An increasing body of research supports the conclusion that flexible learning spaces lead to better learning outcomes, including increased engagement with content and more positive interaction with peers.
The media center transformation at Sebastian River High School was the culmination of several years of experimenting with classroom layouts and standardizing equipment such as interactive whiteboards from ViewSonic. Kerri Wall was inspired by new flexible room designs and recognized the potential to transform the Sebastian River High School library into a dynamic focal point for learning.
Separate classroom spaces within the media center cater to various learning styles, featuring everything from a stadium seating in one area to movable tables and chairs, and can be used as a conference room ideal for focused discussions.
One of the most significant transformations lies not in the physical space but in the mindset shift. Media specialists, once hesitant to lose the library, are now embracing their new roles as facilitators and guides, creating engaging activities and supporting student-led initiatives.
The media center is now open before, during and after school, including during senior privilege and lunch periods, fostering a sense of community. A student-operated food and drink concession adds a touch of entrepreneurship and responsibility.
In schools across the country, Patti Clark has seen how the thoughtful selection of furniture can positively impact students. She tells the story of a school in Atlanta, where new seating included movable stools. The teacher would come around to each group, carrying her own stool with her, and talk with students eye to eye.
Mitchell says furnishings and the school -environment are key for learning and for social and emotional health. But this outcome would not have been possible without support and input from the school community and vendors.
1. Create a budget: Patti Clark, chief academic officer at Lakeshore Learning Materials, says schools can use Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds and bond funds for large projects. She says schools with smaller budgets can focus on a single space or utilize flexible furniture to segment large spaces for more varied learning activities.
3. Establish clear goals: Kerri Wall, senior instructional technology administrator and data privacy compliance officer at the School District of Indian River County, says the vision planning sessions helped her team develop clear goals for a new high school media center and choose a partner for the transformation.
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Saco River Community Media is a 501(c)3 non-profit media center serving the towns of Buxton, Hollis, Limerick, Limington, Standish and Waterboro. Our award winning media center oversees three local "peg" (public, education, government) cable channels 2, 5 and 7.
Our operating model is "hyperlocal". Our focus is "government in the sunshine" a transparent form of information dissemination narrowly centered around the issues and concerns of our immediate service area. We have a small staff including media specialists David Blais and Ross Bertran and station director Patrick Bonsant.
We also have a board adviser (Tony Vigue) treasurer (Marilyn Hopkins) and a governing board of directors. The current directors include Brent Hill of Buxton, Don Marean and Bennet Flinner of Hollis, Dee Dee Tibbets of Limerick, Donna Sawyer of Limington, Maurie Hill of Standish and board chairman David Lowe of Waterboro.
Saco River Community Media was established in 2000. We are one of over 50 grass roots media outlets found throughout Maine. Our mission is to provide access to important community centered information of relevance to the citizens in our six town service area. We're also proud to offer basic video production training to individuals and groups interested in creating programming uniquely their own.
We are located at 564 Plains Road in Hollis. Our hours are 11am to 7pm, Monday through Friday. Appointments are recommended and we will do our best to provide local people with the technical expertise and equipment access needed to ensure they can create messaging and content for cable broadcast and dissemination on the world wide web.
Call us at 727-5702 to learn more about how our media center may help you or your organization reach a wider audience. We have 50 years of combined production experience and we're here to help you create a video specific to your needs.
Saco River Community Media now offers two separate and distinct live stream services. The PEG TV live stream (see below) transmits cable specific meeting content.
Our new live stream feature streams content from various sites throughout our six-town service area and is not reliant on our cable broadcasting signal.
JRiver Media Center is a "jukebox"- style media player that allows users to play and organize various types of media. It offers a world-class engine for audiophile playback. All data paths within the program are 64 bit. JRiver Media Center supports most lossless formats, including APE, FLAC, Windows Media Lossless, Apple Lossless, DFF and DSF.
The first step required for the Windows setup process is to download and install the exaSound ASIO drivers. If you haven't done so, please follow the driver installation instructions from the Owner's Manual for your exaSound DAC.
4. From the right pane of the Options window select DSP & Output Format. Check the Output Format check-box. In most cases you can accept the default settings. Make adjustments as necessary to setup JRiver for your speakers configuration.
Once you have JRiver configured for use with your exaSound DAC you can try the exaSound Volume Syncronizaton Plug-in. It allows JRiver and JRemote to access the hardware volume control built in all exaSound DACs.
The school media center is located at the center of the school and is the hub of activity within Glenn C. Marlow. The colorful and open space houses over 13,8oo items to meet the needs of the students, teachers, staff and community members. The students have a 30-device Chromebook cart and 5 computers to access the online card catalog system and the Internet. There are devoted sections to non-fiction, fiction, reference, picture books, North Carolina books, series books, graphic novels, and Spanish language books. The adjacent computer lab has 29 computers for student use during computer instruction or in conjunction to projects with their classroom teacher, computer teacher and media specialist.
The primary, intermediate, and middle schools each have one or two book fairs during the school year. These are often held in conjunction with parent-teacher conferences. These fund-raisers offer students and their families an opportunity to purchase a wide variety both fiction and non-fiction books, computer software, posters, writing journals, and more. Parents often use this opportunity to reward their child for a great report card or to choose books for Christmas gifts or special treats from the Easter Bunny. The proceeds are used for author visits, summer reading activities, and other library related events.
The Indian River District library media centers belong to the Jefferson-Lewis BOCES School Library System. Membership in this System enables media centers to have access to thousands of items in school, college, and public libraries throughout northern New York and beyond. Also, the System provides workshops for the library staff, sponsors the annual Bookmark Contest, provides professional journals to media specialists, and advises on current technologies and procedures in the field of librarianship
Each summer the primary, intermediate and middle school libraries offer summer reading activities. The activities are based on various themes and encourage students to read over the summer. Elementary students are asked to read 500 minutes or more and keep a record of the minutes read. Intermediate and middle school students are asked to read a minimum number of books and keep a record of the titles read. In September, the libraries hold celebrations for participating students and award them with prizes and certificates.
Vision
The BCHS Media Center strives to be the foundation for all academic programs at the school by providing resources and services that support the curriculum. The personal interests and needs of our students are also of great importance, as we want to encourage personal growth as well as academic success.
Mission
The mission of the Battery Creek High School media program is "to ensure that students and staff are effective users of ideas and information; students are empowered to be critical thinkers, enthusiastic readers, skillful researchers, and ethical users of information."
The media center program is guided by the policies outlined in the ALA Library Bill of Rights.
The Beaufort County School District is committed to nondiscrimination and equal opportunity for all students, parents/legal guardians, staff, visitors, applicants for admission and employment, personnel, and community members who participate or seek to participate in its educational programs or activities. Accordingly, the BCSD does not discriminate against any individual on the basis of race, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, or any related medical conditions, color, physical or mental disability, age (40 or older), ancestry, genetic information, national origin, or any other applicable status protected by Title VI, Title VII, Title IX or any other local, state, or federal law.
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