Media Center News 12/08/2017
What Happened in the Media Center Before & After the Snow?
Speaking of Snow...
Please check out any of the snow and winter books in the display case that catch your fancy!
DeKalb Administrators Came to Visit
They came, observed, ate the food arranged by Dr. Iheme, and enjoyed the media center ambience, arranged by Kiylah's grandmother and me. Thanks to everyone who helped with this endeavor, including our custodians!
Keypad Added to Circulation Desk
Students and teachers can now use the keypad on the circulation desk to enter their student number to expedite their book checkout. Thank you Tucker High School Media Center for the idea!
# of AR Book Words Read So Far
From August 2017 to 12/18/2017. Keep reading, y'all. We currently have AR through January.
Collaboration
Please make every effort to collaborate with me before you arrive with your students. I have ideas and super great resources and would love to share them with you all. It is important to remember that the media center is used as "a point of need" and for that reason we do not have a set curriculum. The beauty of that is that the media center can augment, co-teach, intensify, increase, amplify, embroider, etc., any concept that you want to teach. (Yes, I like to use the thesaurus.)
Rowland Elementary Media Center
Email: patricia_oconnor@dekalbschoolsga.org
Website: http://rowlandmediacenter.weebly.com
Phone: 678-676-6202
Students Learned to Use TumbleBooks
First, second, and third graders learned how to log-in and select e-stories to read. TumbleBooks is available to all of our students, whether at home or at school. Please contact me for the user name/password.
Fernbank Robotics Visited & Mesmerized
Fifth graders were intrigued by the Robotics Class presented in the Media Center by Kamal Carter of Fernbank Science Center. This little guy, through artificial intelligence and on his own, learned how to dance to Michael Jackson's Thriller along with other robots one night. Seriously!
Ms. Roberts' Class Learned About Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
and checked out folktales from around the world to accompany their world-wide culture reports. Thank you, Ms. Roberts, for some great collaboration with the media center!