Media

• Common Sense Media Digital Citizenship

  Resources for teaching and discussing Digital Citizenship with students K-12.

  https://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/digital-citizenship

• Future Ready Librarians

       https://futureready.org/program-overview/librarians/

• Information & Technology Essential Standards

       http://www.ncpublicschools.org/dtl/standards/ites/#it

• NC DLMI Reporting Tool

  Link to the actual tool itself.

  https://schools.nc.gov/ords/f?p=241:101:1251838268730601:::::

• NC DLMI Resources

  Wiki set up by NCDPI for information on how to complete the NC DLIM.  Includes FAQs and Tutorials.

  http://dtl.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/NC+DLMI+Resources

• North Carolina School Library Media Association

  Link to the professional organiztion for Media Coordinators in the state of North Carolina.

       http://www.ncslma.org/

• Ancestry Classroom

  AncestryK12 offers free access to all the original and primary documents of Ancestry's U.S. Collection for use in any K12 classroom.

  http://www.ancestryclassroom.com/

• Fold3

  Browse Military Records by War.

  https://www.fold3.com/

• NCWiseOwl

      http://www.ncwiseowl.org/

• Newspapers

  https://www.newspapers.com/

  • 4,300+ newspapers from the 1700s–2000s

What is it?

Battle of the Books is a reading incentive program designed to encourage students to read quality literature. Students read books and come together to demonstrate their abilities and test their knowledge of the books they have read. The competitions are similar in style to the TV series Family Feud, but the structure and format of the competitions may vary depending on the needs, resources and personal preferences at various school sites or at the regional/state competition levels.

How it all began

In the 1930's Battle of the Books was a Chicago radio program. Today it is a reading incentive program in elementary, middle and high schools across the country. All of the questions in the competition begin with the words "In which book" and the correct answer is always the title and author of the book. This program works at the individual school level as well as at the interscholastic and district wide levels. Classroom teachers, reading specialists and library media specialists spend many hours choosing books and writing questions for each year's battles.  

District Coordinator: Susan Pope  ( sjpope@iss.k12.nc.us )

Iredell-Statesville Schools' Media Coordinator of the Year

Melissa Loflin

Lakeshore Elementary School

Check out some of the projects and happenings from her Media Center.