Weather lead the dancing, Professor Wind the band. ~ Georgia Cooper \nLibrary Media Clerk, Karen Bowers, retired in May from South Columbia Elementary in Martinez. \nSharon Coatney (paraphrased) said: It is difficult to be in a leadership position as a school librarian or a school library district director or coordinator. It is hard to watch school library positions cut or reduced to a para-professional status; it is wrenching to watch successful programs decimated. It is particularly difficult because research supports the correlation between excellent school library programs staffed with credentialed school librarians and student achievement. Yet the worst of times often brings an opportunity. for visionary leadership. School librarians and school library administrators can use these hard times to identify themselves as school leaders and promote advocacy for the school library program. The \"worst of times\" can become the \"best of times\" for school libraries. Let's do it! \nThanks Rosalind Dennis for sharing this. \n \n Su nday \n \nOctober 2011 \n \nGeorgia Department of Education \n \nMond ay \n \nTuesday \n \nWed nesday \n \nThu rsday \n \nFr iday \n \nSatu rd ay \n1 \nBirthday ofJi mmy Carter: 1924- \n \n2 \n \n3 \n \nBirthday of Gandhi: 18691948 \n \n1st female U.S. Senator: 1922 (a t wo day appoint ment) \n \n4 \nRutherford B. Hayes born: 1822-1893 \n \n5 \nBirthday of Chester A. Arthur: 18291886 \n \n6 \nWho is Le Co rb u s ier ? \n \n7 \n \n8 \n \nBirthday of \n \nWho is Faith \n \nDesmond Tut u: Ringgold? \n \n1931- \n \n9 \n \n10 \n \nWashi ngt on \nMonument \nopened: 1888 \nWhat ha ppened to the monum ent during the r ec ent e arthquake ? \n \nPledge of Allegi ance written: 1892 \n \n16 17 \n \nBirthday ofNoah Birthday of \n \nWebst er, Oscar Arthur Miller \n \nWi lde, and \n \nand Mae \n \nEugene O'Neill Jemison \n \n11 12 \nJimmy Carter is Columbus Day awarded Nobel Peace P rize: 2002 \n \n13 \nUS Navy founded: 1775 \n \n14 \nBirthday of Dwi ght Eis enh o w er : 1890-1969 \n \n15 \nBirthday ofBarry Moser: 1940- \n \n18 \nUS purchases Alaska: 1867 \n \n19 20 21 22 \n \nThomas Edison Birthday of \n \nBirthday ofAlfred Cuban Mi ssle \n \ndemonstrates Mickey Mant le: Nobel: 1833- Cri sis: 1962 \n \nthe electri c light: 1931-1995 \n \n1896. 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The segments will then be archived and available on the web. Today in Georgia History is a collaborative educational project between GHS and GPB that focuses on historical events or a person associated with a particular day in Georgia history. \nThe announcement of the September 1 broadcast launch was held at GPB's Atlanta headquarters where GHS President and Chief Executive Officer Dr. Todd Groce and GPB President and Executive Director Teya Ryan unveiled seven of the upcoming Today in Georgia History segments, including pieces that feature legendary former UGA Head Football Coach and Athletic Director Vince Dooley and the late recording artist Otis Redding. Coach Dooley and Otis Redding's daughter Karla were present at the announcement. \nToday in Georgia History segments are hosted by Dr. Stan Deaton, Senior Historian at GHS. \nThere is also an interactive website for Today in Georgia History to serve as an educational resource for teachers and students. The site (www.todayingeorgiahistory.org) will maintain audio and video streaming of the segments, as well as transcripts. It will also include tips for teachers, curriculum, writing prompts, review questions and discussion topics, classroom exercises, follow-up research topics and selected primary-source material. Today in Georgia History's Web resource will reach students of all grade levels and cover all subject areas based on the content, and will align with Georgia's social studies curriculum and performance standards. \nThe segments will air on GPB TV Monday-Friday at 8:57 PM, Saturday at 12:57 PM and 6:57 PM, and Sunday at 6:57 PM and 8:57 PM \nEditorial comment: I have seen 7 of the segments and am so very impressed with the quality, the content, the delivery, and everything about this wonderful project! ~ Judy \n \n Page 2 \n \nVolume 11 Number 2 \n \n10 Reasons to Attend the COMO Conference in Athens \nOctober 5-7, 2011 Register at http://georgiacomo.org/ \n1. Wednesday Library Movie Night featuring the movie \"Storm Center.\" Made in 1956, at a time when some in Hollywood were branded as communists, this antiMcCarthyism movie is about a librarian who refuses to remove a book from her library. \n2. Georgia Superintendent of Education Dr. John Barge, in his keynote address, will speak about his plan for moving Georgia's education forward. \n3. Current New York Times bestselling author Eric Litwin will demonstrate interactive literacy techniques with his electric guitar while James Dean paints an original Pete the Cat! Art, music, and interactive literacy. \n4. GALILEO sessions galore. Learn what's new, how to utilize GALILEO statistics, customize GALILEO, and research genealogy. \n5. Book Cart drill competition teams in costumes to choreographed music go for the gold, silver, and bronze prizes. \n6. Awards luncheon with AASL President-Elect Susan Ballard. Recognize our great Media Specialists of the Year and learn what they are doing. \n7. Technology and Evolution. Learn how changes in policy, culture and technology are determining the future of libraries from keynote speaker Cliff Landis. \n8. High Tea Authors' Reception. Meet Georgia authors and listen to live classical music. \n9. Concurrent sessions on the Web 3.0 frontier, social media tools, iPads graphic novels, your social media presence, cloud computing, e-books, Web 2.0 tools for collaboration, multimedia presentations, the Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl, the Georgia Book Awards for 2012, and much more... \n10. Socializing and networking with Library Media Specialists from across the state. \n \n Page 3 \n \nMedia Matters \n \nVolume 11 Number 2 \n \nCarmen Deedy (above) is reading from her new book The Cheshire Cheese Cat: A Dickens of a Tale at a recent preview party at Peachtree Publishers. Participants were also treated to a Skype session with Carmen's co-author Randall Wright and illustrator Barry Moser. \nMedia Specialist Susan Grigsby won a personal Carmen Deedy appearance and reading for her school! \n \nSkilley, an alley cat with an embarrassing secret, longs to escape his street-cat life. Tried of dodging fishwives' brooms and carriage wheels, he hopes to trade London's damp alleyways for the warmth of Ye Old Cheshire Cheese Inn. He strikes a bargain with Pip, an erudite mouse: Skilley will protect the mice who live in the inn, and in turn, the mice will provide Skilley with the thing he desires most. \n \n  Page 5 \nPRESS RELEASE \n66 Georgia college graduates go to Spain to teach English The Ministry of Education of Spain awards over 2,700 grants to North American Language \u0026 Culture Teaching Assistants in Spain. This Program provides Spanish students and teachers of English/French an opportunity to broaden and increase their knowledge of the English/French language through interaction with native speakers. The assistants will also have the opportunity to learn about Spanish language and culture and use their experience upon their return to the United States and Canada, thus helping to develop cultural understanding between the citizens of Spain and the United States and Canada. Most participants are recent college graduates or have completed two college academic years. The Teaching Assistant will spend the 2011-12 school year in Spain and will receive a minimum 700 Euros monthly stipend together with health insurance and teacher training. The scholarships have been given to participants from all 50 States and Canada. \nNOTA DE PRENSA 66 graduados de Georgia van a Espaa a ensear ingls El Ministerio de Educacin de Espaa otorga ms de 2,700 ayudas a Auxiliares de Conversacin Norteamericanos en Espaa. Este programa proporciona al alumnado y al profesorado de ingls/francs en Espaa la oportunidad de profundizar en el conocimiento de la lengua y la cultura norteamericanas a partir de la interaccin con hablantes nativos. Al mismo tiempo, los Auxiliares de Conversacin tienen la oportunidad de perfeccionar su conocimiento de la lengua y cultura espaolas y, a su regreso a los Estados Unidos o Canad, aprovechar su experiencia, fomentando la comprensin intercultural entre los ciudadanos de Espaa, Estados Unidos y Canad. La mayora de los participantes son Universitarios recin graduados o que han completado dos aos acadmicos. Los auxiliares de conversacin pasarn el ao escolar 2011-12 en Espaa y recibirn una ayuda mensual mnima de 700 adems de seguro mdico y formacin para profesores. Las becas han sido otorgadas a participantes de todos los Estados de EE.UU. y Canad. \nThe library saved my life. If anyone in my family wondered where I was, they had only to drop by the reading room to find me. The librarian, Mrs. Anna Baker, was my first true friend  someone who listened carefully, responded truthfully, and gave me every scrap of knowledge she could muster through the books she controlled. ~ Janis Ian \n \n 1754 Twin Towers East 205 Jesse Hill Jr. Drive Atlanta, Georgia 30334 Phone: 404-657-9800 Fax: 404-656-5744 E-mail: jserrite@doe.k12.ga.us \nFunds 4 Books \nsubmitted by the Mackin Educational Resources Company \nMackin has put together some information for any school that has a disaster. The company sets up a website for schools that have experienced losses. We at Mackin know how difficult it can be when a school has a catastrophe that impacts its library. Funds4Books is a great way for people in the community, as well as from all over the world, to be able to donate towards resources to help these schools get what they need. \n100% of all donations go directly to the media centers. The media specialists will have complete discretion over what they purchase through Mackin with these funds: books, eBooks, online databases and more. Additionally, Mackin will ship their items free of charge, and the items will arrive catalogued and processed according to the media specialist's specifications. As an extra benefit, Mackin will match 10% of every $100 donated. Hopefully, there won't be need for this service, but this is good information to have just in case of future need. \nThe link below is the Fund4Books link. On this page, you will see information regarding the Funds4Books program as well as current programs with links for donations to those schools. All a Library Media Specialist needs to do is promote it in his/her community with the materials that we provide. We will promote it also!!! It's very easy for folks to donate online too, and Mackin sends out tax receipts to the donors. We do this to make Funds4Books easy for schools and donors. \nhttp://www.mackin.com/FUNDS4BOOKS/DISASTER-RELIEF.aspx \nI really didn't realize the librarians were, you know, such a dangerous group. They are subversive. You think they're just sitting there at the desk, all quiet and everything. They're like plotting the revolution, man. I wouldn't mess with them. ~ Michael Moore \n \n Page 7 \n \n Volume 11 Number 2 \nSo what do Library Media Specialists do after retirement? All kinds of things! Volunteer, travel, start another career....Ann Whitley (center) is in a group of musicians called The Rosin Sisters. They performed in Decatur on August 28, 2011. \nLibrarians are there: To help, aid, assist. To teach, collate, enthuse. To catalogue, index, arrange, organize. To find, discover, promote, display. To interest, intrigue, amuse, and amaze. To instill wonder. To help children, adults, old people, the underprivileged, the rich, the poor, those with voices, and those without. To protect resources, to archive them, to store them, to save them for the future. To provide differing viewpoints, to engender thought, conversation, research, fun. To provide the best answer possible, to match the answer to the enquirer, to provide just enough information without overwhelming the user, but enough to always help. To better a local community, a company, a school, a college, an organization, a country, the world. Google is there: To make money. http://philbradley.typepad.com/phil_bradleys_weblog/2011/06/what-librarians-google-are-for.html \n \n Meet GALILEO \nAn introduction to Georgia's Virtual Library for new teachers