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Hello All, We would like to update you on our progress. Jane is getting settled in at her new position in the ACOT program. She will be taking her students to the Ohio Village at the Historical Society in October. They will be doing some primary, interview type research on pre-civil war life, etc. and will do the transportation emphasis then which they can save to use as a comparison in January. The project fits in best with the curriculum at that time. We have the lesson and activity posted at: http://www.columbus.k12.oh.us/ndlproject/ I flew back to Columbus on August 1 and that Monday began three weeks of professional development with teachers in a variety of locations and lab situations. Talk about adaptation! At the Summer Institute I presented in New Hampshire they sent me a list of topics the participants were planning to develop into lesson plans using the Big6 Information Access Skills. A media specialist brought along a teacher or two as a team. Hmmmmmmm... sounds familiar. Anyway, as much as I could I tied in specific collections from American Memory to their themes and provided some additional Web sites for exploration. It was a wonderful group - very enthusiastic to learn. Now I'm full blast into the school year with a series of workshops scheduled in October centered around core curriculum. I will be developing a whole workshop around the American Memory Collection. Our media specialists can't wait for that one! One of the driving forces this year is the fact that many of our schools are now wired and connected via T-1 in THEIR CLASSROOMS! Yeah, I've been waiting for this for two years. One of our adopt-a-school partners helped me develop a CD-ROM to install the Internet software for Windows 95 and the Mac. Our folks will have all the bells & whistles such as shockwave, realaudio, Quicktime VR, and adobe acrobat. Evrything will be configured and ready to go so they don't have to spend time wondering what to do to make the multimedia things work on the Net. We completed our first installation at an elementary school this week. 1 down and 143 to go. Our Columbus Metropolitan Library now has their catalog available via telnet plus a Web page, This will be great for our students since many use their branches to find information. They can reserve books online as long as they have a library card. Another Yeah! This busy CyberBee will sign off for now. Hope everyone is having a great year! Happy CyberNetting! Linda & Jane Linda C. Joseph Columbus Public Schools Library Media Specialist Library Media Services [log in to unmask] 737 East Hudson Street http://www.cyberbee.com Columbus, Ohio 43211