LDMS Media Center

Ms. Nona Harris, Media Specialist

Encouraging students to read is important, whether it’s on the printed page or on a computer screen. The LDMS Media Center promotes active learning by involving students in research, fact-finding, and using online and print sources to answer questions and solve problems.

Policies @ the LDMS Media Center

Please sign in at the circulation desk when you enter the Media Center.

Students visiting individually or with a class are expected to be considerate of other students, teachers, and staff. Students are expected to make productive use of their time. Keep hands and feet to yourself. All chairs should be pushed to the tables before leaving.

Students may check out up to five books. They are checked out at the circulation desk for a period of two weeks and renewed for an additional two weeks. Bring the book to the Media Center to renew it.

Students may check out books during scheduled visits by classroom teachers, before and after school, and during the school day with a permission note from their teacher.

Take care of books and materials and return them when you have finished using them, because other patrons may be anxiously waiting.

The newest, current magazines stay in the Media Center for all to enjoy. Back issues may be borrowed for one week.

Overdue reminders are sent when the book is late. No daily fines are collected.

Students will be charged the replacement cost of materials they have lost.

There are twelve desktop computers provided for school related work and research.

Students can type an assignment using Word, make a spreadsheet on Excel, create a slide presentation with PowerPoint, or surf the Web.

If a student needs to print something from the Internet, please copy and paste it to Microsoft Word.

Close all applications, return to the desktop, and log off before leaving a computer.

Follow all Acceptable Use Policy guidelines when using computers and the Internet.

Misuse of Internet access or the equipment will result in loss of your computer privileges.

Reading List

On the circulation desk is a reading list of 375 suggested titles. An annotation, summarizing the book's content, is included for each title. Many are classics and award-winning titles, such as Newbery, ALA picks, Coretta Scott King, etc. A copy of this reading list can be made available to any interested student or parent by request.

Websites for Teachers

Located on the circulation desk is a three-ring binder containing websites in the areas of Art, Foreign Language, Health and P.E., English, Math, Music, Science, Social Studies, Special Ed., and Vocational Education.

Our Media Center

The collection is automated with the Winnebago Spectrum system. There are over 5,000 books in our Media Center for a student body of 177 students. Expanding and updating the book collection is an on-going process. Requests and suggestions are welcomed from teachers, staff, parents, students and members of the community. We greatly appreciate book donations of titles that will enhance our Media Center. Our Media Center has subscriptions to 37 magazines. A revolving display rack of books-on-tape gives enjoyment to those students who prefer an audio format. Equipment includes the following: a digital camera, DVD player, large screen TV, video camera, laserdisc player, a scanner, laptops, a roll laminator, an Ellison die-cut machine, 16 network accessible computers, and other multimedia tools available for teachers and students to utilize. Each teacher’s room has a 19-inch wall mounted TV, with videos available for checkout. Teachers sign up in the Media Center to use the three mobile labs, which hold 24 laptops each.

ONLINE SITES

Atlapedia Online - physical maps, political maps, key facts, and statistics on countries of the world.
http://www.atlapedia.com/index.html

The Biographical Dictionary - notable men and women who have shaped our world.
http://www.s9.com/biography/

Encarta Concise Encyclopedia
http://encarta.msn.com/

Factmonster - encyclopedia, dictionary, almanac, news stories, and homework help section.
http://www.factmonster.com/

How Stuff Works
http://www.howstuffworks.com/

Information Please Online
http://www.infoplease.com/

Inventors
http://inventors.about.com/library/blindex.htm?once=true&
http://inventors.about.com/library/bl/bl1_1.htm

A Language Arts Website
http://students.resa.net/stoutcomputerclass/2la.htm

National Geographic
http://www.nationalgeographic.com

New York Times Crossword Puzzle
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/xwords/index.html

Perry-Castaneda Maps
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html

The Quotations Page
http://www.quotationspage.com/

Science Fair Projects - Idea starters and useful links.
http://www.homeworkspot.com/sciencefair/

Smithsonian Institution – collections, calendars, and virtual visits to Museum of the American Indian,
Air and Space Museum, American History Museum, National Gallery, and National Zoo.
http://www.si.edu/

Thesaurus and Dictionary
http://thesaurus.reference.com/

Virginia Festival of the Book – an annual public celebration of literature held each March in Charlottesville.
http://www.vabook.org/site98/home.htm

The World Factbook - countries of the world.
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html