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Show Brookside challenged with media program EQUIPMENT STUDIED Penny Jensen's third grade students of Brookside School are beiiis trained to use the 16 mm pro- jeetor as part of the new media center program at the school. Loaned equipment is valued in thousands of dollars at the center. NEW SHELVES Principal Ray Clark, left, and Kyle Smith, faculty member at the Brookside School, make book shelves to be used in the new carpeted media center at school. BEFORE CHANGES Students show the space as it was originally in the classroom with closets filled with books prior to changing the doors from vertical to horizonal. HHHHHHHHHHHR1 Can one school which is completely com-pletely saturated with all types of learning media produce more effective programs and provide better educated students for having this opportunity? This challenge is being tried at the Brookside Elementary School using all the facilities of visual aids, including films, recorders, re-corders, reading machines, books of all kinds to saturate it completely with instructional materials. Assisting with this experimental experi-mental program, several companies com-panies manufacturing instructional instruc-tional media and materials are filling the school with samples of their supplies on a trial basis, worth thousands Principal Ray Clark reports that equipment costing thousands thou-sands of dollars has been placed in the school by Evans Supply, George Webb Sales and the Deseret Book Company. Films, film strips, records and tapes have been supplied by Eye Gate, Society of Visual Education, McGraw Hill, Coronet Cor-onet Films, Bailey Films, Encyclopedia En-cyclopedia Brittanica Educational Educa-tional Corporation. Teachers and children are overwhelmed with the instructional media, Mr. Clark stated. Make more room To make room for the modern mod-ern up-to-date equipment, the large central hallway at the school has been converted into a media center. Nearly 186 feet of carpeting has b33n laid in the center and book shelf dividers di-viders have been constructed, by the principal, faculty members and the custodian. All books from the regular library room have been moved into the new media center where they will be avaaible for use with the other materials and equipment. Group use It is possible for four or five groups of students to be using the new facilities and materials at one time. A teacher may use a small group of students in the center to operate the equipment, equip-ment, run their own film projector, pro-jector, or listen to recordings through the earphone sets for instruction on one subject while she teaches another group in the classroom. The media center program is designed to make learning more individualized, to make Iearni lg become more meaningful mean-ingful and less abstract, and to bring about greater achievement achieve-ment in the children through maximum use of the meia. One of th-5 adv;iiifages of iht new media center is that it has enabled the teachers to make different seating arrangements and study areas available in their respective classrooms. Students as well as faculty members are enthusiastic about the new requirement and its many uses. Mr. Clark gives much credit to Phil Argyle, di-recto di-recto of the IMC here for the whole idea of the program which is now in operation at the school. The younger generation is alike in many disrespects. Before you start out on a trip, check the whole car for mechanical defects. Look sharply at breaks, lights, horn and tires. The goldfish is a minnow originally or-iginally found in the fresh waters wa-ters of eastern Asia. It has been widely introduced elsewhere. 1 HEAR RECORDINGS At Brookside School Priscella LeRoy's second grade students stud-ents sit on the carpeted floor using ear- phones as they follow a story in their books and listen to the pre-taped recording on the instructional equipment at the media center. AFTER CHANGES Doors in a horizonal position are converted to a study area for various types of media- Many of the doors are now in the hall at Brookside School for use as tables in the media center. Added space provides room for study and instruction machines at the school. FACULTY HELP Faculty members at Brookside School use their arts and crafts talent by using the paint brush on the newly-made shelves for the media center area. Left is Ina Christensen, Venna Reese; right, Priscilla LeRoy and Bertha Johnson, faculty members giving a helping hand. I it I Ft N STUDY Keenly interested are these I i Wrd grade students of Bertha Johnson's at J Brookside School as they make good use of i a record player along with the film strip projector during a study session at the new media center established at the school. |