I think I would hold up the open school concept as an example. That's
clearly another case in which schools were built because architects and
administrators were convinced that schools without walls between classrooms
were the wave of the future, and that their district would be the surfboard
riding the top of that wave. Ten years later (or less) districts were
spending millions to erect walls and trying to make an unworkable concept
make sense.
As an old person, I also remember instructional television sages who swore
it would replace teachers (1 teacher with 500 students, yes, it's happening
now...Look, Look) and CAI drill and practice....also replacing teachers.
It didn't happen then, and it won't happen now. My answer to the
architects is "Show me one". Parents are skeptical because they hear this
argument all the time. "MOM!!! I am the ONLY one without these shoes".
Build a school without a library now, and in 2 years there will be a bond
issue to add a library. I also am concerned about those students without
computers at home. Is the district willing to leave behind all students
without the funds to buy technology?
Strongest indication of SAT or ACT verbal score is the amount of voluntary
reading. Taking away the source of books won't help. Last bit of advice:
Take the job description for a school librarian, and cross off the things
that won't happen without a library. Ask if the parents are willing to
fund a school that eliminates most of the life skills needed for success in
college and life.
Gail K. Dickinson, PhD
249-6 Dept of Educational Curriculum and Instruction
Darden College of Education
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA 23529
gdickins@odu.edu
757-683-6683
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Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 22:09:15 -0500
From: MyraThacker <mthacker@LEXCOMINC.NET>
Subject: Another Copyright question
I need to know if it is a copyright violation for a college student running
for state office in a student organization to use a slogan based on Johnny
Cash's "I Walk the Line" The slogan would be used for the entire campaign
including making t-shirts.
Thanks for your expertise.
Myra Thacker, NBCT
Media Specialist
Central Davidson Senior High
Lexington, NC
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Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 22:28:50 EST
From: "Tony L. Pope" <Pope1966@AOL.COM>
Subject: Anyone used U-TAG-IT before?
Have any of you used the U-TAG-IT company out of Colorado for customized
dog
tags to be used in reading programs (Reading Counts, AR, etc.) or other
programs? I've received a couple of brochures and I'm looking to utilize
them and
have tags made to use next year. Pricing seems reasonable. FYI, they do
not
have a website at this time, only advertising via the brochure. Please
send
responses to my school e-mail at: tpope@floydboe.net.
Thanks in advance!
Tony Pope
Library Media Specialist
McHenry Primary School
100 McHenry Dr.
Rome, GA 30161
Pope1966@aol.com
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Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 23:49:34 -0600
From: Barbara Paciotti <barupa@SWBELL.NET>
Subject: Re: Building school w/ no library
I feel impelled to contribute my 2 cents on this issue, and anyone is
free to rake me over the coals if you think you can change my mind. I
welcome a sane answer to my exasperation. :-\
I'm not quite ready to say that a school doesn't need any library at
all, but I honestly don't think a high-tech high school needs to build
the kind of library that has been the norm for the past 50 years.
This is my 6th year in a middle school that is in its 8th year, and we
have about 220 student computers for just under 650 kids--and I do as
much research teaching in the classroom computer spines as I do the
library. Yet, I am prevented from purchasing online database services
beyond those provided by the district because I haven't quite reached
the state-required books/student ratio for my relatively new library.
My district does provide valuable online resources for each grade level
(elem, ms, hs) but each of our 6 middle schools has huge differences in
facilities and populations. For example, my school has more computers
than at least two schools that have twice as many kids. Their libraries
use lots of print reference sources. I haven't had most of my 7 print
encyclopedia sets off the shelves in 3 or 4 years, but my students are
limited to the single online encyclopedia provided by the district (even
though my staff and students overwhelmingly preferred the additional
ones I provided before they decided I couldn't purchase them anymore).
I've heard the "what will they do when they get to HS/college?"
argument, but somehow that doesn't wash for me either--our new feeder HS
has as high a computer/student ratio as we do. Our local colleges and
universities are all online-resource rich, so students will really need
to be more proficient at choosing and using a larger variety of online
database services than print resources. And the academic world is
increasingly moving toward power-search tools that search both print and
online databases at the same time, to provide students with exactly what
is needed, regardless of format. Yes there will be a need to use some
print resources, but the huge number of online database services make
most undergraduate research easily completed with those alone. In fact,
I was able to do much of my graduate work with them.
One complaint I hear from our high schools is that students do little
leisure reading because they are so overwhelmed with work. It seems
probable that the fiction section of a high-tech HS library can be very
small compared to the resources needed for research. It might even be
preferable to consider mostly paperbacks for the fiction section to keep
it as current and inviting as possible (maybe even set up some kind of
arrangement with one of the large bookstore chains!). As for the format
that those research sources need to be, curriculum needs and facility
technology and student demographics are the best determinant, not an
arbitrary ratio that extends from old-school thinking.
I realize not everything is available online, but more and more
research-type resources are going online or to e-books (which, thank
goodness, I am allowed to purchase). Why? Simply because it's faster,
easier, and CHEAPER to update and provide online stuff. (Isn't an
encyclopedia publisher ceasing its print version for online-only for
this reason?) I'm all for faster, easier, and cheaper...and for moving
forward to embrace the future. (You know, I don't remember ever seeing
a print reference resource on Star Trek.)
Barbara Paciotti, SLMIS
Barbara Bush MS, Irving TX
barupa@swbell.net
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Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 11:40:56 -0600
From: Lindy Hutchison <lhutchison@MAIL.SWEENY.ISD.ESC4.NET>
Subject: SEC: Building the new high school without a library
Dear LM_NET,
Our district is in the process of planning a new high school. The =
architects are here and are saying that "many new schools are being =
built without libraries," and that "students will each have their own =
individual gizmo and be able to access everything they need on-line." =
(sigh) I've already turned over to them the results of the Colorado =
Study, et. al., but they seem unconvinced that, in planning for "the =
school of the future," the library will not be obsolete. They postulate =
that the students of today and of the future are so used to being wired =
(& wireless) that they think and learn differently from those of us who =
are older. Arguments about snuggling up with a book and quilt in front =
of the fire, they say, hold true for older generations, but our students =
are coming of age in a new ethos. =20
I've been to the meetings; teachers, parents, and many students seem =
stunned at the thought of doing away with the library. The architects =
seem to have convinced the superintendent and the assistant =
superintendent of finance, though, that they are right. =20
I've looked through the LM_NET archives & could not find a similar =
situation. I've been researching & did not find evidence of other =
school districts thinking that this was a good idea. If any of you have =
experience with or know of such a situation, especially research showing =
that the library is not totally on the way out, I would really =
appreciate hearing from you.=20
Ever thankful for LM_NET,
Lindy
=20
Lindy Hutchison, Librarian
Sweeny HS Library
Sweeny, TX
lhutchison@mail.sweeny.isd.esc4.net
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