Semester One Report

Rosa Parks Middle School

Library Media Center

1st Semester Report 2010-2011

M C PS, L i b r a r y M e d i a Sp e c i a l i s t An n B r a n d o r f f , L i b r a r y M e d i a As s i s t a n t

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“Caught Ya: For

going above and

beyond to help me

create the

Voicethread project!

AND working

individually with

students to work with

this new technology!

~Linda Bauknecht

Program Highlights

The RPMS media center undergoes technology modernization over

the summer is now able to accommodate full-sized classes at the

computer stations.

The media center space has been rear-

ranged into inviting area of chairs, tables and

carpet to encourage small group discussion.

Titles from the Maryland Black-Eyed

Susan State Reading Promotion have been

purchased. Students may choose from the

grade 4-6 or 6-9 or High School lists.

The RPMS media center hosts the 6th

grade Town Hall meetings for each quar-

ter.

The RPMS media center hosts the Char-

acter Education breakfasts and televised

the award winners on the morning announcements.

RPMS media specialist collaborates with teachers to integrate tech-

nology into the curriculum. 1st semester projects include

Voicethread, PhotoStory, Microsoft

Publisher and Microsoft PowerPoint.

RPMS media program supports stu-

dent projects through the development

of research guides posted on a school-

wide Wiki. See

http://rpmsmedia.wikispaces.com/

The RPMS media center hosts pro-

fessional development training for paraeducators. January training

consisted of Glogster. See

http://rpmsmedia.wikispaces.com/Glogster for online support.

The RPMS media center checks out its very

first PlayAways. See

http://www.playaway.com/about-playaway/ for

more details on this engaging new format of

books.

TRAILS knowledge assessment is adminis-

tered to provide an easily accessible and flexible

tool to identify strengths and weaknesses in the information-

seeking skills of RPMS students.

Library media specialist works with UDL tech consultant to train

all RPMS students in online resources providing differentiation.

“Many thanks for

yesterday’s demo of

Glogster! Wow what a

great tool. We all

enjoyed how you

presented it, too, and

then gave us lots of time

and support to work on

it ourselves.”

~Nellie Ross

“Thanks so much for

all of your help

yesterday. You

anticipated my every

need and were right

there when I needed

you. RPMS is lucky to

have you—you have

turned our media

center into an amazing

place!”

~Deb Overly

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Data Snapshots

Monthly Circulation Statistics, by Grade Level

135, 19%

122, 17%

460, 64%

Oct-2010

8th Grade 7th Grade 6th Grade

717 items

164, 26%137, 22%

325, 52%

Nov-20108th Grade 7th Grade 6th Grade

625 items

90, 25%

109, 30%

161, 45%

Dec-20108th Grade 7th Grade 6th Grade

360 items

85, 26%

78, 23%

169, 51%

Jan-20118th Grade 7th Grade 6th Grade

332 items

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Black-Eyed Susan Program

8

3

0

3

4

3

19 24

13

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

Nov Dec Jan

Playaway Circulation

8th Grade 7th Grade 6th Grade

Playaway Circulation by Grade Level

25 titles were added to the collection at the end of November, 2010.

35

0 4

BES 6th graders BES 7th graders BES 8th graders

Students Participating by Grade Level

29, 76%

9, 24%

% of Students Eligible to VoteOut of the Total Number of Students Participating (29)

Total Students Involved Students Eligible to Vote

5

72

34

85

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

8th Grade 7th Grade 6th Grade

# of Classes by Grade

# of Classes

62

80

5 5

27

4

01020

304050

60

7080

90

English Reading US History

Social Studies

Science Health

# Classes by Subject

# Classes

Classroom Collaboration