and media specialists \nA new school year brings new teachers, media specialists, and administrators to Georgia schools, all needing an introduction to GALILEO. Here are a few bite-sized facts to help new educators get to know GALILEO. \nWhat is GALILEO? \nGALILEO provides access to authoritative, subscription-only information unavailable through Google and other search engines \nGALILEO includes articles from thousands of magazines, encyclopedias, books, and more GALILEO includes resources on the history and culture of Georgia through the Digital Library of \nGeorgia and the New Georgia Encyclopedia Other content includes images, primary source documents, scholarly journals, newspapers, and \nresearch tools GALILEO is available 24/7 on campus with no password and remotely from anywhere with a password. \nThe password changes four times a year and is sent to media specialists in the school system \nWhat can you do in GALILEO? \nStudents in all grades can find reliable, vetted articles to support research papers, projects, websites, and other assignments \nStudents in literary arts and English classes can find literary criticism Students and teachers can find information to support GPS and CCGPS Students, teachers, and parents can help students find articles and books to read within their Lexile \nrange Educators in all grades and disciplines can find professional development articles from respected \neducation journals \nA quick walk-through \nGo to the GALILEO website at http://www.galileo.usg.edu At the top of the page, click on the link to High School, Teen (Middle School), or Elementary Select a subject category (High School and Teen; Elementary users skip to next step). Most databases available through GALILEO appear in multiple categories. For example, you will see the Britannica encyclopedia appropriate for your grade level in most categories since it has information on all topics Select a database by clicking on any of the blue links. Each database has its own interface with features to help you use the content there Search for any topic you choose and explore the different features offered by the database Return to the GALILEO homepage and click on Help in the top right corner. Here you will find information on joining the GALILEO e-mail list, materials and canned presentations, training information on webinars and archived sessions, and other support \nHow does GALILEO compare to Google? \nEvery year media specialists ask, How do we encourage our students (teachers, administrators, others) to use GALILEO instead of Google? Feel free to copy the \u003ca href=http://about.galileo.usg.edu/docs/ materials_docs/GALILEOvsGOOGLE_K12_rev.docx\u003eGALILEO vs Google\u003c/a\u003e handout to share with others at your school. \nThe GALILEO support staff are happy to help you with any problems or questions you have regarding technical issues, content, usage, or other topics. Click on the \u003ca href=http://www.galileo.usg.edu/ contact\u003eContact Us\u003c/a\u003e link in the top right corner of the home page. \nContinued on next page \n \n Continued from previous page \n \nVolume 11 Number 2 \n \nCooperation is the thorough conviction that nobody can get there unless everybody gets there. ~ Virginia Burden \n \n Page 11 \nAre you on Facebook? Why not become a Facebook friend of GALILEO. Or you can be a friend of the Georgia Department of Education. Many Georgia school library media centers have a Facebook page to keep students and parents informed of events and news from their school. Facebook blocked at your school? Perhaps you can find a work around to make it happen! \nAll Points Bulletin \nHave you seen the Archaeology Trunk created and provided to us by the Department of Transportation? The trunk contains actual fossils, lesson plans, resources, and more. Its last known location was in the East Georgia area, but this trunk could be anywhere across our great state. It was being shared with our ETCs, and RESAs, and schools for short periods of time. But, with the close of some of our ETCs, the trunk has fallen off the radar. Please help us find this treasure. \n \n Pictures, Maps, Data, Multimedia, Reference, \nArticles and More \n \nGALILEO Helps Students \nMake Great Media Projects \n \nAnnouncing the 2012 Annual GALILEO Staff Awards for \nBest Use of GALILEO Resources In a \nGeorgia Student Media Festival Project \nThe GALILEO staff will present two awards for the best use of GALILEO resources in a project submitted to the 2012 Georgia Student Media Festival: group project (classroom teacher) and individual (student). In addition to fame and glory, the awards provide a technology-oriented incentive such as a mini HD video camcorder. The award winners are selected as part of the festival judging process based on the number of GALILEO resources used and cited. \nPrevious Winners \n 2011: Max Meyer, 7th grade student, and teacher Kathy Hall at Harris County Carver Middle School, sequential stills individual project \n 2010: Teacher Vicky Tettelbach, 4th grade, Hopkins Elementary School in Gwinnett County, digital magazine class project \nHelp with Project Ideas \n Example projects are available in the GALILEO Scrapbook (http://scrapbook.galileo.usg.edu) \n Standards-Aligned Lesson Plan Where I'm From in GALILEO: http://help.galileo.usg.edu/ educators/where_im_from_in_galileo \n \n Page 13 \nAlice Daniels at Gideons Elementary retired this month after 37 years with APS. She will be missed. \nCongratulations! \nCongratulations to the following Atlanta City media specialists who have been awarded the Target Early Childhood Reading Grant. \n1. Shaneene Fannin  Toomer ES 2. Anja Tigges  Scott ES 3. Earl Banks  Grove Park ES 4. Brenda Street  DH Stanton ES 5. Kristie Stargell - Beecher Hills ES Each media specialist will receive $2,000 to fund his/her literacy program. \nMarsha Hunter, Library Media Specialist at Duluth High School in Gwinnett County, recently learned that the Georgia Historical Records Advisory Board (GHRAB) has selected her library media program, \"Using Primary Sources in Language Arts\" for an award in the Educational Use of Historical Records category. Marsha will be honored at the GHRAB Awards ceremony at the Georgia Archives in Morrow on October 4, 2011. After the awards ceremony a press release, along with photos, will be available from the Secretary of State's office. More information about the Georgia Historical Records Advisory Board and its awards program is available at: http://www.sos.ga.gov/archives/who_are_we/ghrab/ \n \n Page 14 \n \nIf I had influence with the good fairy, I would ask that her gift to each child be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life. ~ Rachel Carson (1907-1964) \n \nPoetry is what gets lost in translation. ~ Robert Frost \n \nOut of the quarrel with others we make rhetoric; out of the quarrel with ourselves we make poetry. ~W.B. Yeats \n \n Page 15 \nThe Laura Bush Foundation for America's Libraries Awards More Than $1,086,000 in Grants to School Libraries \nThe Laura Bush Foundation for America's Libraries announced that 241 school libraries are being awarded $1,086,926 in grants for 2011. The schools receive grants of up to $5,000 to expand, update and diversify their library book collections. Mrs. Bush joined the Foundation in making the announcement at Jack Lowe Sr. Elementary School, from the Dallas Independent School District. The Laura Bush Foundation for America's Libraries was founded in 2002 as a fund of The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region. Since its inception, the Laura Bush Foundation has now awarded more than $8.4 million to 1,624 schools in all50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Marshall Islands and the Northern Mariana Islands. In addition to these yearly grants, the Foundation has also awarded more than $5.7 million to school libraries in the Gulf Coast region to rebuild their library book collections that were lost or destroyed by hurricanes or storms. The grant application process is administered by The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region with guidance from The Laura Bush Foundation's Advisory Committee. The grants are funded through generous donations to the endowment from individuals, corporations, and foundations. The mission of the Laura Bush Foundation for America's Libraries is to support the education of our nation's children by providing funds to update, extend and diversify the book and print collections of America's school libraries. Further information is available at www.laurabushfoundation.org \nContinued on next page \n \n Volume 11 Number 2 \n \nLaura Bush Recipients \n \nBeecher Hills Elementary: Kristie Stargell \n \nAtlanta \n \nBEST Academy High: Kesha Legagneur \n \nAtlanta \n \nBEST Academy Middle: Bruce Williams \n \nAtlanta \n \nBoyd Elementary: Charlotte Davidson \n \nAtlanta \n \nCapitol View Elementary: Wilma Brightharp \n \nAtlanta \n \nCarter G. Woodson Elementary: Melanie Ellis \n \nAtlanta \n \nCharles L. Gideons Elementary: Alice Daniels \n \nAtlanta \n \nD.H. Stanton Elementary: Brenda Street \n \nAtlanta \n \nDouble Churches Middle: Eileen Lynch \n \nColumbus \n \nEast Lake Elementary: Renee Withers \n \nAtlanta \n \nFickett Elementary: Veronica Miller \n \nAtlanta \n \nHope-Hill Elementary: Lisa Carter \n \nAtlanta \n \nJ. E. Brown Middle: Jami Pettway \n \nAtlanta \n \nJohn F. Kennedy Middle: Nikki Bivins \n \nAtlanta \n \nL.J. Price Middle: Tammy Rosado \n \nAtlanta \n \nLeonora Miles Elementary: Reginald Ponder \n \nAtlanta \n \nLilburn Middle: Stacey Moura \n \nLilburn \n \nMargaret Fain Elementary: LaToya West \n \nAtlanta \n \nMaxwell Elementary: Eileen Moss \n \nThomson \n \nOglethorpe Avenue Elementary: Deirdre Sugiuchi \n \nAthens \n \nParkside Elementary: Tommy Clay \n \nAtlanta \n \nPerkerson Elementary: Gloria Wright \n \nAtlanta \n \nSeaborn Lee Elementary: Julia Lundstrem \n \nCollege Park \n \nSouth Atlanta School of Computer Animation and Design: Tiffonia Lamar \n \nAtlanta \n \nThe New Schools @ Carver: Kathryn Weaver \n \nAtlanta \n \nThomasville Heights Elementary: Imogene Mackey \n \nAtlanta \n \nWhitefoord Elementary: Mileeka Frank \n \nAtlanta \n \nWilliam J. Scott Elementary: Anja Tigges \n \nAtlanta \n \nWilliam M. Finch Elementary: Verble Alexander \n \nAtlanta \n \nWhen I got my library card, that's when my life began. ~ Rita Mae Brown \n \n Page 17 \nJimmy Carter NHS Education Program \nPlains, Peanuts and a President \nArt Contest for K-12 Students!! Student work should be completed at school to ensure it is designed and made by the student. The contest is sponsored by the Jimmy Carter NHS Education Program. Winners from previous years are posted online under In the Spotlight at www.jimmycarter.info Directions: 1. Student work must be on white unruled 3 x 5, 4 x 6, or 8 1/2 x 11 paper. 2. The finished product must be flat for displaying and should include at least 1 image/ drawing of a peanut and something about Plains and Jimmy Carter. 3. Student's name, grade level, teacher's name, email address, school address, fax , and telephone number must be on the back of each entry. 