Media Services

 a division of 
FCPS Department of Educational & Administrative Technology
The purpose of Media Services in keeping with the mission of Fayette County Public Schools is to provide people power, guidelines, and know-how to design excellent school library media programs that will help boost student achievement and to provide quality resources for teachers and staff. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

School Library 
Best Practices
Comprehensive Sites          Citing Sources          Management Helpers          Program Helpers          Program Development Articles

Comprehensive Sites &Online Publications

*  Beyond Proficiency:  Achieving A Distinguished Library Media Program -  the successor to Online II:  Essentials of a Model Library Media Program from the Kentucky Department of Education.
*  Internet Library for Librarians  - designed for librarians to locate Internet resouces related to their profession.  All resources are recommended, selected, and reviewed by librarians. 
*  Online Resources for School Librarians
*  Librarian's Index to the Internet
 *  From Now On: The Educational Technology Journal  http://www.fno.org  his online journal is published by Jamieson A. McKenzie, Director of Libraries, Media and Technology for the Bellingham Public Schools, WA.
* MultiMedia Schools Magazine   http://www.infotoday.com/MMSchools/index.html   This practical journal helps educators use technology effectively in their classrooms and libraries.

Citing Sources

*  Citing Sources - (the Internet Public Library)  Links to sites dealing with Paraphrasing, summarizing, and plagiarism; Using quotations; and Styles of Citation.
*  Citation Styles Online  Find styles for citing internet information sources.  Included are the MLA and the APA styles for citing.
*  APA Electronic Reference Formats 

Management Helpers

*  You Can Handle Them All - a discipline model for handling over one hundred different misbehaviors at school and at home.
*  Plagerism.Org - the online resource for educators concerned with the growing problem of Internet plagiarism.

Programming  Helpers

See also the Instruction Section of this website

*  A Teacher's Guide to Folklife Resources for K-12 Classroom - The American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress offers an online overview of tools for incorporating folklore in the the curriculum at any level.
*  The Library Scavenger Hunt - An Online Middle School Module to be used with a variety of reference sources.
*   The Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature - A multitude of search options helps you find bibliographies based on books from over 20 different honor sources.
*  Cyberguides - supplemental web-based activities for many children's book titles.  It is organized first by grade level groups.
*  Kentucky Bluegrass Award Find all resources needed to have your students participate in the annual award voting for the best book selected by school children.  All grades may participate in the groups of  K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12. 
*  Literature Learning Ladders - Find activities to connect reading, technology, and books.
*  Teach-nology Book Mark Maker - make a bookmark with your own slogan on line and then print it.

 

 

 

 

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