Media Specialist's Corner
by Michelle Parrini and Jennifer Kittlaus

Here's a Useful Tool
We hope you will find this department useful, whether you are a teacher preparing a lesson or a library media specialist assisting students or teachers in tracking down resources for their course work. As a library media specialist, you might also find the column helpful as a selection tool for collection development purposes. This edition offers annotated multimedia resources to help you teach about terrorism and international law including books, articles, and films; online resources for research and instruction; and online primary documents to share with students.

Michelle Parrini

Michelle Parrini was assistant director for program administration for the Iowa Humanities Council for seven years , and she has held a variety of public relations, editing, and writing positions with nonprofit organizations and institutions of higher education. She holds an M.A. in American History from Northern Illinois University in De Kalb and a B.A. in English with honors from the University of Iowa in Iowa City.

Jennifer Kittlaus

Jennifer Kittlaus serves as a school programs editor and program manager at the ABA Division for Public Education. She was a national intern for the Lutheran Student Movement—USA and Webmaster for the Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. A Phi Beta Kappan, Kittlaus graduated magna cum laude from Gettysburg College with a B.A. in religion and philosophy.