media programs (education)

Focuses on the practical considerations of administrating a school library media center with new developments in organization and administration.

Offers a collection of teacher-tested classroom activities that incorporate the use of familiar media technologies, featuring fifteen suggestions each in the categories of video, photography/transparency, audio, computer, and multimedia.

Explains how teachers and library media specialists can work together to build library collections that complement curriculum and incorporate standards.

Explores the role of the media specialist in the curriculum, examining the collaboration of media specialists with classroom teachers, administrators, students, and the community, and discussing three areas of the curriculum, the needs of special student populations, and educational trends.

Presents more than one hundred library lesson plans, arranged by grade level from kindergarten through fifth grade, which are based on the AASL/AECT information literacy standards and cover various learning styles.

Defines curriculum support services and identifies library curriculum objectives, and skills instruction.

Offers school principals practical advice and strategies to help them develop an effective library media program, with an overview of the best library media practices and strategies for dealing with challenges.

Ideas and suggestions for providing materials, services, displays, and programs, and how to promote them.

Provides aid to school librarians with guidance to expand the access and use of information by students, parents, and teachers.