Learning through Books, Media and Technology
ARTICLES THIS ISSUE:
Information literate? These Students have information power!
"We're learning, but we don't mind!"
Lots of little kids --- lots of things going on!
Building a collaborative network --- from university to local community
Shared vision, shared teaching
Budget crunch? Teamwork makes resources do double duty
Collaboration, participation, and technology
Redefining the library media center
Happy collaborations based on research as a process
Success through independence, integration, and interruptions
A Good Ideas encore!
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A Good Ideas encore!
Mesa Verde High School
Featured in the 1991 edition of Good Ideas, Mesa Verde High School and its library media teacher, Bill Sears, have again put innovative ideas to work, this time in a combination of technology with an unusual collaborative group --- Sacramento senior citizens.
A pilot program at Mesa Verde links this senior high school with SeniorNet Learning Centers in Sacramento. Students with communication difficulties or at risk of dropping out were involved first. Social science topics of high interest, such as personal remembrances of Pearl Harbor, recollections of news events, and observations about the ecology, were expanded on by senior citizens who were anxious to establish a personal connection with their online communicators. Because it was a pilot project, teachers, students, and library media teacher learned as they went. Senior citizens online helped define the curriculum and were responsive to student needs. .
The intent of the program, funded through Pacific Telephone, is to extend these activities to all teachers and students who would like to incorporate the project into their curriculum. Congratulations to Bill Sears and his fellow staff members for another good idea!
- Mesa Verde High School (Grades 9-12, enrollment
1,100)
7600 Lauppe Lane, Citrus Heights 95621; (916) 971-5281
Linda Ferrick, Principal
William T. Sears, Library Media Teacher
San Juan Unified School District
ARTICLES THIS ISSUE:
- Information literate? These Students have information power!
- "We're learning, but we don't mind!"
- Lots of little kids --- lots of things going on!
- Building a collaborative network --- from university to local community
- Shared vision, shared teaching
- Budget crunch? Teamwork makes resources do double duty
- Collaboration, participation, and technology
- Partners for change
- Redefining the library media center
- Happy collaborations based on research as a process
- Success through independence, integration, and interruptions
- A Good Ideas encore!
