Each year students in Liberty County select to participate in their school level media festival competition. Possible student project types include: webpages, podcasts, sequential still presentations, interactive still presentations, and live action videos. Projects are scored using a detailed rubric by volunteers, and only superior projects advance to the next level of competition.
Hundreds of projects are entered each year, but only the superior scoring projects advance to the state festival. An even a fewer number advance to the International Student Media Festival, where project entries are submitted from counties as far away as China and Israel!
The International Student Media Festival was held in Jacksonville, Florida November 9- 12. Sixty-eight projects from Liberty County were deemed winners at the festival. Of those sixty-eight projects, eight were selected as Judges’ Favorites! Only 10% of the projects in the entire festival are awarded this extra honor. Five students from Liberty County received the prestigious Best of Festival Award. Less than 1% of the projects entered in the festival are awarded this honor!
Students selecting to attend the festival were able to participate in hands-on workshops on topics such as video editing, digital photography, multi-media storytelling, stop-motion animation, podcast production, and using iPads for media production. Families attending the festival were able to participate in the awards assembly where students received medallions and certificates.
Visit http://www.ismf.net/video to view the outstanding student projects and to learn more about the International Student Media Festival!
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Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Thursday, November 3, 2011
GaETC- Exemplary and Exceptional Library Media Program
The Exemplary Media Program is a wonderful opportunity to reflect on the work that is done in the media center. Each year the schools in Liberty County take time to review the rubric. The school level media committees evaluate their programs. This year Midway Middle School and Joseph Martin Elementary were reviewed and rated highly by the school media committees. Both schools were nominated for the state honor.
Midway Middle School's program was named one of the exemplary programs in the state!
Today the exemplary and exceptional winners for elementary, middle, and high presented at the Georgia Educational Technology Conference in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Exemplary Library Media Winners were Janelle McClure, Cristina Dover, and Shawn Hinger.
Monday, September 26, 2011
Midway Middle School is an Exemplary Library Media Program!
Liberty County School System is pleased to honor the outstanding accomplishments of Midway Middle School’s Media Specialist, Mrs. Cristina Dover. Recently, Mrs. Judy Serritella, Coordinator of Library Media Services, Fine Arts, and Literacy Support for the state of Georgia, announced Mrs. Dover was awarded the 2011 Exemplary Library Media Program Award.
Each year school level media committees evaluate the services provided by media centers using a detailed rubric. In order to be nominated for the program a school must score exemplary on a minimum of 14 target indicators. The school library media program must be nominated and the school media specialist must submit a written application to the Georgia Department of Education. In addition, the school administrator must submit a one-page letter of support. Applications from across the state are reviewed by a panel.
The schools selected this year for this honor were:
Elementary- Parsons Elementary in Gwinnett; Compton Elementary in Cobb
Middle- Clarke Middle in Clarke County; Palmer Middle in Cobb County; and Midway Middle in Liberty
High- Glynn Academy of Glynn County; and Sequoyah of Cherokee County
Elementary- Parsons Elementary in Gwinnett; Compton Elementary in Cobb
Middle- Clarke Middle in Clarke County; Palmer Middle in Cobb County; and Midway Middle in Liberty
High- Glynn Academy of Glynn County; and Sequoyah of Cherokee County
Midway Middle School’s principal, Mrs. Debra Frazier, commented,”Mrs. Dover is a team player. She rejuvenated the media center to include all stakeholders at Midway Middle. She truly has a compassion for reading and is knowledgeable and creative in promoting others to share in the desire to make our community and school literate. Our staff has become technologically literate by way of various staff development opportunities she has presented. Mrs. Dover shares instructional web-sites, resources and training opportunities for certified and classified staff members. She serves as our media committee chairperson. In addition, she provides many services to our teachers. Cristina is a very dedicated Media Specialist- who juggles many, many activities on our campus. I can always depend on her to complete any given task. She is wonderful!!!! For these reasons, I congratulate and commend Mrs. Cristina Dover for our exemplary Media Program at Midway Middle School.”
As part of the recognition, Mrs. Dover will co-present a workshop with the other selected middle school media specialist at the Georgia Education Technology Conference in November. She will also host an open house event for media specialists from the around the state to have an opportunity to watch her outstanding program in action!
Media Coordinator for Liberty County School System, Mrs. Jaime Rearley, commented, “I am thrilled that Mrs. Dover will represent Liberty County at the Georgia Education Technology Conference, and her media program will serve as an example to other schools in the state. She inspires students to read and collaborates with teachers daily to enrich instruction with information literacy and technology skills.”
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Creating Animated Media Festival Projects
If you could not attend the annual LCSS Media & Technology Showcase do not worry! You can rustle up your handouts at the Media Matters@ LCSS blog!
Sessions:
Primary Resources @ the Library of Congress (see the handout above)
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Liberty County Media and Technology Showcase
Each year media specialists are invited to attend the Liberty County Media & Technology Showcase. The showcase is a great way to meet new vendors, learn new media related skills, and make new friends. Did I mention this is a free event? This year workshops will include topics:
- Animate This! Creating an Animation Media Festival Project with Free Online Resources
- Using Primary Resources and the Library of Congress to Teach
- Where does the iPad fit in Your Media Program?
- Cyber Safety Round Table Discussion
- Telling Stories with Puppets!
The event will be Thursday, September 1st from 8:00AM until 1:00PM. Email Jaime Rearley- jrearley@liberty.k12.ga.us if you would like to attend!
Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl Book Club
Teachers, paraprofessionals, and media specialists have been reading and taking notes this summer. Soon they will come together to create questions for this year's Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl!
This year during the professional learning class Liberty County offers, the technology focus of the class will be using the MacBook Pro, Keynote, iPhoto, GarageBand, and the iPad to create interesting book trailers!
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