media programs (education)

Guide to cooperative learning activities in the library media center includes a section about cooperative learning and ready to use activities.

Contains sample activities designed for gifted children including interdisciplinary projects, report writing, curriculum-related ideas, encyclopedia activities, etc.

Describes the role of the school library media specialist as an instructional design consultant.

Discusses reading and the role of the school library media specialist at the kindergarten through grade five levels.

Presents information for library media specialists on planning, implementing, and evaluating curriculum-based library media center programs in schools, and includes sample outlines, program examples, and reproducible forms.

Describes a media center program that combines the teaching and use of library skills with language skills in a way that invites higher order thinking and student involvement in the creation of a product.

Discusses research on the role library programs can play in test scores and provides practical guidance for improving the effectiveness of one's school library for that purpose, explaining what administrators, teachers, and parents should know and expect.

Presents a comprehensive manual with accompanying CD on teaching library media skills to elementary students, covering book care, the parts of a book, the Dewey decimal system, and computer research.

Reviews the history of cooperation and collaboration in school libraries since the 1990s, discussing the benefits of collaboration between library media specialists and teachers at the elementary level; and features a common template for use in planning collaborative units, as well as a selection of units contributed by teams across the U.S.

Guide for school librarians offering information on flexible library media programs that includes designing a program, cooperative planning, and implementing the program.