4. Teachers must bundle their entries together and include the following information on a cover sheet: \nTeacher's name Address Phone/fax number Grade and number of entries 5. All entries must be received in Plains by September 12, 2011. Mail entries to: Annette Wise, 300 North Bond Street, Plains, GA 31780 \nContinued on next page \n \n Continued from previous page \n \nVolume 11 Number 2 \n \nJudging Criteria: \n1. Original student work. No copyright or trademarks can be included . (No \"Happy Birthday\" on entry) \n2. Creativity in work and neatness \n3. Cards will be disqualified if all directions (1-5) are not followed \nAll entries become the property of the Jimmy Carter NHS Education Program and will not be returned. Winning entries will be posted online at: www.jimmycarter.info under In the Spotlight. \nAwards: \nThere will be a first, second, and third place winner per grade level. All winners will receive a certificate and ribbon. The first place winner per grade level will receive a signed copy of one of President Carter's books. Winning entries will be on display at the Peanut Festival on September 24, 2011. \nQuestions? Please contact Annette Wise: \n \nAnnette Wise Georgia Department of Education  Plains Field Office Jimmy Carter NHS Education Program 300 North Bond Street Plains, Georgia 31780 229-824-5843 (phone) 229-824-5556 (fax) www.jimmycarter.info \n \nPerhaps no place in any community is so totally democratic as the town library. The only entrance requirement is interest. ~Lady Bird Johnson \n \n Page 19 \nLicmofpiitriesedts...sneu.r.Fmveibrdse.trcoofme, \n \n Volume 11 Number 2 \n \nPage 20 \n \nSchool Bus Safety Information \nThese links will provide teachers model lessons as well as a classroom PowerPoint including a narrative. \nhttp://public.doe.k12.ga.us/ ci_services.aspx? PageReq=CIServBusSafety \nThis is an excellent resource, aligned to the new Georgia Health Performance Standards. It contains everything teachers will need to provide instruction to students on school bus safety. \nPlease share this and help get the word out as we all work to support the safety of our children as they travel to and from school. \nTherese McGuire, Ed.S. Program Specialist Health and Physical Education tmcguire@doe.k12.ga.us \n \nThniostislivaeslcirnekesn!shot.... \n \n Page 21 \nInteresting Reading from SREB: Tuition Costs \nChart: College Tuition Will Not Stop Rising Dino Grandoni, The Atlantic Wire, Aug 16, 2011 Here's a chart that helps explain why the value of a college degree has been so hotly debated. Moody's, in a study (PDF) on student lending, has found that tuition costs have more than doubled since 2000. \nCollege Costs Across States Daniel Borzelleca, The Center for College Affordability and Productivity (CCAP), April 13, 2011 After adjusting in-state, undergraduate tuition rates for inflation, the national average tuition costs increased from $2,695 in 1973 to $7,963 in 2010, an increase of 195%. \nRelationship Between State Support and Tuition Levels at Public Institutions (pdf) University of Washington, April 12, 2010 This Planning and Budget Brief focuses on state funding trends that illustrate shift toward lower state support and higher tuition. \nDebt to Degree: A New Way of Measuring College Success Kevin Carey and Erin Dillon, Education Sector, August 3, 2011 In Debt to Degree: A New Way of Measuring College Success, Education Sector has created a new, comprehensive measure, the \"borrowing-to-credential ratio.\" For each college, authors Kevin Carey and Erin Dillon have taken newly available U.S. Department of Education data showing the total amount of money borrowed by undergraduates and divided that sum by the total number of degrees awarded. The results are revealing. Download the full report. \nIndividual commitment to a group effort--that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work. ~ Vince Lombardi \n \n What Cost College? Affordability \n \nVolume 11 Number 2 \n \nThe SREB-State Data Exchange 2009-10 Indicators Report contains the latest summary comparisons on tuition and fees and student financial aid funding in the SREB states. (http://publications.sreb.org/2011/ DEIndicators10_Dec10.pdf) Detailed comparisons by institutional category and by institution are also available. (http://info.sreb.org/DataLibrary/tables/Tuition10.xlsx) \nThe SREB Fact Book on Higher Education contains a full chapter discussing and presenting college affordability trends, issues and data. The printed 2011 edition will be available fall of 2011. On line access to the 2009 edition is also available and will contain the 2011 updates when the need edition is released fall 2011. (http://www.sreb.org/page/1123/fact_book_on_higher_education.html) \n2011 Chapter Summary \nGraphs \nAverage Net Price of Attending College After Scholarship and Grant Aid, Public Four-Year Colleges and Universities, 2009 Annual Undergraduate Costs of College Attendance, United States (in 2009-10 dollars) \nPercent of Income Required to Pay for One Year at a Public University, United States Percent of Tuition, Fees, Room and Board Covered by Maximum Federal Pell Grant, United States Student Financial Aid and Loan Trends, United States (in billions of 2009-10 dollars) Minimum Debt Burden of College Graduates Earning Bachelor's Degrees, Public Four-Year Colleges, 2009 \nTables (all 50 states and D.C. organized by region) \nMedian Annual Tuition and Required Fees for Full-Time Undergraduate Students \nPercent of Median Family Incomes Required to Pay Median Annual Tuition and Fees \nMedian Annual Tuition and Required Fees for Full-Time Undergraduate Students at Public Universities, Colleges, and Technical Institutes or Colleges \nFederal Pell Grants \nFederal Campus-Based Financial Aid to Students \nFederal Student Loan Programs \nState Scholarships, Grants and Other Financial Aid Funds First-Time Students' Participation in Student Financial Aid and Loan Programs at Public Four-Year Colleges First-Time Students' Participation in Student Financial Aid and Loan Programs at Public Two-Year Colleges Cost of Attendance and Net Price for Fall-Term, Full-Time, First-Time Degree/Certificate-Seeking Undergraduates Who Paid In-State or In-District Tuition, Public Four-Year Colleges and Universities, 2008-09 Average Minimum Debt of College Graduates, Public Four-Year Colleges and Universities \n \n September 2011 \n \nGeorgia Department of Education \n \nSu nday \n \nMond ay \n \nAug u st S M TW T F S \n123456 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 \n \nTuesday \n \nWed nesday \n \nOctob er \nS M TW T F S \n1 2345678 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 \n \nThu rsday \n \nFr iday \n \n1 \n \n2 \n \nAtlant a falls to Union forces: 1864 \nWreck of Titani c found: 1865 \n \nGreat fire of London: 1666 \n \nSatu rd ay \n3 \nQatar becomes an independent state: 1971 \n \n4 \nEdsel arrives in s ho w ro o ms : 1957 \n \n5 \n \n6 \n \n7 \n \n8 \n \n1st session of Magellan's expedi- Atlant a is evacu- President Ford \n \nContinental \n \ntion ci rcum- \n \nated: 1864 \n \npardons \n \nCongress: 1774 navi gates the Tutu becomes \n \nP res id en t \n \nglobe: 1522 \n \narch b is h o p: \n \nNixon: 1974 \n \nP res id en t \n \n1986 \n \nMcKinl ey is \n \nshot : 1901 \n \n9 \n \n10 \n \nCongress renames the nat ion \"United States of America\": 1776 \n \nNathan Hale volunteers t o spy: 1776 \n \n11 12 13 14 15 16 17 \n \nWorld Trade \n \nEli zabeth Barrett Star Spangled Who is Isadora \n \nCenter i s att ack- and Robert Bro- Banner written: Duncan? \n \ned: 2001 \n \nwning marry: 1814 \n \n1846 \n \nLascaux cave pai ntings d is co v ered : 1940 \n \nAgatha Christie is General Motors \n \nborn: 1890 \n \ncreated: 1908 \n \nMayflower \n \ndeparts \n \nEngland:1620 \n \nSpace Shuttle unveil ed : 1976 \n \n18 19 20 21 22 23 24 \n \nCapitol cornerstone is laid :1793 \n \nNevada is site of Upton Sinclair is Benedict Arnol d Lincoln issues \n \nfirs t-ev er \n \nborn : 1878 \n \ncommits treason Emancipation \n \nunderground \n \n:1780 \n \nProclamat ion: \n \nnucl ear \n \nH.G. 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It's ever so nice to see your fresh, smiling face. I hope some of your eagerness and enthusiasm rub off on the rest of us, who've been here awhile. (a couple of us still yearn for the days of the one-room school.) \nI'm the school media specialist. Or librarian, if you prefer. I answer to both. I recognize that your teacher preparation may not have given you much information about, or experience with, working with me or effectively using a library's resources. There's also a pretty good chance that the school library you used during your own school days was different from the program here. \nTo help us begin with a positive spin, here are a few things I'd like you to know about the library, our program, and me that can help us form a great partnership. \nThe librarian doesn't own the library; you and your students do. You can recommend materials and have a voice in library policy making. Volunteer to become a member of our school's library advisory committee. \nContinued on page 16 \n \nWhen kindness has left people, even for a few moments, we become afraid of them as if their reason had left them. When it has left a place where we have always found it, it is like shipwreck; we drop from security into something malevolent and bottomless. ~ Willa Cather \n \n Page 2 \n \nMedia Matters \n \nVolume 11 Number 1 \n \nMore retirees to recognize! \nPatricia Chandler, Media Specialist - Savannah High Joann Larabee, Media Specialist - East Broad Elementary Mary Miller, Media Clerk - Garden City Elementary Lynn Shearouse, Media Clerk - West Chatham Middle Judy Sudderth, McKibben Lane Elementary Marsha Rauscher, New Georgia Elementary, Paulding County Priscilla Cronon , Media Specialist of Swain Elementary in Gordon County \n \nForgiveness liberates the soul. It removes \nfear. That is why it is such a powerful \nweapon. ~ Nelson Mandela \n \nMore Honorees! \n \nJanet Brook Campbell Susan Morgan \n \nTeacher of the Year for Cross Creek Elementary and TOTY for Thomas County \nBibb County Media Specialist of the Year Westside HS \n \nHannah Talley \n \nTOTY City Park Elementary Dalton City \n \nI think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt. \n \n Media Matters \n \nPage 3 \n \n1754 Twin Towers East 205 Jesse Hill Jr. Drive Atlanta, Georgia 30334 \nPhone: 404-657-9800 Fax: 404-656-5744 E-mail: jserrite@doe.k12.ga.us \nWorry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, but only saps today of its strength. ~ A. J. Cronin \nTips for New Media Specialists \n(from GLMA summer leadership \"camp\" several years ago) \n1. Smile and say YES as much as possible. Make sure teachers know you are there to support them \n2. Keep to do lists 3. Learn to prioritize. 4. Make one big goal for each day and be happy if you accomplish that one goal 5. Learn that it is your job to handle interruptions. Expect them! 6. Sit down with your parapro (if you are fortunate enough to have one) to talk about \nhis/her job and duties 7. Coordinate duties 8. Honor confidentiality. Listen but never repeat 9. Set up collaboration forms and procedures 10. Learn the Common Core and Georgia Performance Standards 11. Have a \"Meet the New Media Specialist\" party and serve food (More tips next month if veteran Media Specialists will share their ideas. Send your tips for new media specialists to jserrite@doe.k12.ga.us) \n \n Page 4 \nLibrarians track spy info and classified intelligence When the CIA needs to provide information to the U.S. president, they turn to their librarians. To become one of the U.S. intelligence's community research experts, a librarian must pass medical and psychological exams, polygraph interviews and clear extensive background investigations. \n \nVolume 11 \n \nLibrarians are heroic Alia Muhammad Baker, the chief librarian of Basra, Iraq, removed 30,000 books from the city's main library before it was destroyed during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. \n \nFamous people who were librarians FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, Casanova, Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, former first lady Laura Bush and China's Mao Zedong. At one point in their lives, each of them either worked as librarian or in a library. \nAuthor Kerith Page McFadden has a masters of library science from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and has been a librarian at CNN for the past 12 years. Read the entire article these tidbits were taken from at http:// www.cnn.com/2011/LIVING/04/12/librarians.masters.of.universe/index.html \nThe librarian isn't a clerk who happens to work at a library. A librarian is a data hound, a guide, a sherpa and a teacher. The librarian is the interface between reams of data and the untrained but motivated user. ~ Seth Godin \n \n Page 5 \n \nFulbright Teacher Exchange Program \n \nMany of you might have heard of the Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program (also available for administrators) but perhaps have never had an opportunity to investigate it fully. The beauty of this program is that it enables you to retain your pay and position while abroad - and your school hosts a highly qualified international teacher to teach your class! The program is available to teachers in every content field, and at every level! \n \nDeadline In order to find the perfect match for the following school year, the U.S. Dept. of State requires a long lead time therefore, the application deadline is October 15, 2011. Since this falls in the middle of the busy first semester, many