What is OELMA?
The Ohio Educational Library Media Association is Ohio's preeminent professional association for highly effective school librarians and libraries.
The mission of the Ohio Educational Library Media Association is to meet the needs of Ohio’s learners as we advocate for and provide professional development to school librarians.
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The Art of Digital Story Telling
Posted by Melinda Vance
on Friday, 24 May 2013
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Multimedia tools are really evolving into invaluable tools for students, teachers, and business professionals alike. View this article by Mercedes Bell on digital story telling
http://www.onlineuniversities.com/articles/educators/the-art-of-digital-storytelling/....
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Libraries Turning Outward Event
Posted by Krista Taracuk
on Thursday, 16 May 2013
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Krista Taracuk has served as President of OELMA, has retired from the Worthington City School District, and is...
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The State Library of Ohio is hosting an event that will focus on ways in which
school libraries, public libraries, and communities can work together to build
learning communities that foster high levels of student achievement. Rich
Harwood from the Harwood Institute and Maureen Sullivan, Library Consultant and
current ALA president,...
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Research, Rigor, and Resources K-8
Posted by Christina Dorr
on Sunday, 12 May 2013
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I'm teaching a new 1-credit class through Ashland in the Columbus area! June 11, 12, & 14 from 9:00-1:00.
Participants will focus study on the Common Core English Language Arts informational text research standards grades K-8, explore various models of inquiry, be exposed to new nonfiction trade books useful for...
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Looking for electronic resources?
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on Sunday, 12 May 2013
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Posted by Andrew Robitaille
This August I began my first year as a certified library media specialist. I oversee the Learning Commons library and media center at Jackson Memorial Middle School in Massillon (Stark County). One of the priorities of my administration was to modernize the library and to integrate...
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Picture Book Musings and the Akron Art Museum
Posted by Victoria Karakasis
on Wednesday, 08 May 2013
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Victoria Karakasis
Victoria Karakasis is currently the librarian/media specialist at St. Peter Chanel High School.
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Librarians know that picture books contain some amazing art and The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats is no exception. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s quote “Great art is the contempt of a great man for small art” (www.brainyquote.com) could be talking about Keat's The Snowy Day, the book which featured the first African...
