Development in School Library Media
|
Objective Indicator
The majority of today’s students do too. The trouble is, waiting until the last minute limits available information since libraries aren’t open late at night. Procrastination is a fact of life, so what can be done to make information available to students twenty-four hours a day? Our school system subscribes to a number of high-quality online research databases. For every research project I distribute to students a bookmark I created that lists login information (URLs, account names and passwords) so students know how to access our databases at any time. The bookmarks also remind students about our online Public Access Catalog, through which they can search our print collection, and our online subject bibliographies, which highlight our newest and best books on hot topics. On our school website I’ve designed a Media page that serves as an educational portal, with links to our databases and additional curricular websites for extra help in their classes. I also build webpages with links to specific United Streaming videos for specific teachers’ assignments. And if students are absent, they can always catch up on school happenings by listening to our morning announcements podcast – a daily radio show I produce, available on our website and through the Apple iTunes store (where its popularity rating is maxed out). Next year I plan to have database login information printed directly in students’ agenda books. This will be one more way to give procrastinators the information they need to complete their assignments – and one less reason for them to slip into bed without doing their homework. |
Artifacts File: Research Databases Bookmark (PDF) Link: Research Databases Webpage Link: Curricular Websites Links Link: Morning Announcements Podcast
|
|||||||||
|
McDaniel
College |
|||||||||||
