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100 1  DuRant, Kathleen D 
245 14 The availability and use of 21st century technology tools 
       in South Carolina secondary public school library media 
       centers 
300    164 p 
500    Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 71-
       07, Section: A, page:  
500    Adviser: Elizabeth Bruch 
502    Thesis (Ph.D.)--Capella University, 2010 
520    The purpose of this study was to assess the readiness of 
       South Carolina secondary school library media specialists 
       to prepare students to meet the  AASL Standards for the 
       21st Century Learner (American Association of School 
       Librarians, 2009b) by investigating the availability of 
       21st century technology tools, the confidence level of 
       media specialists in utilizing these tools, and the 
       frequency with which media specialists assist students in 
       the use of these tools. The study was limited to the 
       entire population of 477 secondary school library media 
       specialists in South Carolina, of which 213 respondents 
       completed all items included on the survey. This response 
       rate resulted in a 95% confidence level with a 5% margin 
       of error 
520    A self-reporting online survey was used to collect data. 
       Survey results revealed that faculty and staff enjoyed 
       greater access than students did to the technology tools 
       included in the study and that both groups experienced 
       greater access to the traditional technology tools and 
       less access to the  AASL 25 Best Websites for Teaching and
       Learning (American Association of School Librarians & 
       American Library Association, 2009). Media specialists 
       reported confidence in their ability to utilize 28 of the 
       46 technology tools included in the survey, even if the 
       technology tool was not available in their media center. 
       Media specialists reported a lack of confidence in 
       utilizing many of the AASL 25 Best Websites for Teaching 
       and Learning (American Association of School Librarians & 
       American Library Association, 2009) and this suggested 
       that media specialists may not have been familiar with 
       this list of resources. Media specialists reported 
       assisting students with only a limited array of technology
       tools including computers, computers in a lab setting, the
       Internet, and online databases, including DISCUS 
520    Results of this study suggested that students in South 
       Carolina would benefit from expanded access to 21st 
       century technology tools and that media specialists in 
       South Carolina would benefit from additional training in 
       the use of 21st century technology tools and in the design
       of learning activities utilizing these tools 
590    School code: 1351 
650  4 Library Science 
650  4 Education, Secondary 
650  4 Education, Technology of 
650  4 Information Science 
690    0399 
690    0533 
690    0710 
690    0723 
710 2  Capella University.|bSchool of Education 
773 0  |tDissertation Abstracts International|g71-07A 
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