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Woodstock Middle Library Media Center Annual Report, 2018-19
LIBRARY USAGE
FINE ALTERNATIVES
CIRCULATION STATISTICS
SCHOOL-WIDE COLLABORATIONS
*Gave minilessons for Galileo and other OER/free online teaching resources
*Advised students and teachers regarding copyright and Creative Commons music and images.
*Taught Canvas integration of BrainPop and Flipgrid for teachers
*Located curricularly-related articles and helped develop writing prompts for Writing Is Thinking initiative
*Assisted with school-wide Hour of Code
*Evaluated Digital Learning Day projects and facilitated winning group presentations with Georgia Tech"s Design department
Digital Learning Day Presentations with Georgia Tech
Digital Learning Day Presentations with Georgia Tech
CCSD Minecraft Classroom of the Future Challenge COUNTY FINALISTS!
6TH GRADE HIGHLIGHTS
6th Grade Orientation
Japanese Internment and WWII Artifacts
iMovie Trailers
7TH AND 8TH GRADE HIGHLIGHTS
Historical Fiction Author Visit
Milestones Madness Breakout
Foreign Language Special Collections
MAKER MONDAY HIGHLIGHTS
Maker Magic: Harry Potter STEM Night
Global Maker Day
Maker Monday
LEVEL UP READING CHALLENGE
Leverage Canvas to Level Up
Buy-In and Participation
Technology Integration
GOALS FOR 2019-2020
- Continue to source lower, movable shelving for better visibility and openness of library space.
- Replace heavy wooden tables with lighter tables on casters to provide a more flexible learning environment.
- Write at least one grant for more technology such as an iPad cart so WMS students and teachers have more flexibility with device use and integration of technology into teaching.
- Write at least one grant to allow for renovation towards a Learning Commons environment.
- Implement "Library Power User" status for students who earn points based on Canvas Challenges to gain library benefits like library lunches, priority checkouts, prizes, special live events, and Skype sessions with special guests.
- Expansion of literacy intiatives like Just Read, WMS and the Level Up Challenge to foster a lifelong love of reading.
- Complete the requirements for Nearpod and Commonsense Media certifications.
- Work towards CommonSense Media SCHOOLWIDE certification.
- Expansion of opportunities for student voice in the library
- Apply for Exemplary Media Program status through the Georgia Library Media Association.
NEEDS FOR 2019-2020
- Opportunities to meet with admin and teachers new to WMS to share resources and services offered through the library media center.
- A Library Advisory Team of stakeholders for decision-making and to create awareness of and advocacy for the WMS library media center and its impact on the school.
- Support from admin to obtain Commonsense Media schoolwide certification to help students become wiser regarding social media and digital citizenship.
- Parent volunteers to help with shelving and checkouts.
- $3500 for caster tables to replace wooden tables.
- Reallocation of short bookcases from other schools to WMS.
- Installation of locking bookshelf casters to allow for more flexible use of space.
- A letter of recommendation for our library's Exemplary Media Program application.
Wendy Cope, Librarian
2015 North Central Georgia Library Media Specialist of the Year
2015 Cherokee County Library Media Specialist of the Year
Email: wendy.cope@cherokeek12.net
Website: https://www.cherokeek12.net/woodstockms/Content2/mediacenter
Location: 2000 Towne Lake Hills South Drive, Woodstock, GA, USA
Phone: 770.721.3060
Twitter: @wendypcope