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On March 27th the CIMC hosted an evening of collaboration between pre-service teachers and pre-service school librarians. The goal of the event was to raise awareness about the many roles school librarians play in supporting school curriculum and overall educational achievement, while also providing both groups with the opportunity to practice collaborative planning. Madison school district librarians Kris Brown and Nancy Kieraldo, along with Madison teacher Amy Treuter presented ideas on how to effectively collaborate and provided personal examples of successful collaborative experiences. The evening ended with the school librarians and teachers pairing up to work collaboratively on real units the teachers were working on in their respective practicum placements. Each participant left with a "toolkit" of collaboration resources.

Download copies of the collaboration resources here:

Elements of Collaboration

Questions to ask your librarian

For more information contact Lisa Teyema at: lmteyema@wisc.edu.

Posted by Lisa Teyema on April 2, 2006

Please be reminded that requests for teaching lab space for both Summer and Fall 06 should be submitted by filling out the web form located at http://cimc.education.wisc.edu/spaces_equipment/spaces_form.html. It may also be helpful to review the lab availability, or check to see if a request has been granted. Steps for using WiscCal to view the lab schedule are as follows:

1. Launch web browser
2. go to http://wisccal.wisc.edu and login with your NetID.
3. In the task bar on top of the window, click the View Agendas icon.
4. In the Search field, type SOED 348 TEB. Click Find. After the name appears in the list below, click Add to favorites. Repeat this step for SOED 346 TEB and SOED 330 TEB, and SOED 356 TEB.

SOED 348 TEB = Windows Lab
SOED 346 TEB = Mac Lab
SOED 330 TEB = Mac Lab
SOED 356 TEB = Mac Lab

5. After adding the CIMC labs to your favorites, highlight the name of the lab you wish to view, and click View.
6. To switch between computer labs, return to the favorites list at the top toolbar, choose the appropriate lab number, and click Go.

The next time you login to WiscCal, the favorites will be present in the list.

Related Links:

CIMC Lab Schedule Guidelines
Current Lab Spaces
Software available in CIMC Labs

Questions? Contact Catherine Stephens at cstephens@education.wisc.edu .

Posted by Catherine Stephens on April 2, 2006

Two new art exhibits are currently on display at the CIMC. Emily Bennett, UW-Madison Art Student, is highlighting three of her paintings on the thrid floor. For more Information about the paintings, email her at emilybennett02@yahoo.com

Wanda Chaplin, Art Education Instructor for C&I 322, has generously displayed the results of one of the assignments in C&I 322. Students are asked to created Visual Displays that could be used to integrate art into the content areas within the School Enviroment. Displays range in subject from Columns and Chinese Dynasties to African American Artists.

As always, anyone interested in exhibiting their artwork at the CIMC should contact Anna Lewis at 608-263-8199 or alewis@education.wisc.edu.

Posted by Anna Lewis on April 2, 2006

April's professional reading selections focus on math education.

100 Ideas for Teaching Mathematics, by Mike Ollerton. Continuum, 2005.
Prof. QA11.2 O45 2005

Algebra Connections: Mathematics for the Middle School Teacher, by Ira J. Patrick.
Pearson Prentice Hall, 2007.
Prof. QA159 .P37 2007

What Successsful Math Teachers Do, Grades 6-12: 79 Research-Based Strategies for the
Standards-Based Classroom, by Alfred S. Posamentier and Daniel Jaye. Corwin Press,
2006.
Prof. QA13 P67 2006

More new materials for Math and Science

Human Body Encyclopedia [Cover title: First Human Body Encyclopedia]. DK Pub., 2005.
LTy QM27 F57 2005

Math Dictionary for Kids: The Essential Guide to Math Terms, Strategies, and Tables,
by Theresa R. Fitzgerald. Prufrock Press, 2006.
LTy QA5 ‡b F58 2006

The Elements: What You Really Want to Know, by Ron Miller. Twenty-First Century
Books, 2006.
LTy QD 466 M46 2006

Posted by Catherine Stephens on April 2, 2006

Seven pieces of art by ellsworth snyder, a longtime member of Friends of the UW-Madison Library Board, who passed away in August 2005, have found a home in the University's Center for Instructional Materials and Computing.

snyder's abstract and minimalist style is reflected in the pieces, five of which reside in the CIMC's conference room. In 1993 snyder funded the renovation of the room in honor of his friend Nathan S. (Sam) Blount, a longtime faculty member in the School of Education. CIMC Director Jo Ann Carr said that ellsworth's gift completes the room.

