October 2007 CMC Newsletter

The 40th Anniversary of the CMC

During this academic year, the Centennial Library will be celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Curriculum Materials Center. Originally known as the Curriculum Lab, it was first part of a new Cedarville College Library (now the Milner Business Administration building), completed in 1967. Because the Lab was too small to accommodate much growth, the Education Department developed a Reading Center in Collins Hall in 1973. While the Reading Center was under the supervision of the Education Department, the Curriculum Lab remained under the direction of the Library staff.

When the Education Department moved to a remodeled Williams Hall in 1981, the resources of both the Reading Center and the Curriculum Lab were combined in a new location on the second floor of Williams under the direction and daily supervision of the Education Department. The new facility was named the Curriculum Materials Center.

Because of the growing complexity of staffing the Center for the number of hours required to serve students, and because the state of Ohio was requiring that Curriculum Centers be professionally cataloged like libraries, the Library staff re-assumed responsibility for the Center in 1984 and ran it as a branch of the College Library. When the Centennial Library opened in April 1987, the new Curriculum Materials Center, comprising over 2600 square feet, occupied its present location, a prominent place on the lower level.

A number of activities and events are being planned for this anniversary year. Monthly drawings will begin in October; prizes will include children’s books, gift certificates to teacher supply stores, and gift certificates to book stores. Be sure to visit the CMC and enter the drawing! You must complete a new entry form each month to be eligible. On December 4, children’s author and illustrator Adam Rex will speak with students in the CMC, and an open house and reception is being planned for spring semester.

Remember to enter the monthly drawing! Entry forms are available now in the CMC.

Featured Websites

Teacher Tube was launched in March 2007. It features videos about instruction, curriculum, student projects. Some videos have accompanying resource materials, such as reproducibles. Scholastic has a great website for teachers. It has printables, lesson plans, information for new teachers, and even a free class home page builder.

2007 - 2008 Ohio Testing Schedule

The testing schedule for this academic year is posted at the Ohio Department of Education website.

INFOhio

INFOhio is the K-12 equivalent of OhioLINK. It includes access to a number of databases for students and teachers in all K-12 schools in Ohio. Pre-service teachers should become familiar with INFOhio before starting their field experience or internship. If you would like to have access to the INFOhio databases (some of which are duplicated in OhioLINK), please contact the CMC Librarian for the username and password.

Featured Resource

The CMC has a large collection of puppets, many of them from the premier producer of puppets for classroom use, Folkmanis. The latest additions to the collection include a bat, a monarch butterfly, a prince and princess, and even a dinosaur hatching from an egg. For a complete list of the most recent puppet acquisitions, click here.



New Resources
For a complete list of all new resources added to the CMC during September 2007, please click here.