Marvin Ridge Media Center

MC Newsletter December, 2008
Happy Holicays and Welcome to the December, 2008 Issue of the Media Center Newsletter
Share Documents Online \| Grants \|Ms. Rea \|EOC Practice \| Database Maintenance Schedules \| MC Calendar \| Trials \| New Die Cuts \| Web 2.0 \| Great Websites \| Designer Fabrics
Share Documents Online Google Documents: (I love this--you will too!) Create and share your work online Upload from and save to your desktop Edit anytime, from anywhere Pick who can access your documents Share changes in real time Files are stored securely online It's FREE! Take a tour - New Features Programs comparable and interchangeable with Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Registration required. Practical application: Save your documents in Google Documents and access them from work or home.	MEDIA CENTER CALENDAR Our Media Center Schedule is online: If you want to see who is scheduled when -- Click here.
	Trials and products for your consideration. IB teachers please evaluate carefully! Click below to view: http://www.tnte.com/trials.htm Atomic Learning contains mini tutorials on almost any software program your can think of. This is a fantastic resource. Please take advantage of it. Grove Music, Art and OED (Oxford English Dictionary) are extraordinary reference resources. Literary Reference Center: EBSCO's Literary Criticism Database. Qomo QIT30 RF Wireless Tablet Click on the link above to view the most amazing device that will make your lessons interactive for less than $300.00.
GRANTS Check these out! FREE Grant Sites! Go to: Renaissance Funding Here you can search for grants by: State, subject, school type and keyword. Once you get the foundation name, search for the specific information on Google. Chicago Public School Grant Search Search for grants by category, keyword, grant type, or alphabetically. US Government Grants A list of current grants available to the educational community in a variety of curriculum areas.	New & Exciting
We will miss you Ms. Rea. You have been a large part of our learning community. Thanks for the help, kindness, and expertise you've shared. You are a very special person.	Web 2.0 Web 2.0 Resources: Tokbox: Video Conference online with this new Web 2.0 tool. 12 Second Videos: Have a Webcam? Here you can create videos or vodcasts to share with colleagues.
EOC Practice Exercises For a list of EOC practice exercises click the following: EOC Test Practice or go to the Media Center Homepage. The EOC Test Practice link is in the navigation bar at the top of the page. Most of these activities are self-scoring and provide immediate feedback. Good Luck!!!!!	Great new Websites Learn to be Healthy: provides interactive student health science activities and teacher lesson plans for FREE that include: Teacher-led Activities, Student Games and Webquests. Hillary's Amazing Questgarden Yes, our own Hillary Steere created this. You can too. Go to http://questgarden.com/ for a 30 day trial. National Humanities Center The National Humanities Center's Toolbox Library provides free access to historical documents, literary texts, works of art, discussion questions, and teaching strategies online.
DATABASE INFORMATION SPAM: As a result of our filter being down, many of us are receiving spam. Forward all spam emails to: spamalert@ucps.k12.nc.us Turnitin: Turnitin will be unavailable on both Saturday December 20th and Tuesday December 30th, from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm PST for routine system and hardware maintenance and upgrades. NCWise Maintenance Schedule-This link will take you to the NCWise Maintenance schedule for the remainder of the year.

Free Designer Fabric: The MC has a large assortment of Designer Fabric. These are samples. Please come by and help yourself.

Create and share your work online