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The Buzz: Tools, Trends, and Gizmos
-- School Library Journal, 11/1/2009

Props for the iPod

Another day, another stylish gizmo for the Apple line. Portable stand iBend props up an iPhone or iPod Touch for viewing a movie or video. There’s a basic model ($4.99 for two) and three colorful artists’ versions. Increasingly, schools are adopting iPods for the classroom and on a larger scale. The Calgary Board of Education is embracing the media players and other handhelds as part of an effort to enhance school libraries, reported the Calgary Herald. Stateside, the Florence (SC) School District has received a $498,688 grant to improve local media centers. On the requisition list: iPods.

Media Center Hours:
Monday and Friday 7:30am-4:00pm
Tuesday-Thursday 7:30-4:30pm
Please Remember! Holidays, Early Dismissal days or Faculty meetings may affect the Media Center being open. Plan Accordingly.

Media Specialists:
Linda Black
Dana Turner

Media Assistant:
Dee O'Cain

Resources for Students and Teachers:
23,500+ volumes
Over 60 periodicals
31 computers with Internet access
Online Catalog
State and Local Newspapers

High School Media Centers Receive Funding

Florence One high school media specialists have received a $498,688 grant to improve school mediacenters at South Florence, West Florence, and Wilson High Schools. Funds from the grant will purchase updated book collections, computers, I-Pods, Playaways, and book/research databases for student access inside and outside the media center.As a result of receipt of the grant, high school media center hours for students will increase by at least four hours per week, including before and after school. The grant will also allow added hours for media center parent orientation and summer hours as well. The grant, known as FULFILL, an acronym for Funding Libraries in Florence to Improve Lives through Literacy, is funded by the United States Department of Education-- Office of Elementary and SecondaryEducation--Academic Improvement and Teacher Quality.
Goals of the FULFILL grant are to:
• provide students with increased access to updated book and media resources;
• increase student access to technology;
• facilitate teacher-librarian partnerships in learning; and
• positively impact student reading skills and academic performance on end-of-year assessments.
Grant writers/recipients include: media specialists Linda Black and Dana Turner of South Florence; Sandy Coward and Sissy Smith (West Florence); Sharon Howarth and Sarah L. Quinn (Wilson);as well as South Florence Freshman Academy Facilitator Carol Hill; Director of Secondary Education James W. Cooper; and Kim Kinley-Howard, English/Language Arts Coordinator and FULFILL GrantProgram Coordinator. For more information, contact Kim Kinley-Howard at 673-1144.􀂈

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The Buzz: Tools, Trends, and Gizmos -- School Library Journal, 11/1/2009

The Buzz: Tools, Trends, and Gizmos
-- School Library Journal, 11/1/2009