teachers and administrators let the deadline slip by. \n \nPlease consider applying. We would love to see more of these highly prestigious awards go to Georgia teachers and administrators! \n \nRequirements - U.S. Citizenship - Fluency in English - Three (3) Years Full-Time Teaching / Administrative Experience - Have not participated in a Fulbright program longer than eight weeks in the past five years, or an eight week program in the past two years \n \nProgram Basics - U.S. Dept. of State arranges direct, one-to-one exchanges - In most cases, teachers receive a leave of absence with pay from their home institution and \"trade\" classrooms for the school year - Program is open to K-12, Two-Year, and Four-Year college teachers and administrators - Educators with families are encouraged to apply and bring their families along on the exchange - Most teacher exchanges are for a full year; however there are also semester and six-week exchanges (for the U.K) - Administrators may participate in seminar programs in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Thailand, and Uruguay (as well as select additional countries for the next school year) \n \nApplication and further information: website: www.fulbrightexchanges.orge mail: fulbright@grad.usda.gov telephone: 800.726.0479 \n \nPlease share this program widely in your school. This program is open to all teachers and administrators at all levels. The administrative programs are shorter in duration but also provide an excellent opportunity add global perspective to all levels of the curriculum. \n \nIf you have any additional questions, please feel free to contact me. And if you receive (or have ever received) a Fulbright scholarship, I'd love to hear more about your experience! \n \nJon Valentine Program Specialist Languages and International Education Innovative Academic Programs Division GaDOE Twin Towers East, 205 Jesse Hill Jr. Dr. SE. Atlanta, GA 30334 404-463-0601 jvalentine@doe.k12.ga.us \n \n Page 6 \n \nAnd how did you spend your summer, Linda Wahlig? \n \nWhen I found myself at loose ends during the last school year (a topic for another article), I \ndecided to consider the year as a \"gift\"  an opportunity to do the sorts of things I planned to do when I officially retired. Travel is my favorite pastime, so I visited friends and relatives and kept my eyes open for reasonably priced packaged travel deals. One spam email caught my eye  a 21 day sailing on the MV Explorer that visited most Central American countries and crossed the Panama Canal on Christmas Day. With my children's blessing, I flew to San Diego, shuttled to Ensenada, Mexico, and boarded the 800 passenger ship. Although the food was great and the entertainment enjoyable, this voyage was all about education. There were professors on board to lecture on topics of biology, geology, history, economics, and the arts  all with a Central American slant. Desmond Tutu was the keynote speaker and spent a week on board with us. It was a fabulous trip and I dreamed of doing it again in the future. \n \nTwo months later I opened another email advertising \"my\" ship's April 2011 voyage. I took a chance and emailed the Semester at Sea program, offering my services as the ship librarian. Now, the Explorer is primarily used to take college students on full semester voyages around the world and they have a 9,000 volume library onboard that supports the curriculum. Academic librarians with university experience are required on these voyages. However, on these shorter Enrichment Voyages, they keep the library open for passengers, but don't engage in college level research. My email was forwarded to the appropriate person who was in the process of staffing the April voyage. She called, I sent my resume, and within 48 hours, I was a staff member! I even got to take a friend for free!! \n \nMy son was my \"friend\" and we set sail in April. Due to a last minute staffing glitch, my son got \n \na job on board as well (in the AV department). We both ended up wearing staff shirts and \n \nsleeping in our own rooms! \n \nContinued on next page \n \n Page 7 \nFor 21 days we sailed around Central America, stopping on the Pacific and Caribbean coasts of every country except El Salvador. My job consisted of manning the desk in my lovely library for the few days we were at sea, usually from 9AM until around 5PM. On days in port we were open for a few hours in the early evening. Although there was an automated system on board (Destiny, in fact) we used the old fashioned method of pen and paper for checkout. It was nice to use Destiny to look up specific book requests. We also had a large \"swap\" section for fiction and travel books. We did have books on reserve that were specific for the voyage. Keeping up with them was probably the most \"difficult\" part of the job. Did I mention that this was a Library of Congress catalogued collection? Fortunately, with only 9,000 volumes it wasn't too difficult to get the layout straight, but it was definitely challenging. \nMy son and I have both been hired to work on the December 2011 voyage to the Amazon! When I am officially retired next year (having given up completely on ever getting a school job in the library again), I hope to make a yearly voyage with this wonderful program. There is so much to say about Semester at Sea that I encourage you to check out their website semesteratsea.org. Another good website for pictures and information specific to this trip is maritimematters.com. Look for the three articles on the April 20011 voyage by passenger Shawn Dake. \nWho knew a public school librarian might end up working on a cruise ship? I can't wait to see where this degree will lead me next. \nGeorgia has Library Media Specialists who ride motorcycles, are equestrian champions, jump out of airplanes, and climb mountains! What did you do this summer ? Write an article and let us know. Be an inspiration to your colleagues! \n \n Georgia Eat Smart is a new program at the GaDOE using funds from a grant from the \nUnited States Department of Agriculture. This program will focus on good nutrition, wellness, fitness, and combating childhood obesity. (The program is based on the Georgia Read More program but with an emphasis on nutrition.) We have filmed Chef Marvin Woods at Winnona Park Elementary (Decatur City) and First Lady Sandra Deal at the Governor's Mansion. Chef Marvin read The Sweet Tooth by Margie Palatini and Mrs. Deal mesmerized the children with D.W., the Picky Eater by Marc Brown. Both readers also filmed public service announcements concerning healthy eating. \nGeorgia Eat Smart! \n \n Transliteracy \nFrom an interview with Gwyneth Anne Jones, who works as a teacher-librarian in Laurel, Md. \nFor starters, how would you define literacy in 2011? \nTransliteracy. It's transliteracy. \nThinking beyond the format. Literacy has evolved, to not be defined or confined by container or format. It's not just reading words on a page. It might be decoding graphic novels, it might be decoding video. It will be literacy in forms we haven't even dreamed yet. We should encourage kids now to get their literary riches in formats that appeal to them and that they are comfortable with, whatever it may be. That is the future. The literacy of the future is finding meaning in many forms. \nRead the entire article here: http://plpnetwork.com/2011/06/14/ how-teacher-librarians-can-save-the-world-and-maybe-their-jobs/ \n \nPage 9 \n \nPiglet sidled up to Pooh from behind. \"Pooh!\" he whispered. \"Yes, Piglet?\" \"Nothing,\" said Piglet, taking Pooh's paw. \"I just wanted to be sure of you.\" ~ A.A. Milne \n \nImage from Chicago Tribune July 25, 2011 \n \n Page 10 \nLeadership and the School Librarian: Take Control of Your Space Susan Grigsby \nWhen I was in college getting my \nundergraduate degree  a B.S. in Commercial Music Recording and Production  I took a class through the psychology department simply titled \"Leadership.\" The professor was a woman who chose to guide the class with The Tao of Leadership by John Heider. If you go to http://www.amazon.com and look up the title you will find this description: \"The Tao of Leadership is an invaluable tool for anyone in a position of leadership. This book provides the simplest and clearest advice on how to be the very best kind of leader: be faithful, trust the process, pay attention, and inspire others to become their own leaders. Heider's book is a blend of practical insight and profound wisdom, offering inspiration and advice. This book is used as a Management/Leadership training text by many Fortune 500 corporations, including IBM, Mitsubishi, and Prudential.\" ( http://www.amazon.com/TaoLeadership-Tzus-Ching-Adapted/dp/0893340790/ref=sr_1_1? s=books\u0026ie=UTF8\u0026qid=1305638259\u0026sr=1-1; accessed 5/17/2011). \nI have owned that book since 1991 and I still refer to it 20 years later. Not because it is a \"how to\" type of book but because it is timeless in its wisdom. It isn't about how to run a company and it isn't about how to take control of a group. It is, however, a guidebook for the personal journey to that place in ourselves that is confident (not arrogant), joyful (not ignorant), and intelligent (not elitist). I think it should be required reading for the school librarian. Why? Because I consistently hear from colleagues who complain that teachers \"won't collaborate,\" administrators \"don't get it,\" and legislators and lawmakers think \"we're expendable.\" All true. But I rarely, if ever, hear those same \nContinued on next page \n \n colleagues talk about where they are making changes within themselves or their programs to address these issues. Rarely do I see that there is an acceptance of some personal responsibility for this state of affairs. I'm not saying it doesn't exist and I'll even go out on a limb and say that those who are making the effort to read this blog are not the librarians to whom I am referring. But if you're reading this blog, you know I am speaking the truth. We are surrounded by those that blame \"the other\" before ever taking a critical look at their own contribution to the problem. \nIn the May/June issue of School Library Monthly there is an article titled \"Success is an Attitude\" by Kara Fribley. This article is part of the magazine's \"Taking the Lead\" series and, in my humble opinion, a must read. Ms. Fribley opens her article by saying \"School librarians can be leaders who positively impact the tone for the entire school\" (p. 34). The article is about how Ms. Fribley looked critically at the physical space of her library and made changes that altered the feel and usability of it. Isolated seating areas were opened up and made more accessible. Individual study carrels were removed and open tables with flexible seating were put in their place to foster collaborative learning. In some areas the changes cost absolutely nothing but a little sweat worked up by moving some furniture around. According to Ms. Fribley, \"...it ultimately falls to the librarian to encourage or discourage patron usage of the library\" (p. 35). Truer words are rarely spoken. The words spoke to me directly because I am putting thought into action by changing my library space, too. I am taking on the leadership needed to improve my space and it is already paying off. \nFor starters, I painted a rainbow of colors on the cinderblock columns that surround the collection space. Suddenly, the beige and cream color scheme (if you can really call beige and cream a color scheme) was brightened up and brought a little joy to the library. What did it cost? About $60 for paint, brushes, and painter's tape and a couple of my days during the summer. Then I looked at the entrance  more beige and cream, nothing inviting students in, nothing that said I welcomed them. So, I came up with a quote and stenciled it on the walls of the entry way in the same rainbow colors I used on the columns. As you walk in you see the first part of the quote \"Enter with Curiosity...\" and as you leave you see the second part, \"Exit with Knowledge.