Research with the Media Assistant and Parent Volunteer

Last month, I worked with parent volunteers on the bulletin boards. This is a very influential part of the media center as it can add or detract from student learning.

Luckily, here at Eastern, the bulletin boards are changed very frequently, at least once a month, and encourage reading and inform students. Students are informed by information provided for them from faculty and staff as well as their own peers' work which is also represented on these display cases.

As the volunteer and the media assistant brainstormed for ideas, they came to a conclusion that Frozen Foods Month would be a fun topic. It would not only be interesting and new but include the aspect of inventions in a disguised way by including fun frozen foods and their inventors.

I researched each item suggested that would be relevant for the display. I gave the parent volunteer printouts of the research as I found it. Most of what I looked up that day is not beautifully cut and decorated in the display with the addition of three-dimensional props and books to emphasize the information.

I believe by working with parents, faculty, and students in a way that shows your interest in their work can create a beautiful finished product that can create good, shared feelings by many including the students who may at least subconsciously feel that someone is caring for them by taking the time to make their environment as aesthetically pleasing as possible so they feel a desire to learn!