Learning through Books, Media and Technology

ARTICLES THIS ISSUE:

Chico High School: Uning the library media center and its tools to push out the walls of the classroom

What do you do with 4,000 students? A Great library media center helps!

Library as learning laboratory — for students and teachers

From local access systems to global dialog

Helping students and staff connect

Restructuring: getting to the heart of the learning process

Making the most of learning resources, from human to technological

Winning combinations — kids, technologies, teaching partnership

A "logical place" for applications of information technology

The "Dream Team" at work: changing ideas of how we prepare students for the future

From library to "Discovery Center" — a marriage of tradition and technology

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Eisenhower High School

• An electronic reference center offering five CD-ROM programs
• Students approaching research with less reluctance more success.
• A limited budget managed skillfully in order to get the best materials.
• The library media teacher as curriculum co-writer and co-teacher.
• Leadership in designing the district educational technology plan.
• Eisenhower High School (Grades 10-12; enrollment 2,785)
  1321 N. Lilac Avenue, Rialto 92376; (714) 820-7798
  Edna Herring, Principal
  Matthew Kelly, Library Media Teacher
  Rialto Unified School District

Shasta High School

• A completely rebuilt Library media center following a devastating fire.
• Two educators (the principal and the library media teacher) named as "Reader's Digest American Heroes in Education."
• A library that fuses the newest in technology with books and other materials.
• A seven-terminal network encompassing all library materials.
• The CD-RDM version of Reader's Guide plus extensive microfiche.
• Shasta High School (Grades 10-12; enrollment 1,250)
  2500 Eureka Way, Redding 96001; (916) 241-4161
  Robert Embertson, Principal
  Gwen Knaebel, Library Media Teacher
  Shasta Union High School District

Emerson Junior High School

• A non-textbook approach to the social sciences fully meeting California framework requirements through the data gathering process and the use of electronic media.
• Electra, the Los Angeles online retrieval system, integrated into the curriculum.
• Independent student research monitored by teachers working with the concept of "Research as a Process."
• Additional stations providing C access to CD-ROM programs, a variety of software, and remote data C access through Dialog.
• A richly diverse student population.
• Emerson Junior High School (Grades 7-9; enrollment 1,575)
  1650 Selby Avenue, Los Angeles 90024; (213) 475-8417. ext 391
  Eugene W. Fay, Principal
  Geri Thigpen, Library Media Teacher
  Los Angeles Unified School Distirct

Montgomery Middle School

• Collaboration with teachers on. units, of study
• Effective use of varied funding sources to provide equipment, software, and other materials
• Student creation of community
• Closed circuit television to all classrooms and the library media center
• Montgomery Middle School (Grades 6-8, year-round enroll. 1,140)
  1670 Melody Lane, El Cajon 92109; (619) 588-3107
  Stephanie Troncone, Principal
  Karen Simons, Library Media Teacher
  Cajon Valley Union High School District