Library 205 – Media Services

Spring 2008

As technology has expanded into our lives and our work over the past few years, this class has expanded.  It is intended to give students an overview of technology and its uses in the library, especially in he school library and to augment the school curriculum.  The school library media center is the link between technology and the curriculum.

Jan.16             ERS Lab

Media Services—Introduction

Forms of Media

• Books

• E-books / Kindle

• Audiobooks

• Videos

• DVDs

Jan. 23            ERS Lab  

Multimedia & Information Literacy

Copyright, Plagiarism, and Filtering

Jan. 28            ERS Lab

The Web:  Search engines, Strategies, Resources, and How to Evaluate the Web

Technology Standards

Jan. 30            ERS Lab

Blogs, Podcasting, and Wikipedia

Feb.4            ERS Lab

Web page creation and Filamentality intro by GP

Guided time to work on presentations…

Feb. 5      6:30-7:30        Visalia Learning Center

Diane Stanley Author www.dianestanley.com

Feb. 6              ERS Lab

Guided time to work on articulation of standards.

Feb. 13            ERS Lab

Final Reports

• Webliography evaluation forms

• Web page

• Media project:  Create blog or podcast and share with class who will have a chance to respond online.

• Technology standards outline summary

• Procedures Manual

Library 205 – Media Services

Elainea Scott/George Pilling

Spring 2008

Assignment Sheet

Time will be given in class for work on these projects.  However, students are expected to work on assignments as homework.  If you do not have access to the Internet, computers are available for your use at COS, ERS, VLC, TCPL, and KCPL.  If you do not know what these initials stand for, you are in the wrong class. All assignments are due the last day of the class.

I – Evaluating Websites/Webliography

          Select ten websites on a particular subject of your choice.  Evaluate them for bias, accuracy, usability, content, age/grade level, currency, and potential for use in the classroom.

      For full credit, your report will:

1. State the subject of your selected sites and state why you chose this subject.  

2. Include eight or more sites that are on a subject of interest to your library patrons.

3. State the title and give a short description of each site

4. Evaluate these sites using the above criteria.

   1. You may use one of the forms we hand out, or another appropriate form from the WWW. 

  This project may be done in pairs.

II. Web page creation

    Using the sites found above or others, you will create a page of links on a subject of your choice.  Several options will be given to do this, such as www.freewebs.com and filamentality (http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil ) For full credit, you will:

1. Have one specific topic of interest to your patrons

2. Enter at least five links that you have evaluated

3. Fully annotate the links

For extra credit, you will:

• Catalog your page into your library automation program and hand in a print out of the "card."

III. Media Project

Both blogging and podcasting will be demonstrated for you.  You will:

1. Develop a podcast, or

2. Develop a blog.

For full credit, your presentation will:

1.      Be on one subject related to education or libraries.   Explain why you chose this subject.

2.       Contain clipart, pictures, weblinks, and other elements as appropriate.

3.      Contain 4 paragraphs (Blog)

4.      Contain at least 2 minutes of material but not more than 5 minutes (Podcast)

You will show your project to the class.

IV. Technology standards

            Check to see if your district has technology standards.

            Using standards from your district, ISTE (http://cnets.iste.org/students/s_profiles.html,) and/or Visalia Unified (http://visalia.k12.ca.us/techcoach/SBRC/,) you will report on the standards from one grade which will be assigned. You will coordinate with the grades above and below you to make sure there is a continuum of skills. This is called articulation. You will present a written outline summary on Feb. 13.