LIBRARY MEDIA TEACHER

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A SACROSCANCT PART OF MY JOB HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO TEACH STUDENTS TO FIND
INFORMATION BY THEMSELVES RATHER THAN TO FIND IT FOR THEM--DON'T GIVE
THEM THE FISH, BUT TEACH THEM HOW TO FISH.

AT A RECENT TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE I HEARD THAT IN THE FUTURE (HOW
DISTANT?) STUDENTS WILL SIMPLY ASK A COMPUTER TO GIVE THEM ALL THE
INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON A CERTAIN TOPIC.  NO MORE WILL THERE BE ACTIVE
SEEKERS OF INFORMATION BUT RATHER PASSIVE RECIPIENTS OF INFORMATION.

THE TASK OF THE LIBRARY MEDIA PERSON, IF STILL EXTANT, MAY THEN BE TO
HELP THE STUDENT SIFT AND CULL THROUGH THE MULTITUDINOUS INFORMATION
AVAILABLE AND TO HELP THE STUDENT MELD THE PRINT, AUDITORY AND VISUAL
ELEMENTS OF INFORMATION INTO A MELLIFLUOUS WHOLE.

<ttomporows@perham.mrnet.fred.org> ------------- 46.36.XXN, 95.36.XXW
THOMAS NEIL TOMPOROWSKI (TNT) LIBRARY MEDIA SPECIALIST
PERHAM SECONDARY SCHOOL (7-12), 200 5TH ST SE, PERHAM, MN  56573
218-346-6500 EXT 266; 218-346-6504 FAX    IN MINNESOTA LAKE COUNTRY