The will of snyder, who eschewed capital letters in his name, states that 150 pieces of his art work go to places where they are guaranteed to be exhibited and seen. The CIMC serves the students, faculty, and staff of
UW-Madison's School of Education.

Special thanks to Louise Halpin Wiesenfarth, Joseph Wiesenfarth, Nathan S. Blount Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison,and Thomas Garver, Friends of the Libraries for their generous help with the exhibit.

For more information, please see Art at the CIMC online.

Posted by Catherine Stephens on April 2, 2006

CIMC instruction staff thank those of you who have attended CIMC workshops this Spring. As plans begin for summer workshops, we appreciate help and direction from SoE faculty, students and staff. Please send your ideas for summer workshop to cstephens@education.wisc.edu. Current workshop materials are listed online at http://cimc.education.wisc.edu/help_training/workshops/index.html .

We also appreciate feedback about workshop sessions attended this semester. Please feel free to leave comments about specific workshops by filling out the workshop evaluation online. http://cimc.education.wisc.edu/help_training/workshops/index.html.

Posted by Catherine Stephens on April 2, 2006

The fall issue of Action in Teacher Education (v.27 no.3) features the article, "Reel teachers: references for reflection for real teachers," by Carla Cooper Shaw and Deborah Dobbin Nederhouser (p.85-94) . The CIMC has copies of some of the Hollywood releases discussed:

Mr. Holland's opus (with Richard Dreyfus)
PN1995.9.T4 M7 1995

Dead Poets Society with (Robin Williams)
PN1995.9.T4 D42 1989

Dangeous minds (with Michelle Pfeiffer)
[on Reserve]

. . . and many other feature films not mentioned by Shaw and Nederhouse that depict teachers, students, and schools:

Back to school (with Rodney Dangerfield)
PN1997 B335 2000v

The breakfast club (with Emilio Estevez)
PN1997 B7237 2003v

Children of a lesser god (with William Hurt)
PN1997 .C45 2000

The corn is green (with Bette Davis)
PN1997 .C676 1988 [VHS]

Educating Rita (with Michael Caine)
PN1997 E38 2005

Fast times at Ridgemont High (with Sean Penn)
PN1997 .F378 2004

Ferris Bueller's day off (with Matthew Broderick)
PN1997 F477 1999

Goodbye, Mr. Chips (with Robert Donat)
PN1997 G663 2004

Jack (with Robin Williams)
PN1997 J335 2004

Kindergarten cop (with Arnold Schwarzenegger)
PN1997 .K563 1998

The prime of Mis Jean Brodie (with Maggie Smith)
PN1997 P756 2004

School of rock (with Jack Black)
PN1997 .S3665 2004

To sir, with love (with Sidney Poitier)
PN1997 T6 1999

Posted by Vince Jenkins on April 2, 2006

As teachers, you plan lessons and research topics for your classes. As you come to the CIMC for help finding books, articles, videos, and more, you will be able to use your own school's library media center when you land that first job. Find out more about school libraries by visiting our School Library Media Month display and by looking over the American Library Association's School Library Media Month web site.

School libraries are notorious for having old, ugly books. However, the information inside is often very valuable. In conjunction with School Library Media Month, the CIMC will display some of our own ugly gems in our "Don't judge a book by its cover" display.

April is also National Poetry Month, and to honor this event, the CIMC provides you with a display of poetry-related items. Want more information on poetry? Check out what The Academy of American Poets has to offer.

In April, the weather gets nicer, the grass greener, and the days longer. A walk around campus usually provides sites of people playing in the sun. To celebrate spring (and the opening month of baseball season), the CIMC displays items relating to outdoor sports and physical activity.

Posted by Kelly Haferman on April 2, 2006

Catherine Stephens presented a session at the Wisconsin Educational Media Association Conference in Wisconsin Dells this April. Notes from the session, entitled "Designing Web-based Tutorials Delivered at Point of Need" can be accessed from Catherine's CIMC web page.

Former CIMC staff member, Erika Linzner, together with Anna Lewis, presented "Working With Your Libraries Greatest Assets: Student Staff" at the Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians Conference in Stevens Point. The session focused on creating a pro-student staff work enviroment, and strategies for integrating student staff into library management. For more details or copies of materials contact Anna Lewis, 608-263-8199 or alewis@education.wisc.edu

Posted by Anna Lewis on April 1, 2006