Welcome back for what we hope will be another excellent year! We are looking forward to working with you and your classes.
 
For up-to-date Media Center information, go to www.lhsmediacenter.com.  There are several tabs of information: Chromebooks, Read, Technology Tools, News and Events, and even a page just for teachers (password=LHS)!

 Media Center Sign-Up Update!

The Media Center Calendar is now a Google Calendar!!  When you sign up for the Media Center, the date and time will automatically add to your Google Calendar.

To access the Calendar, go to https://calendar.google.com.  You can also get to your calendar through your school email.

Once you are on the Calendar page, look on the left side of the page and you should see the calendar called "LHS  - Media Center".  Check the box for this specific calendar to show on the right. The calendar is broken up into appointment slots. Click on the slot to sign up.  There is also a Google Calendar for the C-103 Computer Lab.

Click here for a video on how to use the calendar to sign up for the Media Center. 

If you need help using the Calendar, feel free to contact us and we can sign you up.

We are here for you!

We have many (10,000+) print resources available for teachers, parents, and other staff to check out and use for projects in class or for leisure reading. We gather materials for a variety of topics or for outside reading (contemporary or classic literature).  If there is an item we do not have, we can borrow it from other schools or the public library.
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Teachers may send students to the Media Center during the day with a pass. Students are able to come to the Media Center before school starting at 7:10 every morning. We are open to students for book checkout and technology assistance during lunches. We are open after school until 3:30 pm.

​Videos

All videos in the Media Center collection do not need administrative approval.

Any non-school owned videos that are less than 15 minutes do not need administrative approval before viewing in the classroom. If a teacher would like to show a video longer than 15 minutes, written permission must be obtained by the following process.  Remember there is no official approved video list.
  • Teachers can go to www.lhsmediacenter.com, click on the Teacher tab (password: LHS), and click Walton County Video Approval Form.
  • You can also CLICK HERE to complete the form online.
  • Once he has reviewed the the form and video, Mr. Robison notify the teacher if the video was approved or not.
  • Remember that programs rated higher than PG-14 will not be approved.​​​

Chromebooks

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Due to all the construction at LHS, we were not able to distribute any Chromebooks early this year.  It will be at least the second day of school or the following week.  We are encouraging everyone to pay online where they will be required to complete the Chromebook Usage and Protection Plan form.  Once a student's payment has been made, we will give his or her Chromebook to the advisor to distribute.  We appreciate your patience during the process.

Clear Touch Interactive Panels

Need more help with the Clear Touch panels?  The BOE Instructional Technology department has some great videos to help you! You can get to the videos by going to the Portal and choosing InstTech icon.

Wish List

Let us know if you have found any books, videos or other resources that would benefit your students and enrich instruction. 
Please send us as much information as you can about the resource (title, author, director, date of publication or release, summary, etc.), and we will try to get it for you. 
GALILEO (GeorgiA LIbrary LEarning Online) is a wonderful resource for students and teachers.

If your students need magazine or journal articles, they can find thousands of reliable articles on GALILEO.

When using GALILEO at home, you will need to use the password.  The password currently is uphold.  It will change on August 31.
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If you would like us to teach a lesson to your classes on GALILEO, let us know

Grademaster Forms

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Forms for the Grademaster scanner are available in the Media Center office.  The scanner is located in the B214 teacher workroom.

​Media Center Orientation

  • If you teach 9th graders, come and help show your students all that the Media Center has to offer!
  • If you teach upperclassmen, bring them to the Media Center to learn what is new this year!
  • Along with a tour of the Media Center, your students can participate in a fun orientation game with prizes and more!​

​Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl Team

Are you looking for a fun club to sponsor at LHS?  Do you love to read and enjoy competition? We are looking for a co-sponsor this year for the award winning Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl team.  The team meets every other Monday in the Media Center from 2:50 to 3:30 pm with practices increasing in frequency starting in November.

Printing

We have offered free printing to students in the last few years since many of students cannot afford to have a printer at home and/or the supplies.  We are spending a good bit of our Media Center budget on ink and paper.  Students sometimes are printing the same documents several times because they have made mistakes, etc.

​With that said, we would like to try something different this year.  If you need your students to print something, please collect all the documents from your students electronically.  You can send to share them with us, and we will print them for you.
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Media Center Passes

Please remember to use the pink passes for any student you send to the Media Center. These passes should be filled out completely, with the name of each student being sent to work. Also please send no more than four students at a time. The media specialists will write the time the students leave the Media Center and any other pertinent information so make sure to check the pass when the students return to class. If you need more pink passes throughout the school year, please let us know and we will deliver them to you!

Poster Printer

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If you are making a poster to print on the Media Center poster maker printer, here are some suggested formats:
.jpg
Slides
Powerpoint
.pdf

If you file is not in these formats, we will do our best to convert them into the file type that is optimal for the poster printer.

HelpDesk Tickets

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A couple of reminders:
  • Please do not move classroom equipment without submitting a HelpDesk ticket.
  • ​If you have hardware issues:  When you do the HelpDesk ticket, choose Technology-Information Services as the Department.  Everyone in this department can see your HelpDesk tickets and, sometimes they can help you remotely.
  • If you have software issues:  When you do the HelpDesk ticket, choose Instructional Technology as the Department.  Everyone in this department can see your HelpDesk tickets, and sometimes they can help you remotely.

