Samuel S. Yellin Media Center will provide access to a positive learning environment which will equip students and teachers with the information and resources needed to achieve educational goals and academic success. We will use our creativity and knowledge to discover our talents and passions. We will open our minds to possibilities and strive to make our media center, school and world a better place.
Where collaboration, investigation and innovation are encouraged and promoted.
Implementing 21st Century Workplace skills as everyday practice instills:
By learning the engineering design process, children build their problem solving skills—skills that transfer to other disciplines, including math and science.
By providing highly effective learning strategies including project-based and hands-on learning, we are building 21st Century Workplace skills.
Students are free to explore their computer graphics talent and ideas
Students use their iPads and the DoInk App to imagine and create
Students study and interact with Diamond Back Turtles in collaboration with
The Wetlands Institute
A place for students to explore engineering, architectural and mechanical designing.
Check us out on social media
We strive to reuse and re-purpose materials giving them new life and teaching students that imagination can bring new purpose to anything.
I like the way that we can be creative and the fact we are able to express yourself through projects. It makes the whole 8th grade experience better.
Lilly
In the Media Center, we do a lot of fun things. We code, we create many cool projects, and we have a MakerSpace where we can design things.
Katie
Writing code is fun to do and is really cool. Lots of possibilities are made with code and can change the way a person thinks. The experience we have during this class is great and makes it a great class.
Jaywelle
In the Media Center for Digital Shop we learn about our digital footprint. We also learn how to be safe on social media.
Riley
In the Media Center, there are many different things to do such as writing code, creating in the MakerSpace, and other center activities. The many projects we do in class enhance the 8th grade experience and make the 8th grade year one of the best.
Ariel