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All of us at the Media Center, including Gloria Christiansen, Coordinator and her staff, Barb Snider, Bev Seier, Diane Flenniken, and Patty Hagge would like to welcome you back for another year of learning experiences.
Once again our hours are Monday - Thursday 8:00-4:30 & Friday 8:00-4:00.

Remember, we are here to assist you with all of your resource needs, so please feel free to call us at (402) 887-4125 or e-mail us at media8@esu8.org.

If you are new to ESU #8, contact the Media Specialist at your school or email the ESU#8 Media Center at media8@esu8.org to receive your assigned building and user number.

MARK THIS DATE

WHAT:
Media/Tech Workshop

WHO:
Librarians/Media Specialists

WHEN:
Thursday, September 27, 2007
8:30 a.m. - 3:45 p.m.

WHERE:
Life Long Learning Center in Norfolk

A flyer has been posted to the ESU #8 Homepage with details of sessions being offered at the workshop.

CHECK IT OUT ONLINE!

ONLINE PROJECT:
ESU #8 ONLINE CATALOG

The Instructional Resource Center would like to invite you to utilize the website projects available. Take time and go to the ESU #8 Home Page to view the Online Catalog and other Web-based Projects: www.esu8.org

Follow these steps:

  • Click on Media Center
  • Click Here to Login into the ESU 8 Catalog
  • Click in the USER Number box and enter: Your Building and Teacher Number (e.g. 199.12)
    [Contact the Media Center at your school or email media8@esu8.org to receive your assigned building and user number.]
  • Tab to the PASSWORD box, enter your password and click Submit.

You may search the Entire collection by Catalog Entries or pull down the arrow under Catalog Entries and search by Title Names (e.g. Electricity), by Subjects (e.g. Language Arts), or by Title Names or Numbers (e.g. VC10022).

ONLINE PROJECT:
VIDEO-ON-DEMAND
To access the video streaming web site, go to .... http://www.powermediaplus.com
Enter your User Number and Password (same as on-line catalog).

ONLINE PROJECT:
L.E.A.R.N.S. STANDARDS ALIGNMENT
Search for titles aligned to the Nebraska Standards. At this online site select the icon http://esumedia.unl.edu
Search by grade level or subject.

SPECIAL EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPSapple graphic

SEPTEMBER, 2007
Using Progress Monitoring for Data-Based Decision-Making
Presented by Dr. Erica Lembke
Sept 20-21 • 9:00 - 3:30

OCTOBER, 2007
Assistive Technology Workshop
Wednesday, Oct 24th
Register with ESU #1

For more information regarding these workshops and others, go to: http://www.esu8.org and click on the Special Education link.

Positive Behavioral Interventions

Parent Session
Presented by Nancy L. Foster, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Munroe-Meyer Institute

September 11, 2007
Lifelong Learning Center, Norfolk
6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
This event is free!

Nancy will Focus on Specific Strategies for Specific Problems including:

  • General Academic Problems
  • ADHD Home/School Problems
  • Reward Systems and How to Make Them Work
  • Using Commands that Kids Actually Understand
  • When to Pay Attention and When to Ignore Behavior
  • Consequence Systems and How to Make them Work (Time-Outs and Job-Card Grounding)

Please Register by calling Deb McCoy at 402.370.3100, Ext. 114 or 877.432. 6071, Ext. 114
Register by September 4th.

BOOK(S) WANTED

A copy or copies of the book Myths and Their Meaning by Max Herzberg (1984).

If have a copy of this book that you are not using, please contact Sue Meyer at Neligh-Oakdale, 402.887.4166 or by email at skmeyer@esu8.org
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Updated August 2007 by Linda Miller