Mission
Statement
The Minnesota Educational Media Organization is a professional organization established to support educators who play a vital role in fostering information and technology literacy, reading, and applying technology to improve school management.
Purpose
The purpose of this organization is to ensure that all Minnesota students and educators become effective users of information and information technologies. This includes effective instructional use of learning resources in all formats and the effective application and support of all information technologies used in schools.
Responsibilities
- To promote the professional growth of its members.
- To promote the application of high standards in the selection, evaluation, production, dissemination, and use of all learning resources and technical systems that support the educational community.
- To provide leadership in the effective use of instructional technology in the learning process and information technologies that support the educational community.
- To monitor emerging trends and explore new applications of information technologies in teaching and learning, information systems and infrastructure support.
- To promote reading for personal enjoyment and learning, appreciation of literature in all genres, and improving reading abilities of learners.
- To promote the involvement of library media/technology personnel in curriculum planning and instructional design.
- To work with the Minnesota Department of Education, other libraries, professional organizations, and government agencies and higher education institutions of the state in developing programs in information and technology.
- To develop and support state and national guidelines for information and technology literacy.
- To work with other professional, national, state, and community organizations to promote information and technology literacy, access to high quality instructional resources, and efficient technological systems used in schools.
- To preserve the right of the individual to have access to ideas in any format and the principles of intellectual freedom.
- To promote public understanding of the value of information and technology literacy in the teaching and learning process, collections of and access to educational resources that support and extend the curriculum, and all information and communication systems within the educational community.
Special
Interest Divisions (SIDs)
- District Level Media: This SID is designed to provide the opportunity
for sharing common concerns related to media programs at the district
level, some of which are budgeting, personnel hiring and evaluation,
staff development, equiptment bidding, program planning and evaluation,
policy writing, and defining media programs.
- Intellectual Freedom: This SID is designed to provide an opportunity
for those interested in Intellectual freedom to work together and
serve the media profession.
- Literature: This SID is designed to provide literature and reading
for enjoyment among Minnesota students. The Literature SID is also
a cosponsor of the Maud Hart Lovelace award.
- Media Educators: This SID is designed to provide a forum for educators
of media generalists and media supervisors, to strengthen and promote
college programs which educate people for the school media profession
and to encourage professional development. Practitioners and other
members of MEMO with an interest in preparation of media professionals
are also encouraged to join this SID.
- Information Technology: This SID is designed to provide a forum
for networking and inservice education for MEMO members interested
in the promotion and utilization of all current forms of media software
and hardware (video, telecommunications, computers, multi-media, etc.)
as well as emerging technologies.
- Retired Media Professionals: This SID is designed to provide an
avenue for retired media generalists, specialists, supervisors to
keep in touch with the profession and with other media professionals,
and to use their experience and expertise to serve the media profession
and MEMO.
- Commercial: This SID is designed to provide an opportunity for representatives
of commercial firms to work together and serve the media profession.
The commercial division sponsors exhibits at conferences, workshops,
and some regional meetings.
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Minnesota
Educational Media Organization Administrative Assistant
MEMO/Deanna Sylte, POB 130555, Roseville, MN 55113-0005, admin@memoweb.org
Phone
and Fax: 651-771-8672
Webmaster: Lars Steltzner, steltzner@winternet.com
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