Unfortunately, there are more K-12 school administration folks than you
want to know about who think "movies" in the classroom are superfluous.
It matters not the content or source of the program. If a teacher is
showing "movies," s/he is a slacker. This observation from the wife of a
retired rural HS teacher.
Gail
On 10/26/2011 10:53 AM, Rachel Gordon wrote:
I know this is going to sound crazy as everyone on this list is
involved with DVD, streaming, and other diverse modes of delivery, but
I have to try.
My nephew is going to a small private elementary school in northern
VA. Since I'm involved with educational media, I was asked to go to
their library and see if I could help with adding/matching materials
to their curriculum. It turns out that they don't even have a DVD
player and can't get the acquisition of one approved. The newer
teachers are expecting to highlight their content with media, but the
administration of course thinks it's "leisure" and the sweet librarian
is trying very hard to make everyone happy. It makes me wonder how
rampant this type of situation is.
I'm donating a DVD player, thanks to the National Media Market giving
them out with registration a couple of years ago. PBS is actually
looking to see if they have any tapes left lying around. I know A&E
destroyed any they had. If you know of any source that might still
have some lying around that they'd like to get rid of (for K-8) I'd
really like to hear about it.
On a happier note -- Michelle Obama visited my high school a couple of
weeks ago!
Best,
Rachel
Rachel Gordon
Energized Films
www.energizedfilms.com <http://www.energizedfilms.com>
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VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues
relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control,
preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and
related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective
working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication
between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and
distributors.
