Media specialist

Being a brand new school librarian is both exciting and scary. All summer, you’ve planned for your new position, but today, you're feeling pretty lost.

When I first started in the Media Center, I requested iPads. Within a year, I had six iPads for the Media Center and was enthusiastic about using them. A few years later, our admin purchased at least 2 iPads for all classrooms. How exciting! There are so many things that can be done with iPads. I try to use them as much as possible so that teachers can see all the wonderful things an iPad can do in the classroom. Last year our county became 1:1 with Chromebooks in 3rd grade and up. As we've…

One of the goals I have as a Media Specialist is to teach my patrons how to locate the materials they need and want without assistance. Of course, I am always willing to help, but if they can find it on their own, they won't have to wait for me to be free to assist them. I am (hopefully) accomplishing this goal by interweaving my Genre of the Month lessons with lessons about call numbers, sections in the Media Center and using Destiny, our online catalog. This month I taught a lesson about…

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Media literacy is all about teaching elementary students how to critically analyze and understand the media they come across. Media comes in the forms of TV, social media, podcasts, music, radio, or movies. In this day and age it is very important that we start with our youngest students. Teaching media literacy in the elementary classroom doesn't have to be hard. This blog post provides classroom teachers with tips, ideas and resources for teaching this important 21st century skill.

Are you looking for fun school library ideas? Are you an elementary school librarian or media specialist? Check out this blog post full of ways to add fun and connection to your elementary school library with inexpensive stickers! #LibraryLearners

Read this career path profile to find out which skills and expertise you need to make an impact as a Social Media Marketing Specialist in this industry.

This is my fifth year as the school librarian at my high school, and I have somehow been pretty much spot on on my first five-year-plan for revamping and reinvigorating and modernizing our school l…

Some school libraries are reinventing themselves as makerspaces, but this Ohio library took a slightly different approach and has seen incredible results.