\" It looks professional but was beyond easy and anyone who wants to know how I did it can send me an email and I'll explain. I am a creative problem-solver, not an artist! \nContinued on next page \n \n Next, I tackled my Reference collection. Surrounded by overstuffed shelves and no teaching space I had to think critically about how to rearrange that area. I did some very necessary weeding and opened up some of the shelving. I had the county come in and remove the tall shelves that took up one entire wall  those were distributed to grateful teachers for classroom use. I then did some serious negotiating with our county warehouse and found a dry-erase board sitting unused that they were willing to install on that wide open wall. Now my reference collection is updated and the area is more like a small classroom. How much did it cost? Nothing (although I did offer our warehouse manager a plate of brownies for his help  he declined). \nFinally, I looked at the flow of traffic in my media center and did not like what I saw. This school is only 10 years old and there are still many \"opening items\" here that had to go. I had rows of shelves that had never held any books and, quite frankly, it did not make sense to just fill them up because they were there. I began looking at the emptiness and began thinking in terms of efficiency. My clerk, my intern, and I began rearranging the collection. No shelf is stuffed but the Dewey categories are now closer together. By tweaking the shelving arrangement I ended up with 16 double-sided bookshelves that were completely empty right in the center of the collection. I asked the county to come and pick them up (they did), I asked teachers to let me know if they wanted any of them (they did), and asked the rest to be taken to the county warehouse for storage (done). Now I have this open area with a couch and 2 chairs, 4 beanbag chairs, and a round table with 4 chairs where those empty shelves used to be. And you know what? That area is full of students every morning and has been since the shelves were removed. I didn't advertise, I didn't make a big deal about it  but they came and they sat together and they read books and worked on projects together. And they seemed happy! I have a lot more transformative projects up my sleeve and I will let you know when (notice I did not say \"if\") they happen. ! \nContinued on next page \n \n The Tao of Leadership tells us that the great leader knows when to listen and when to speak. It tells us that the great leader understands that s/he becomes empowered by empowering his/her team. It tells us that leadership is sometimes quiet and evolutionary rather than vocal and demanding. It is an ebb and flow of action and assistance. It tells us that if we want to make a change we must begin with ourselves because clarity of thought and action draws others to us more powerfully than anything else. So... start rearranging. \nIn summer, the song sings itself. ~ William Carlos Williams \nThe Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy has announced its 2012 National Grant competition, which supports nonprofits working to develop or expand projects designed to promote the literacy skills of adult primary caregivers and their children. In order to be considered eligible for a grant, applicant organizations must have current nonprofit or public status, have been in existence two or more years as of the date of the application, and have maintained fiscal accountability. Applicants must operate an instructional literacy program that has been in existence for at least two years and must include one or more of the following components: literacy for adults, parent education, pre-literacy or literacy instruction for children pre-K to grade 3, and/or intergenerational literacy activities. A total of approximately $650,000 will be awarded; no grant request should exceed $65,000. September 9, 2011 is the application deadline. \nhttp://www.barbarabushfoundation.com/site/c.jhLSK2PALmF/b.4344531/k.BD31/Home.htm \nIn the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility. ~Eleanor Roosevelt \n \n Page 14 \nCyber Bullying - What You Need To Know To Keep Your Family Safe \nThe Internet allows instantaneous connections with people from across the street or across the world. \nBecause of the perceived anonymous nature of communicating online, however, some individuals use the Internet as a medium to communicate in inappropriate, harmful, and even threatening ways. A growing concern has been the use of the Internet to \"bully\" or harass someone, which is called cyber bullying. While the activity affects both adults and children, this newsletter focuses on the impact to children and what steps can be taken to protect them. \nOnline Bullying While both traditional \"offline\" bullying and cyber bullying can have serious negative impacts on the victim, cyber bullying has its own special concerns: \n Cyber bullying allows a level of anonymity. Children who would never say certain things in person can now make attacks or threats anonymously. A bully can more easily hide their identity or use an alias to trick their victims into thinking they are someone else. \n Cyber bullying eliminates the safe haven of \"home.\" Children used to be able to retreat to safety of their home to escape traditional \"offline\" bullying, but in the connected world of today that is not always the case. Physical walls cannot block text messages, instant messages, social networks, emails and other forms of instantaneous communication. The constant barrage of attacks from these various sources can greatly increase the stress on a victim of cyber bullying. \n Cyber bullying attacks can have a greatly magnified audience and a permanent impact. With the click of a button, embarrassing images, sensitive information, or even misinformation can be sent to hundreds, thousands, even millions of people. This greatly increases the potential damage one instance of cyber bullying can have. Once something is made public on the Internet it can be impossible to remove it, leaving a legacy of the event that can haunt an individual for years. \nWhat can you do to protect your child? \n Talk to your child about cyber bullying. Make sure you keep an open dialogue so he/she feels comfortable coming to you with any issues. \n Be familiar with your child's interactions with friends and others. While cyber bullying can be caused by a random person (and thus difficult to prepare for) trouble with friends and others in your child's social circle can also lead to cyber bullying. \nTeach your child not to respond to cyber bullies. Bullies enjoy the response; by not responding, that may encourage them to move on. \nContinued on next page \n \n  Limit the amount of information your child shares online. Bullies can use multiple methods of communication to taunt or harass; by limiting your child's exposure, you make it easier to limit a bully's access. This may also limit the chance of a random cyber-bullying incident. \n If the bullying is a problem, consider closing down the particular point of access, if possible. Email, instant message accounts and even some phone companies allow you to block specific user names or phone numbers. Most companies will even let you change cell phone numbers, email addresses and instant message accounts if needed. \n If your children are being harassed or threatened, report the activity. Many schools have instituted bullying programs, so school officials may have established policies for handling incidents. If necessary, contact your local law enforcement. Your local police department or FBI branch are good starting points. \nResources for More Information: (Don't forget to share this information with family and friends) \nNational Cyber Security Alliance, Cyber Bullying and Harassment www.staysafeonline.org/in-the-home/cyberbullying-and-harassment \nStop Cyberbullying www.stopcyberbullying.org/index2.html \nCyberbullying Research Center www.cyberbullying.us/ \nUS-CERT tip, Dealing with Cyberbullies www.us-cert.gov/cas/tips/ST06-005.html \nThe mission of the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation is to promote positive change in people's lives and to build and enhance the communities in which they live. The Foundation has an especially strong interest in supporting innovative endeavors leading to better circumstances for low-income youth and their families. The geographic focus of the Foundation includes Arizona, Georgia, and South Carolina. Ongoing deadline. http://www.blankfoundation.org/ \n \n Continued from page 1 \nThe library should be considered an \"intellectual gymnasium.\" It is not a student lounge, study hall, or babysitting service. The students in the library, including the ones you send, should have a reason for being there. Whether for academic purposes or personal use, students should be in the library because they need the library's resources, not just because they need to be somewhere. \nThe best resource in the library is the librarian. I can help you plan a project, solve a technology problem, find professional research, give insight into an ethical problem, or answer a reference question. And if I can't do it, I'll help you find someone who can. I can help find inter-library loan materials that aren't in the school library itself. Helping others gives me a huge sense of satisfaction, so please never hesitate to ask me for assistance. \nPlanning is a good thing. Advanced planning with me will greatly increase your and your students' chances for success with projects that require information resources. A well-planned research unit or technology project will greatly decrease frustrations for everyone involved. With my experience, I can let you know what strategies work and don't work. \nRecognize that the library provides access to both print and electronic information. I can determine which one best suits your and your students' needs. Students don't always realize that print resources are best for many purposes. It breaks my heart to watch a student spend a frustrating hour trying to find the answer to a question on the Internet that could have been answered in minutes by a print resource. \nThe librarian can help evaluation information found on the Internet. One of the greatest challenges of using the Internet is determining whether the facts and opinions found there are credible. I have the training and tools to do just that. And it's my mission to teach students effective evaluation skills. \nThe librarian can help create assessments for your students' projects. The findings of research projects presented in electronic form, conclusions drawn from primary resources, and research that calls for higher-level thinking to be demonstrated, all call for good, authentic assessment tools rather than a simple gut-reaction comment or an objective test. I can help you find examples of, or create, these sorts of tools, as well as help you and administer them. Let's work together to make your students' learning experiences as meaningful as possible. \nThe librarian can be your technology support center. I can help you and your students with technology applications. Need to use a scanner or a digital camera? I can show you how. Need to create a multimedia presentation? Let me give you a quick lesson. Looking for effective ways to search the Web? Ask me. And even though I'm not a technician, I can sometimes help you locate that kind of help, as well. \nThe library can help improve your students' performance on standardized reading tests. Research has proven that children become more adept at reading by extensively practicing reading. The library contains a wide range of material in print format that students can use to improve their reading skills. And I can help match just the right book or magazine with each reader. If you need a book talk for your class or if a student needs help to find something of interest, just say so. \nThe librarian will be your partner when trying new things. It's been said that during some teachers' careers, they teach one year, 30 times. Can you imagine how long those 30 years must have seemed? If you need someone to share the glory or the shame of a new unit, activity, or methodology, I'm the one. I hope your next 30 years will be exciting and gratifying. They should be, because you'll be influencing the lives of hundreds, if not thousands, of kids in incredibility positive ways. \nI'm here to help you and your students do things you can't do alone. \nAgain, welcome, \nYour library media specialist \n \n Worlds of Words Literacy Grants \n \nvia Library Grants by Stephanie Gerding \n \nDeadline: August 15, 2011 \n \nWorlds of Words announced the availability