New Services and Resources in the Curriculum Materials Center The CMC adds twenty STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics) Literacy Kits to the collection. 1st grade student demonstrates the completed Basket STEM project from Little Red Riding Hood. The Curriculum Materials Center (CMC) of the David & Lorraine Cheng Library has new resources and services that are available to the William Paterson University community, and especially for pre-service and in-service teachers. A grant from the Albert Payson Terhune Foundation enabled the CMC to purchase twenty STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics) Literacy Kits. Aimed at students in grades K to 3, the kits include a children’s book that suggests a STEM activity. One example is the kit for Little Red Riding Hood which includes a storybook and materials to build a basket for apples. Additional kits explore simple machines and other STEM topics. The kits may be borrowed for 14 days. Since joining the Pennsylvania e-book consortium (of school libraries), users of the Cheng Library can now access 159 e-book titles for Kindergarten to grade 5 that are available through MackinVia. Including fiction and nonfiction, a limited number of titles have a text to speech function, and the ability to change background colors and fonts. You can also limit your search by reading level. All titles are included in the Cheng Library online catalog, or you can access the collection directly from the Database titled Ebooks for Kids. The Curriculum Materials Center recently acquired an interactive touch screen with Ink2Go screen annotation and recording software. This software is utilized in many K-12 schools and is now available in the CMC for teacher candidates who wish to learn how to use this technology. The CMC continues to offer instruction on the use of Cricut (pronounced cricket) a computerized die cutting machine that can cut letters, numbers, and shapes to create professional looking posters, displays and bulletin boards. Make an appointment with CMC Assistant, Patricia Moore, 973-720-2174, or via email at moorep@wpunj.edu for help in learning how to use the Cricut. For more information about CMC Resources and Services contact Yvonne Roux, rouxy@wpunj.edu, or Patricia Moore, moorep@wpunj.edu. January 30, 2019
