Teacher Information

Collaboration

The media center and the media specialist are here to help you!  This is purpose of the program, so come and talk with me about collaborating together on a lesson or activity.  You might be asking yourself, “Well how can the media specialist help me?”  I’m glad you asked.  Here are some of the ways I can assist you:

pull materials on topic(s)
pull Websites on topic(s)
show available print sources
teach Website evaluation
teach note-taking skills for research
teach how to access databases
teach Boolean and other strategies
teach how to cite print sources
teach how to cite online databases
teach how to cite other sources
copy home password access sheets for online databases

If you have a request of the media program that is not listed here, all you have to do is ask, and I’ll do my best to help.

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Reserving the Computers

The media center computers are here for your classes, and you may check their availability through the online reservation system. 

I ask that because they are in the media center, that you contact me to reserve them.  I would love to assist in any way possible, and we can arrange a time to briefly meet to discuss the project or activity you will be working on and how I can best help. 

If you need the computers, but don’t think that you need my assistance, I will still gladly reserve them for your project or activity (I still might try to help you.  Just thought I’d give you a fair warningJ).

You can view their availability on the NGMS Staff Website following these steps:

Go to http://www.northgwinnettms.com/
Click on staff and login
Click on “Room Reservations” on the left sidebar
The calendar will show if someone has reserved the computers- C or the table area-T.
If the area you would like is available, please send me a quick e-mail stating the area you’d like to reserve (C or T), the days you’d like to reserve it for, and the times.  I’ll set up the reservation.

Reserving Books

If you would like to checkout books from the media center, you can always come visit and pull the books yourself, OR you can reserve them by following these steps, and I’ll get them pulled for you:

Double click on the “Media Catalog” icon on your desktop.
(You can also login from home using the GoGwinnett Portal)
Click on “Login” in the top right corner.
Login using your GoGwinnett login with the ‘e’ & the password is the same as GoGwinnett as well.
Find the book that you would like.
Click on “Hold It” on the right side of the screen
Click on “Save”
You can repeat for as many books as you need

This will send a request to me, and I will pull the book(s) for you and place the book(s) in your mailbox.  If you requested several books, I will hold them in the media center for you to pick up at your convenience.