of grants of $1000 for literacy communities who want to explore the use of global literature to build international understanding. The funding for these grants was made possible by the Longview Foundation for Education in World Affairs and International Understanding. \n \nTwelve literacy communities will be funded from September 2011-May 2012, These communities can be elementary educators or middle and/or high school educators. Any literacy community of 5 -10 educators can apply. The group of educators can be school-based, district-based, or community-based. \n \nThe literacy community commits to meeting on a regular basis as a study group and to engaging in innovation using global literature with students during September 2011 through May 2012. \n \nEach community will post regular entries on a members-only forum established for the communities to exchange ideas and share experiences. In addition, advisory board members from Worlds of Words will offer support, resources, and suggestions. Each community will create several classroom vignettes about their experiences for a special issue of WOW Stories as a way to share their experiences with other educators and will respond to a survey about their experiences. Vignettes examples include a written story with student artifacts, a podcast, or a video. \n \nThe money from the grant can be used for global literature, supplies for classroom work or study group meetings, technology support, or stipends for summer work on vignettes. \n \nProposals must be submitted by August 15, 2011 at http://wowlit.org/links/grants \n \nWhen you are growing up, there are two institutional places that affect you most powerfully -- the church, which belongs to God, and the public library, which belongs to you. The public library is a great equalizer. ~ Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist) \n \n Page 18 \n \nNot all \n \njyuesatrsruomumnde!r.... \n \nIf you would like to post the FIND A BOOK GA link on your school's webpage, please email me for the logo in several different formats. jserrite@doe.k12.ga.us \n \n Page 19 \nA valuable reading resource is FIND A BOOK on the Lexile \nwebsite. This tool allows you to search thousands of book titles by both Lexile measure and topic to find books that will tap into students' personal interest and complement their reading comprehension level. The book search is free and allows users to see if book titles are currently available in local public libraries. Post a link to the Find A Book GA on your school Library Media Center's webpage and promote it! If we keep our students reading on their Lexile level we are less likely to see a decline in their reading achievement scores. http://www.lexile.com/findabook/ http://georgia.lexile.com \n \n August 2011 \n \nSu nday \n \nGeorgia Department of Education \n \nMond ay \n \nTuesday \n \n1 \n \n2 \n \nHerman Mel ville James Baldwi n \n \nborn: \n \nborn: \n \n1819-1891 \n \n1924-1987 \n \nWed nesday \n3 \nColumbus sets sail: 1492 \n \nThu rsday \n \nFr iday \n \nSatu rd ay \n \n4 \n \n5 \n \n6 \n \nBirthday ofP ercy First federal \n \nShel ley: 1792- income tax: \n \n1822 \n \n1861 Who was \n \npresident? \n \n1st atomic bomb used in warfare dropped on Hiroshi ma: 1945 \n \n7 \nRead The Man Who Walked Between t he Towers by Mordicai G ers tein \n \n8 \nSara Teasdale born: 1884-1933 \n \n9 \nWho is P.L. Trav ers : 1899-1996 \n \n10 \nWho is the Smit hsonian named for? 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This tool allows you to search thousands of book titles by both Lexile measure and topic to find books that will tap into students' personal interest and complement their reading comprehension level. The book search is free and allows users to see if book titles are currently available in local public libraries. Post a link to the Find A Book GA on your school Library Media Center's webpage and promote it to avoid the summer slide. If students read 4-5 books during the summer they are less likely to \nsee a decline in their reading achievement scores. http://www.lexile.com/findabook/ http://georgia.lexile.com \n \n Page 3 \nHelp with Summer Reading from GALILEO and NoveList \nResearch has shown that children who participate in summer reading programs in the public library avoid the summer learning slump -- that is, the loss of reading skills we see in children who don't read over the summer. Instead, children who participate in summer reading programs tend to start school a little bit ahead of where they left off in June. \nAnd, with the end of the school year just around the corner, we know that many of you are already working on your library's summer reading programs. To help, we've put together book lists to support the 2011 Collaborative Summer Library Program. As always, there are different themes for different age levels: One World, Many Stories (children); You Are Here (teens) and Novel Destinations (adults). \nIn NoveList, you'll find youth-oriented Summer Reading lists centered on these themes: \nType summer reading in the Search For... box on the homepage, and click Search. \nFrom your Result List, click the Lists \u0026 Articles tab. \nFrom the \"Narrow Results by\" section to the left, expand the \"Publication Type\" drop-down, and then select Feature Articles. \nFrom the \"Sort by\" drop-down, select Date Descending to see the most recent lists supporting the 2011 Collaborative Summer Reading Program: \nFor Younger Kids: Summer Reading: Around the World with Reading is a fiction list featuring outstanding picture books where kids, parents, and pets travel through multicultural neighborhoods and around the world. \nFor Older Kids: Summer Reading: Life Around the World includes nonfiction books which give cultural overviews of life for older children of the world. Summer Reading: Open Up Your World with Reading lists fiction titles that will open the world to older children, creating global citizens along the way. \nFor Teens: Summer Reading: Life Experiences Around the Globe is a list of autobiographical books about early life experiences around the world. Summer Reading: Great Big World includes fiction titles encompassing realism, humor, mystery, adventure, historical fiction, and fantasy that will help teens traverse the globe through their reading. \nFind additional Best Practices information in NoveList about summer reading programs by librarians working in schools: \nFrom home page, click on Teaching with Books hyperlink on right panel. \nUnder \"NoveList Resources\" on the right panel, click on the Best Practices link. \nFrom here, scroll down the results for two short articles specifically about summer reading: \nBest Practices: Schools and Summer Reading \nBest Practices: Summer Reading Lists and More! \n \n Need Rainy Day Activities for Students this Summer? GALILEO Can Help! \nOf course, we know students will be enjoying the outdoors for most summer days, but what about those rainy days when they're stuck inside and parents want ideas for activities? GALILEO resources offer quite a few fun educational activities for students looking for something to do. \n(Please remember that the GALILEO password for your school will be changing on May 17, so students will need the new password to access GALILEO over the summer. ) \nElementary Students \nBritannica Learning Zone (http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zelz) PreK- 2nd grade students can find videos from around the world and reading and drawing activities. \nBritannica Elementary (http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zebk) Watch videos, investigate animals, and read about famous people. Find games and fun activities in the Learning Materials. \nBook Collection: Nonfiction (http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbnf) Read about famous people, pets, pirates, dinosaurs, and more. \nMagazines A-Z (http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?path=/magazines/\u0026view=high-school) Parents can help students find magazines with activities, stories, and other items, such as Highlights for Children, Humpty Dumpty's Magazine, Jack \u0026 Jill, National Geographic Kids, Ranger Rick, Spider, Sports Illustrated for Kids, and Time for Kids. \nNoveList K-8 (http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zkne) For the kids that love to read, parents can find Grab and Go Book Lists to help their children pick out books during the next trip to the public library. \nMiddle School Students \nCompton's by Britannica (http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zebm) Investigate important people and big events, keep up with the news, and watch videos. Find interesting science activities in Learning Materials. \nBook Collection: Nonfiction (http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbnf) Read about celebrities, cars, sports, hobbies, and more. \nMagazines A-Z (http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?path=/magazines/\u0026view=high-school) Find magazines in GALILEO, such as Boys' Life, Calliope, Cobblestone, Girls' Life, and Stone Soup. \nNoveList K-8 (http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zkne) Find more books like a favorite that's already been read. Just search for a favorite book, click the title to see the book information, and then click Find Similar Books. Take the list on the next trip to the public library. \nIdeas for High School on page 20. \n \n Library Media Specialists are Teachers Too! These educators were chosen as Teacher of the Year \nat their school or in their system! Congratulations! \n \nPage 5 \n \nTina Launey Misti Sikes Janice Kelley Sheila Edwards Kim Ledbetter Lora J. Taft Mary Dean Denise Borck Martha Powell Luann Hendrix Cathy Keith Youlita Spann Christy Johnson Mary Dean Kathy Schmidt Jennifer Helfrich \nSharon Plummer \n \nBelmont Hills Elementary \n \nCobb County \n \nSamuel E. Hubbard Elementary Monroe County \n \nShallowford Falls Elementary \n \nCobb County \n \nJeff Davis Middle \n \nJeff Davis County \n \nMoore Street Elementary \n \nDublin City \n \nPine Ridge Elementary \n \nHarris County. \n \nJefferson Parkway Elementary Coweta County \n \nWilliam James Middle \n \nBulloch County \n \nManning Oaks Elementary \n \nFulton County \n \nHogansville Elementary \n \nTroup County \n \nCallaway Elementary \n \nTroup County \n \nDeKalb Elementary School of the Arts, \nCommerce Elementary \n \nDeKalb Commerce City \n \nJefferson Parkway Elementary Coweta \n \nRock Springs Elementary \n \nGwinnett \n \nTeacher of the Year, Radloff MS \u0026 GCPS Middle School Teacher of the Year \nHahira Elementary TOTY \n \nGwinnett Lowndes \n \nEach year the question arises about the Teacher of the Year process. (See Library Media Specialists who were chosen at TOTY at their school above.) The rules and regulations for the TOTY are found at: http://www.gadoe.org/ci.aspx?PageReq=TOTY \nOn page 14 of this newsletter are some of the TOTY requirements. As you can see a Library Media Specialist is considered a classroom teacher and is eligible for the award. \n \n Page 6 \nCongratulations Retirees! \n \nDrenda Sternenberg Lynette Shearouse Alice Morgan Harvard Linda Deibert Linda McCoy Kathleen Odam Mary Miller \nCynthia Smith Marianne Chapman \nLu Cain Becky Freeburg Kay Williams Rebecca (Becky) Steele Marilyn Valenzuela Jane Ellen Fite Lynn Strickland Becky Hitch Diana Hollack \n \nMedia Specialist Sumter County Middle Media Clerk at West Chatham Middle \nMedia Specialist at Americus Sumter Co. High Morningside Media Specialist Houston County Euharlee Elementary in Bartow \n \n19 years 22 years 30 years \n \nWare County High School Media Specialist Paraprofessional at Garden City Elementary in Savannah- Chatham County Media Specialist in Murray County \nMossy Creek Middle School Houston \n \n34 years \n29 years 38 years \n \nMedia Specialist at Woodbine Elementary Camden County Coweta County Moreland Elementary School. Liberty County High School \n \n28 years \n \nPara pro Liberty Elementary in Stephens County. Paraprofessional at Belmont Hills Elementary in Cobb Paraprofessional at Belwood Elementary in Gordon County Media Specialist in Paulding County \nMedia Specialist in Forsyth County \nParaprofessional at Milford Elementary in Cobb County. \n \n26 years \n32 years 27 years \n \nYou have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. You are the guy who'll decide where to go. ~ Dr. Seuss \n \n Anita Johnson Joy Huddlestun Terisa Donehoo \nDealva Johnson \nOllye G. Davis \nKathleen Lyons \nShirley Brown Judith Wieder Richard Wilkerson Jolynn Cichocki Renee Califf Dr. Linda Lumpkin Rebecca Fehrenbach Cheryl Bennett \n \nMedia Specialist Eastside High School in Newton County Macedonia Elementary in Cherokee County \nEvans High School in Columbia County \n \n31 years 21 years \n \nMedia Specialist at Appling County \n \nPrimary School. \n \n36 years \n \nMedia Specialist at Asa Philip Randolph Elementary School Fulton County \nMedia Specialist at R.L. Osborne High School in the Cobb County School District \n \n25 years public education and10 years academic librarianship \nRetiring after 33 years, the final 9 years at Osborne \n \nMcNair High DeKalb \n \nCary Reynolds Elementary DeKalb DeKalb Alternative School \n \nMedia specialist at South Forsyth High School \n \n30 years \n \nHarriet Tubman Elementary Fulton 40 years \n \nA. R. Johnson Magnet School Richmond Windsor Spring Elementary Richmond Glenn Hills High Richmond \n \n22years and 9 months 25 years \n31 years \n \nPage 7 \n \nOne retiree said that it has been a wild and wonderful ride....I hope that sums it up for all of you. We appreciate your dedication to the students, the teachers, and our profession and wish you much happiness! \n \nSee more retirees on page 9! \n \n The Georgia Peach Book Awards for Teen Readers 2011-2012 \nAlmost Perfect by Brian Katcher \nWith his mother working long hours and in pain from a romantic break-up, eighteen-year-old Logan feels alone and unloved until a zany new student arrives at his small-town Missouri high school, keeping a gender secret. \nBeautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia \u0026 Margaret Stohl \nIn a small South Carolina town, where it seems little has changed since the Civil War, sixteen-year-old Ethan is powerfully drawn to Lena, a new classmate with whom he shares a psychic connection and whose family hides a dark secret that may be revealed on her sixteenth birthday. \nBirthmarked by Caragh O'Brien \nIn a future world baked dry by the sun and divided into those who live inside the wall and those who live outside it, sixteen-year-old midwife Gaia Stone is forced into a difficult choice when her parents are arrested and taken into the city. \nBlack Hole Sun by David McGinnis Gill \nOn the planet Mars, sixteen-year-old Durango and his crew of mercenaries are hired by the settlers of a mining community to protect their most valuable resource from a feral band of marauders. \nBruiser by Neal Shusterman \nInexplicable events start to occur when sixteen-year-old twins Tennyson and Bront befriend a troubled and misunderstood outcast, aptly nicknamed Bruiser, and his little brother, Cody. \nDirty Little Secrets by C. J. Omololu \nWhen her unstable mother dies unexpectedly, sixteen-year-old Lucy must take control and find a way to keep the longheld secret of her mother's compulsive hoarding from being revealed to friends, neighbors, and especially the media. \nFinnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta \nNow on the cusp of manhood, Finnikin, who was a child when the royal family of Lumatere was brutally murdered and replaced by an imposter, reluctantly joins forces with an enigmatic young novice and fellow-exile, who claims that her dark dreams will lead them to a surviving royal child and a way to regain the throne of Lumatere. \nA book must be the ax for the frozen sea within us. ~ Franz Kafka, 1904 \n \n Five Flavors of Dumb by Antony John \nEighteen-year-old Piper becomes the manager for her classmates' popular rock band, called Dumb, giving her the chance to prove her capabilities to her parents and others, if only she can get the band members to get along. \nFood, Girls, and Other Things I Can't Have by Allen Zadoff \nFifteen-year-old Andrew Zansky, the second fattest student at his high school, joins the varsity football team to get the attention of a new girl on whom he has a crush. \nGod is in the Pancakes by Robin Epstein \nFifteen-year-old Grace, having turned her back on religion when her father left, now finds herself praying for help with her home and love life, and especially with whether she should help a beloved elderly friend die with dignity. \nHate List by Jennifer Brown \nSixteen-year-old Valerie, whose boyfriend Nick committed a school shooting at the end of their junior year, struggles to cope with integrating herself back into high school life, unsure herself whether she was a hero or a villain. \nJane by April Lindner \nIn this contemporary retelling of \"Jane Eyre,\" an orphaned nanny becomes entranced with her magnetic and brooding employer, a rock star with a torturous secret from his past. \nLockdown: Escape from Furnace by Alexander Gordon Smith \nWhen fourteen-year-old Alex is framed for murder, he becomes an inmate in the Furnace Penitentiary, where brutal inmates and sadistic guards reign, boys who disappear in the middle of the night sometimes return weirdly altered, and escape might just be possible. \nThe Maze Runner by James Dashner \nSixteen-year-old Thomas wakes up with no memory in the middle of a maze and realizes he must work with the community in which he finds himself if he is to escape. \nThe Morgue and Me by John Ford \nEighteen-year-old Christopher, who plans to be a spy, learns of a murder cover-up through his summer job as a morgue assistant and teams up with Tina, a gorgeous newspaper reporter, to investigate, despite great danger. \n \n Nightshade by Andrea Cremer \nCalla and Ren have been raised knowing it's their destiny to mate with one another and rule over their shapeshifting wolf pack, but when a human boy arrives and vies for Calla's heart, she's faced with a decision that could change her whole world. \nShift by Jennifer Bradbury \nWhen best friends Chris and Win go on a cross country bicycle trek the summer after graduating and only one returns, the FBI wants to know what happened. \nShip Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi \nIn a futuristic world, teenaged Nailer scavenges copper wiring from grounded oil tankers for a living, but when he finds a beached clipper ship with a girl in the wreckage, he has to decide if he should strip the ship for its wealth or rescue the girl. \nSplit by Swati Avasthi \nA teenaged boy thrown out of his house by his abusive father goes to live with his older brother, who ran away from home years ago to escape the abuse. \nThe Things a Brother Knows by Dana Reinhardt \nAlthough they have never gotten along well, seventeen-year-old Levi follows his older brother Boaz, an exMarine, on a walking trip from Boston to Washington, D.C. in hopes of learning why Boaz is completely withdrawn. \nRemember to read reviews for all books and get media committee approval for any Peach titles you wish to purchase for your school library as each community is different, and not all titles will suit all schools. Thanks for your promotion and support of the Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers. \nA pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties. ~ Harry Truman \n \n Page 11 \n \nMore retirees to honor and celebrate! \n \nLillie Clausell Dale Lyles Dealva Johnson Patsy Hill Cheryl Cutchin Candace H. Meadors Martha Green Myra Clark-Johnson \nSharon Whaley Pat Wall Jane Bennett Nancy Belangia Janice Hammontree Penny Hamby \n \nMorrow High School in Clayton County Coweta County \n \nAppling County Primary School. 36 years \n \nMedia specialist at West Clayton Elementary Coordinator Media Services \u0026 Technology Training Troup Co. Comp. High School \n \n29 years 34 years \n \nMedia Clerk at Cass Middle School in Bartow Library Media Specialist at Factory Shoals Elementary in Douglas County Comprehensive High School in Dougherty River Trail Middle in Fulton \nBlythe Richmond \n \n24 years 46 plus \n33 years 30 years \n \nMedia Assistant Windsor Spring Elementary Richmond Dalton City \n \nDirector of Instructional Technology and Media Services in Dalton City \n \nWhere man sees but withered leaves, God sees sweet flowers growing. ~ Albert Laighton \n \n Page 12 \nThe true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do. ~ John Holt \n \n Page 13 By learning you will teach; by teaching you will learn. ~ Latin proverb \n \n Safeguarding Your Personal Data \nComputers and the Internet are an important part of our daily life, enabling a wide range of services to home computer users such as communicating with friends and family, shopping, paying bills, storing personal photos and music. This convenience and inter-connectivity does not come without risk however. Potential threats include viruses that could erase your entire system or hackers stealing your credit card information. \nBy understanding the risks and combining some common sense rules with a little bit of technology, you can safeguard your data at home from these threats and understand the need for security controls at work. The following tips will help protect your data. \nBack Up Your Data \nYour hard drive may crash or you may find that a virus infection has affected your computer so much that the operating system and applications are not responding or performing well and need to be reinstalled. In cases like this it is best to have your important data backed up so you can restore your system without fear of losing your data. Below are some important steps you can follow: \nUse your computer's backup tools. Most operating systems provide backup software designed to make the process easier. External hard drives and online backup services are two popular vehicles for backing up files. \nBack up data at regular intervals. Daily or weekly backups are recommended, depending on how important the data is and how often it changes. \nVerify the data has been backed up. Backup media needs to be reviewed periodically to determine if all of the data has been backed up accurately. \nVerify the ability to restore. It is a best practice to periodically test that your backup data can be restored if loss occurs. Don't wait until disaster strikes to find out if backup data is good or not. \n IMPORTANT - being able to restore your data is as important as being able to back it up. \nUse Strong Passwords \nPasswords help protect your data. It is important to have a strong password for your computer, mobile device, and any other media used to store important and/or sensitive data. A strong password is at least eight characters that use a mix of upper case, lower case, and numeric or special characters. Use at least 3 or these four characteristics. Each device should have its own strong password so that if one is compromised your others will stay secure. The same goes for your online accounts. Be sure to use different log-in credentials, especially the passwords, for the various secure sites you might use such as online shopping, banking, etc. \nContinued on next page \n \n Be Safe Online \nBelow are a few helpful tips on how to keep safe on the Internet: \n Keep your operating system updated/patched. Set it to \"auto update.\" \n Use anti-virus and anti-spyware software and keep them updated. \n Do not visit untrusted websites or follow links provided by unknown or untrusted sources. \n Secure your transactions. Look for the \"lock\" icon on the browser's status bar and be sure \"https\" appears in the website's address bar, before making any online purchase. The \"s\" stands for \"secure\" and indicates that the communication with the web page is encrypted. \n Keep your applications (programs) updated and patched, particularly if they work with your browser to run multi-media programs used for viewing videos. Set these programs to \"auto update.\" \n Block pop-up windows, some of which may be malicious and hide attacks. This can help prevent malicious software from being downloaded to your computer. \nEncryption \nEncryption is a process whereby the data is scrambled and can only be read by someone with the \"encryption key\" to unscramble the data. Everyone should consider encrypting sensitive information. Some new operating systems include tools to encrypt data while others require the installation of separate encryption software. Other commercial encryption software tools let you encrypt your email communication if you need to share sensitive information with someone via email. \nDispose of Information Properly \nIt is important to properly handle data erasure and disposal of electronic media (e.g. PCs, CDs, thumb drives, hand-helds) in order to protect confidential and sensitive data from accidental disclosure. Become familiar with the proper methods of sanitizing, destroying, or disposing of media containing sensitive information. \nBefore discarding your computer, copier, fax or other portable storage devices, you need to be sure that data has been erased or \"wiped.