Marvin Ridge Media Center

A Special Welcome to Linda Meckes! Linda is the latest addition to our Media Center Staff She grew up in Charlotte, NC and graduated from UNC-Charlotte with a BA in History and an MS in Library Science from UNC-Greensboro. Ms. Meckes' favorite author is Apostle John and her favorite book is Velveteen Rabbit. She enjoys the beach, crocheting, cooking and reading.
Ms. Meckes became a teacher because she enjoys working with students and learning new things. Her wish is that MRHS will be a place that encourages everyone in our school community to try new things and to work at being the best each of us can be.
Please stop by and say hello to Linda.

New Teachers: Come to the Media Center to get your network username and password. Make sure your email has a password.

Orders/Requests: Your requests were honored; however, orders will be submitted in three tiers. The first tier has been submitted. We will keep you informed.

eMail: Please read this information explaining how to delete email. This will save you a lot of frustration.
Saving: When you save to "My Documents" you are also backing up to H Drive.
The share drive is G. Your may place items for students on this drive. Students have read only rights to this drive.

Resources: A new webpage has been created to make resource access easier. Click on the "Databases" link to access databases, Destiny and WiseOwl.

Telecenter: Want to program a DVD or VHS tape to play in your room AND have complete control over it? Pick up the "TeleCenter CPS User Guide" from the Media Center.

E-books: To find our electronic books: Go to Destiny. Choose the tab "number" and set the "find" option to "Call Number". Type "e-book" in the call number field. A great feature of ebooks is that they can be accessed anywhere, anytime from any computer with Internet access

E-books in WiseOwl: Click here:

Poster Printer: Print a 24 x 36” COLOR poster with our Poster Printer. We will provide you with directions as well as help you each step of the way. (Click Here For Directions in PowerPoint))

Big6 Research Guide (Coming Soon)You will find this guide on our Website and in hard copy format in the near future.

Scheduling: Scheduling is done in the Media Center and posted to our Media Center website Calendar. (Click here to see our calendar.)

Help Desk Having computer problems? Enter a trouble ticket with the helpdesk.
No one can act on your problem until you've submitted a trouble ticket.

News You Can Use

Chinese Language Program Zon is an unique interactive massively multiplayer online role playing game for learning Mandarin Chinese.

New UCPS Database NBC News Archives for your school. NBC News Archives provides access to decades of history, lifestyles and topical news as well as introduce you to newsmakers, athletes, and entertainers through in-depth interviews. Linda and I will receive training Sept. 15th and 16th and bring back the information to you.

eLECTIONS: Can you run a presidential campaign better than the pros? Try eLECTIONS, an exciting, educational and free, online game today!

Linda Helbig Linda is the Instructional Technology Specialist for our cluster. Her extension is 2009. She will help you with technology integration.

Fun Stuff (Go on and try it)

Did you know that you can use Google as the following? Type the information in the search field and be amazed!!!!!

1. Calculator Type a calculation (2 + 3 * 4 - 1 / 3) and press Enter

2. Conversion Tool Be sure to use the word “in” Examples: 1 mile in feet |
1 cup in tablespoons | 100 dollars in euros | 180 c in f

3. Dictionary Define: your work

4. Weather Station weather Wichita

Thanks for your support!