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Tips and Tricks for Digital Camera Users.
Ekhaml, Leticia – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 2002
Discusses the use of digital cameras in school library media centers and offers suggestions for teachers and students in elementary schools. Describes appropriate image-editing software; explains how to create panoramas, screen savers, and coloring books; and includes useful tips for digital photographers. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Elementary Education, Learning Activities, Learning Resources Centers
Team Up with Digital Video and iMovie for Social Studies Excitement.
Howard, Melanie – Library Talk, 2001
Describes the use of video technology in elementary schools, particularly for social studies activities. Explains iMovie, a nonlinear editing software program for digital video nonprofessionals; discusses the possibilities for cooperative projects between library media specialists and teachers; and offers video production tips. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Elementary Education, Learning Resources Centers, Librarian Teacher Cooperation
Networks for Resource Sharing.
Tregloan, Don – Media and Methods, 1989
Describes computer networks developed in the Okemos (Michigan) Elementary Schools for resource sharing between library/media centers. The development of an online catalog is described, an analysis of the collection to determine its relevance to present curriculum needs is explained, and benefits of resource sharing are discussed. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Software, Elementary Education, Elementary School Curriculum
Children's Use of an Interactive Science Library: Exploratory Research.
Borgman, Christine L.; And Others – School Library Media Quarterly, 1990
Describes a prototype interactive science catalog for children that will have three interfaces: a subject-oriented browsing search, a search tied directly to science simulations, and an author/title/subject keyword searchable interface. Research plans include examinations of children's abilities to formulate and implement searchable queries and…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Computer Simulation, Computer Software, Computer System Design
Unlocking the Easy Collection: A Key to Literature across the Curriculum.
Bannon, Susan H.; Haglund, Karen E. – School Library Media Annual (SLMA), 1991
Describes a project at the Harrand Creek Elementary School (Enterprise, Alabama) that used a library automation program to improve curriculum access to the easy reading collection in the school library media center. Curriculum surveys are described, and the selection of appropriate subject headings for a computerized catalog is discussed. (15…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Elementary School Curriculum
Computer Use in Primary School Education and the Trend of Educational Software: An Alaskan Perspective.
Wiget, Lawrence A. – 1986
This examination of microcomputer use in primary schools begins by comparing the national data for elementary schools for 1984-1985 with the findings of a study of seven elementary schools in the Anchorage (Alaska) School District (ASD) which was conducted in the same year. Current research findings are cited in a discussion of assumptions about…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Guides, Educational Planning
School Libraries, Public Libraries, and the NAEP Reading Scores.
Krashen, Stephen D. – School Library Media Quarterly, 1995
Discussion of the relationship between reading ability and library quality and use focuses on results of a multiple regression analysis of data that examined fourth-grade scores on the 1992 NAEP Reading Comprehension test. Highlights include books per student in school library media centers, circulation in public libraries, and software available.…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Correlation, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
The Science Library Catalog Project: Comparison of Children's Searching Behavior in Hypertext and a Keyword Search System.
Borgman, Christine L.; And Others – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1991
Reports on a continuing project to study children's use of the Science Library Catalog (SLC), a graphically based direct manipulation microcomputer interface for locating science materials in elementary school libraries. Search success on SLC, which uses HyperCard, is compared with a Boolean system; effects of age and gender are studied; and user…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Computer Graphics, Computer Software