\" Below are a few tips to assist in disposing your data: \n Read/writable media (including your hard drive) should be \"wiped\" using Department of Defense (DOD) compliant software specially designed for ensuring all data is rendered unreadable. Software that meets DOD compliance standards can be downloaded from the Internet at no cost. \n Shred CDs and DVDs. This type of media should be physically destroyed. \n Media that does not have a need to be re-used or contains sensitive or private data that cannot be \"wiped\" should be physically destroyed. The destruction process must rendered objects completely destroyed, unreadable and unusable. Special hard disk shedders and other options exists for destruction of hard disk media. \n \n Qualifications The candidate for Teacher of the Year should be: \n \nPage 16 \n \nA certified classroom teacher (clear and renewable certificate) in public prekindergarten through grade 12, including special education, physical education, art, music, and media specialists. (Counselors are not eligible.) \nAn exceptionally dedicated, knowledgeable, and skilled teacher who is planning to continue in active teaching status. \nA teacher who inspires students of all backgrounds and abilities to learn. \nA teacher who has the respect and admiration of students, parents, and colleagues. \nA teacher who plays an active and useful role in the community as well as in the school. \nA teacher who is poised and articulate and possesses the energy to withstand a taxing schedule. \n \nJames Campbell Susan Grigsby Maribeth Driskell \nJennifer M. Parker \nEden Clark Denise Borck Dixie Johnston Kathy Schmidt \n \nLibrary Media Specialists of the Year \n \nClayton County Library Media Specialist of the Year \nMedia Specialist of the Year for Fulton County \nCoralwood School was nominated and selected as an outstanding school library for the state of Georgia. Dr. Nancy Everhart, President, American Association of School Libraries, visited the as part of the Vision Tour in February. \n \nLee Street Elementary Elkins Pointe Middle DeKalb County \n \nHall County School District 2010 -2011 and the North Region Media Specialist of the Year by GLMA/GAIT for 2010-2011. \n \nChestatee High School \n \nDeKalb County's Library Media Specialist of the Year. \nMedia Specialist of the year for Bulloch County and for the Coastal Region District. Media Specialist of the Year for Spalding County Schools. \nGwinnett County Media Specialist of the Year - \n \nAustin Elementary School William James Middle Spalding High Rock Springs Elementary \n \n 1754 Twin Towers East 205 Jesse Hill Jr. Drive Atlanta, Georgia 30334 \nPhone: 404-657-9800 Fax: 404-656-5744 E-mail: jserrite@doe.k12.ga.us \n \nPage 17 \n \nParaprofessionals of the Year \n \nJill Sattler Kerri Moore Diana Hollack Brenda Long Stan Eastman Joan Conant Kathy McGonegal Brenda Long Marilyn Valenzuela. \n \nNorthwest Whitfield County High Whitfield \n \nMarlow Media Center \n \nEffingham \n \nMilford Elementary \n \nCobb \n \nAuxiliary Person of the Year. Hambrick Elementary \n \nDeKalb \n \nEmployee of the year for Holcomb Fulton Bridge MS. \n \nRiver Trail Middle School Professional of the Year \n \nFulton \n \nCentennial High School Employee Fulton of the Year \n \nAuxiliary Employee of the Year Hambrick Elementary \n \nDeKalb \n \nCertified Employee of the Year Belmont Hills \n \nCobb \n \nWhen I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that American society has found one more way to destroy itself. ~ Isaac Asimov \n \n Page 18 \nApplications now available to serve as Teacher-in-Residence during the 2011-12 school year \nSince 2000, the Library of Congress has recruited teachers to work with Educational Outreach staff to help teachers incorporate the Library's collection of over 16 million digitized primary sources into high-quality instruction. Previous Teachers-in-Residence have led professional development workshops for teachers in Washington, DC, and across the United States. They have represented the Library at various conferences and meetings and developed teaching materials and lessons that use the Library's digitized primary sources for national distribution. \nThe successful Teacher-in-Residence candidate will be innovative and collaborative, be fluent with the Library's digitized primary sources with experience using them in instruction, and have a history of leadership and staff development. The Library will give preference to applicants who teach students considered to be underserved based on ethnicity, socio-economic status or geography. \nThe selected teacher will participate in this program via an intergovernmental personnel agreement between the Library and his or her home school district. The Library will reimburse the district for salary and benefits paid to the teacher during the school year, and will release the Teacher-in-Residence for all district holidays and vacations. \nThe teacher will receive a $1,500 monthly housing stipend if he or she teaches outside of the Washington, DC, metropolitan area. The Library cannot pay for travel or moving expenses. \nIn addition to assisting Educational Outreach staff, the Teacher-in-Residence will undertake a project to benefit his or her home school or district to be implemented during the following academic year. This project could be a workshop on teaching with primary sources for fellow teachers, a unit using Library of Congress primary sources, or some other product or activity using Library of Congress digitized primary sources that can be implemented with students or fellow teachers. As part of the application process, teachers should propose projects that were designed in collaboration with teacher colleagues and have the support of appropriate school and or district administrators. \nTo be considered, teachers should fill out and submit the attached application with an accompanying letter from a school or district administrator authorized to approve an intergovernmental personnel agreement. Applications will be evaluated based on the teacher's creativity and willingness to contribute to the educational community as evidenced by his or her description of past activities and recommendation letters, and the feasibility and value of the project that the applicant proposes. \nThe Deadline for applications is June 17th. Please direct any questions to edoutreach@loc.gov \n \n How to Write a Winning Proposal June 22 - 23, 2011 \n8:00am - 4:00pm Atlanta, Georgia \nThis is a 2-day, hands-on workshop in which you develop a working draft of a proposal for funding. After learning about each of the sections of a proposal, you will brainstorm and write the sections of a proposal tailored to a current grant opportunity. You'll be able to revise the proposal after the workshop and submit it for funding to your preferred funding source! \nAt the beginning of class, you will be expected to have a project idea/need in mind. You're strongly encouraged to review open grant opportunities in the Foundations for the Future's Funding Forecast prior to attending the workshop at www.f3program.org/sites/default/files/funding.pdf . To prepare for the workshop, you will need to answer the input form on the last page of the attachment by June 17. You should also expect homework. \nExample project ideas include, 1) linking middle school students with high school technology mentors; 2) developing and finding international collaborators to enhance your social studies programs; 3) creating a focused professional development program for selected teachers; or 4) updating technology resources for learning. At the workshop, you will write a draft proposal based on your idea. You are encouraged to bring your own laptops. If so, you must have administrative privileges, a pdf viewer and a word processing program. Workshop Topics Include \nUnderstanding types of awards Finding funding resources on the Internet Deciphering grant guidelines Reviewing model proposals Developing a statement of need Developing project goals and objectives Creating a project management plan Developing an effective evaluation \nWorkshop Fee The workshop fee of $70 includes a grant writing workbook, grant-writing digital resources on CD, 1-on-1 access to a team of experienced grant-writers, hands-on Internet activities, two PLU credits, certificate of completion, refreshments. NOTE: This workshop is for K-12 teachers and administrators only. Workshop Location \nThe workshop will be held at the F3 Forum (Room 131) at 250 14th Street, Atlanta 30318, just west of I-75 and I -85. Complimentary parking is available in the parking deck. For directions, please visit: www.f3program.org/? q=content/directions \nSpace is limited, so register early! Reservations will be held on a first come-first served basis. For more information, please contact Therese Boston at (404) 407-6305 or therese.boston@gtri.gatech.edu. \n \n Page 20 \nhttp://www.corestandards.org/ The Common Core State Standards provide a consistent, clear understanding of what students are expected to learn, so teachers and parents know what they need to do to help them. The standards are designed to be robust and relevant to the real world, reflecting the knowledge and skills that our young people need for success in college and careers. With American students fully prepared for the future, our communities will be best positioned to compete successfully in the global economy. Georgia's Library Media Specialist need to learn, use, and help our teachers and students with both the Common Core Georgia Performance Standards (ELA and Math) and the Georgia Performance Standards. \nContinued from page 4 \nHigh School Students Encyclopaedia Britannica High School (http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zehs) Read biographies and learn about historical events, keep up with the news, read the Britannica Blog, and watch videos. Find interesting science activities in Learning Materials. Book Collection: Nonfiction (http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbnf) Read about celebrities, cars, sports, hobbies, and more. Magazines A-Z (http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?path=/magazines/\u0026view=high-school) GALILEO includes several magazines for teens, including American Cheerleader, BMX Plus, Dance Spirit, Discover, Rolling Stone, Sports Illustrated, Teen People, and Transworld Skateboarding. NoveList (http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zknl) Find more books like a favorite that's already been read. Just search for a favorite book, click the title to see the book information, and then click Find Similar Books. Take the list on the next trip to the public library. Courtney McGough GALILEO Support Services \nMay the stars carry your sadness away, may the flowers fill your heart with beauty, may hope forever wipe away your tears, and, above all, may silence make you strong. ~ Chief Dan George \n \n Page 21 \nIn April 2011 the Library Media Coordinators in every system were sent a link to 11 survey questions concerning Georgia's Library Media Centers. The deadline for submitting the requested information is the end of May. The purpose of the feedback form is to obtain a current picture of the Library Media program in our state. We should be able to determine the age of our library collections, the amount of funding spent annually, any proposed changes in the Library Media program, the number of students served on a yearly basis, and more. Your Media Coordinator will probably ask for your help in gathering the data. Most of the information is easily determined by your automated library system. \nThe earth laughs in flowers. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson \nCongratulations to Max Meyer for winning the GALILEO Staff Prize for Best Use of GALILEO Resources in a Student Media Project at the 2011 Georgia Student Media Festival. 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