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ESCFC
Area
Media
Center
2080 Citygate Dr
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Columbus
,
OH
43219
Amanda Pride
Phone:
614.542.4131
Fax:
614.445.3767
Amanda.Pride@fcesc.org
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August/September 2007 |
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Welcome Back!!!
Please take a
moment to read the Media
Center newsletter and
follow the links to view the new titles and formats that have been added to
the library’s collection.
Please keep in mind that the Area Media
Center
accepts
purchase requests. If it’s not
in our collection, you may make a request for the AMC to purchase a specific
title or series.
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The Playaway
Experience
Simple, compact and
ready-to-go. With Playaways,
your students can listen to an audio book with ease. There’s no need
for any special equipment, juggling cassettes or CDs or lengthy downloads.
The entire book is already loaded on the durable Playaway unit, which is
about half the size of a deck of cards and made of droppable plastic. Each
Playaway comes in a universal plastic case that contains the Playaway unit,
earphones, AAA battery and a lanyard. Your students just plug in the
earphones and press play.
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Over the summer the Area Media
Center
added
additional digital titles to the growing collection. Financial
Fitness: Consumer Banking Basics, this series will help young
adults learn to appreciate the value of their money by presenting the
pleasures and pitfalls of financially responsibility. The
Working World for Young Adults is a four-part life skills series
that will show young adults the importance of a strong work ethic. The series also focuses on attitude and
how to compete in the global marketplace
Ohio and its history, view the newest titles from the Ohio
Farm Bureau. These titles
are for all ages; learn more about
Ohio’s
past, present and future!
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Operation Overlord:
The D-Day Battle for Normandy TEACHER WORKSHOP
The National
D-Day Museum,
“America’s
World War II Museum,” explores this turning-point battle in the war
in Europe
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Study how teamwork, planning, ingenuity and courage won the day for
the Allies in WWII. Receive
classroom-ready lesson plans and discuss WWII teaching strategies with the
museum’s education staff by video conferencing.
Museum
education staff will review the materials in the workshop packet, lead
participants through several lesson plans, and present video of D-Day. Teachers will debate several discussion
questions meant to show students the relevance of this history to their
lives. Program length is 2-3 hours;
for teachers of grades 5-12. A date
and time has not been set, if interested in attending this free
after school workshop please notify
Lisa
Santo at lisa.santo@fcesc.org.
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