Competitions,+showcases,+etc

FC Media Services sponsors a Showcase of Student Learning each year to highlight the quality research and student achievement that can result from collaboration between media specialists and teachers. As the year progresses each media specialist should be alert to finding an appropriate project to enter in the Showcase competition. The collaborating teacher will need to save some student projects to put in the entry. Teachers and school principals usually are excited and proud of the entries.
 * Showcase of Student Learning - Media Specialist Entries-This is a competition among Fulton County Media Specialist**

The entry form must be submitted a couple of weeks before the actual event; it will be available on the Media Services website. In addition to the entry form, the media specialist needs to submit a copy of the collaboration form used with the teacher, sample student projects and an online lesson plan (available at the bottom of the Forms page on the Media Services website). Some media specialists put all the documents together in a notebook and submit a display board also; these can then be displayed in the media center for both faculty and students to see. (The notebook and display board are optional.)

This is an excellent opportunity to communicate to our schools and community the enormous value of collaboration between media specialists and teachers. Every media specialist should strive to submit a project.

[|Link to State Media Festival Site] In March of each school year Fulton County Media Services sponsors a county Media Festival for students to enter projects to be judged. Projects that receive a Superior rating at the building level advance to the county festival. The top projects go on to the state festival on a Friday at the end of April. The Georgia Student Media Festival is sponsored by the Georgia Association for Instructional Technology (GAIT), the Georgia Library Media Association (GLMA) and Georgia Public Broadcasting. Entries rated Superior at the State Festival advance to the International level.
 * Fulton County Media Festival - Student Projects-This is a local, then state, then national/international student competition**

there may be information on the [|Media Services] website. More detailed information can be found on the Georgia Public Broadcasting website at and also at []. The Fulton County Festival usually has two co-chairs and the site of the Festival alternates between north and south county every year. For the Fulton County Media Festival, schools must send one judge for each ten projects submitted. Fulton County judges will also be requested for the state level festival.

Many students have done projects for classes that will meet the requirements for the festival if they are careful to follow copyright guidelines and cite their sources. Media specialists may be able to find projects students have already completed that can be adapted for a Media Festival entry. Fulton County Tech Fair entries might also quality.

The Fulton County Technology Services department sponsors a Tech Fair each year early second semester. Information about it is available at [] Usually there is one contact person designated at each school for this event. There are many categories for various entries, and a project notebook must be completed for each entry. There is a State Technology Fair for the top winners at the county event. As in other competitions, schools must send volunteers to assist with the fair and the judging for this Saturday event.
 * Fulton County Technology Competition - Student Entries**

Georgia Library Media Association (GLMA) and Georgia Association for Instructional Technology(GAIT) sponsor a state Media Specialist of the Year award, and Fulton County plans to participate soon. Administrators will be asked to nominate media specialists for the Fulton County award, and the judging committee will consist of some members of the Media Steering Committee. There is a PowerPoint with basic information done by Pat Wall (River Trail MS) under the Steering Committee section on the Media Services website. Nominees for the award must be members of GLMA or GAIT – one more reason to join one of these important organizations. The system winners compete for GLMA district winners, and the state winner is announced at Georgia COMO in the fall.
 * Media Specialist of the Year-Georgia Media Specialist Competition**

The Georgia Department of Education through the Media Unit sponsors this program. The email requesting nominations goes out to principals in the fall. Nominations may be made by a student, teacher, administrator, parent, community member or media specialist. The nominated school library media center should be in at least its third year of operation. Library media programs in six schools will be selected: two on each level (elementary, middle and high). There are several requirements, and the school media program must have at least 14 (out of 19) indicators at the Exemplary level on the extensive rubric. The school administrator must include a written one-page letter of support, and there is a 6-page narrative portion of the application that must address the 19 indicators. For further information see http://www.glc.k12.ga.us/pandp/media/exemplary.htm and consult the 2007 winner Jill Rose (Alpharetta H.S.) or previous winner, Claudia Zurbrick (Manning Oaks E.S.).
 * Exemplary/Exceptional Library Media Program of the Year**

The Milner Award was established in 1983 in honor of Vera (Deadie) Milner; her financial gift for children's programs made possible this Atlanta and Fulton County program to enable children to honor their favorite authors and bring them to Atlanta to accept the award. Elementary school students in Atlanta and Fulton County vote by ballot for their favorite living author. Many Fulton County media specialists invite the Milner ambassador, Julia Prittie, to visit their school to promote the program. After the students vote, the ballots are turned in to an Atlanta Fulton Public Library Branch. Attending the award program is a wonderful event for some of our schools. For further information go to [|http://themilneraward.org] or consult Claudia Zurbrick (Manning Oaks ES).
 * The Milner Award**

Created by a local teacher, the bowl is a game format using teams of students from different schools competing to test their knowledge of the selected books. The books used are from the GA Book Award and Peach Award nominees. Registration takes place in the fall; the competition takes place in early Spring.
 * Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl**


 * Battle of the Books**