Need To Reschedule?

If you have planned to bring your class to the Media Center and have to be absent on the scheduled day, remember to please change your lesson plans; substitutes are not allowed to bring students to the Media Center. Thank you!

Book Swap

There is a bookshelf in the B214 workroom. No need to check these out--just browse, take what you like and return whenever!  Happy reading!!

Students Needed

We spend a lot of time communicating with students about their Chromebooks---repairs, fees, lost and found Chromebooks, etc. Because they do not regularly check their email, the only way to communicate with the students is in person.  We often times have to send notices to their classes requesting they come see us.  On the notices, we usually check the box that says "Anytime Today". This means that they can come to see us anytime....it does not have to be in your class.  We prefer them to stop by during their lunches or before or after school. We do not want them missing your classes.
In the Destiny Discover website or app, search for the LHS Media Center’s resources (including videos), put items on hold, see new arrivals, view account information including checkouts, holds and outstanding fines, check out ebooks, and much more!
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Option 1:
  • Go to portal.walton.k12.ga.us and log in with your school username and password.
  • On the Portal page, choose Destiny Discover (LHS).
  • Choose Log In.
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Option 2:
  • Go to http://www.destinydiscover.com or download the Destiny Discover app from the App Store or Google Play.
  • Location:  Select Georgia from the drop-down menu.
  • Schools in Georgia:  Type in Loganville High School, and select the school from the drop-down menu.
  • Choose Log In.
  • Choose Sign In with Google, and use your school username and password to log in.
  • Choose Submit.

The is also a Destiny Discover app and Chromebook extension.

​For more information, go to: www.lhsmediacenter.com

What's in the Media Center?
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Equipment Available in the Media Center
Binding Machine
Color Laser Printer
Color Poster Printer
Electric Hole Puncher
Ellison Machine
Laminator
Paper Cutter
ScanSnap Scanner
Teacher Supplies
Blank CDs
Blank DVDs
Bulletin Board Border
Butcher Paper
Construction Paper
GradeMaster Forms
Old Magazines & Newspapers
Posterboard
Equipment Available for Dail Checkout for Teachers
Book Carts
Carts (Misc.)
Computer Headphones
Digital Camcorders
Digital Cameras
Document Cameras
DVD Players
Glue Gun
Metal Engraver
Podium with Microphone
REDCAT Audio System
Tripod Screens
TV/DVD/VCR Carts

Let Us Collaborate With You!!

We can collaborate with you to teach numerous lessons to your classes in the Media Center and/or your classroom. Below is a sampling of some of the topics we can teach. If there are any other subjects you would like for us to cover, let us know! We are here to help you and your students!

Destiny
  • The circulation system, Destiny, has been revamped!  Destiny Discover provides one interface for students and educators to search and access all our print and digital resources, including eBooks, audiobooks, and interactive books, as well as free and paid subscription databases.  Bring your students to the Media Center, and we can give them a tour of the new and improved Destiny. There is also a new Destiny Discover app and Chrome extension.
  • We have numerous nonfiction resources available for you and your students. If you would like for us to pull books on a specific topic(s), let us know.

Google Tools
  • We can help your students create documents, slideshow presentations, spreadsheets, surveys, blogs, photo albums, and more using the free online resources in Google.
  • Think you know all there is to know about the Chromebook? Think again! Let us introduce your students to several tips and tricks to get the most out of their Chromebooks.

Research Tools and Skills
  • Searching for information on the Internet can be daunting. We can teach your students how to use the advanced search settings on Google to find the information you need and how to evaluate websites for bias and accuracy.
  • Do your students need help making a bibliography for their papers and projectors?  Let us help them! We can demonstrate how to use these resources to help them correctly cite their papers using MLA, APA, Turabian, and Chicago writing styles.
  • GALILEO—We can help your classes navigate this world wide web-based virtual library. There are over 200 databases indexing thousands of periodicals and scholarly journals, and over 2000 journal titles provided in full-text. Other resources in GALILEO include EBSCO Databases, NoveList, Encyclopedia Britannica, and Newspaper Source.

Multimedia
  • United Streaming—Use a variety of dynamic search tools to quickly locate video segments, images, encyclopedia articles, audio files, events, lesson plans, clip art, and more using this great online free resource.
  • We can help your students create projects in a variety of media.  There are so many great Web 2.0 sites available for their projects.
  • Photos: We can show them Internet search strategies for choosing copyright compliant photos for their projects.

Test Prep
  • USA Test Prep—Let us help you and your classes get started using this site for EOC, CFA, ACT, and SAT test practice.
Contact Us

678-684-2883

Susanne Crowe
scrowe@walton.k12.ga.us

Pam Childs
​pamela.childs@walton.k12.ga.us
Media Center Hours

​On Campus:
Monday - Friday
7:10 am – 3:30 pm

24/7:
www.lhsmediacenter.com
Ink Recyling
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We recycle ink and toner cartridges!