With just a handful of digital cameras and networked computers to serve 250 students, Media Specialist Johanna Riddle is hardly rolling in technology. But at Samsula Elementary, a small rural elementary school in Volusia County in Florida, she uses a small range of powerful--and fun--software products, along with a philosophy of making do with what she has, to move students beyond the printed page. Samsula Elementary's tiny media center, located in a room that was a library in 1926, is perhaps 20 by 25 feet. Despite the small space, Riddle focuses on using technology in creative ways to help students understand and interpret the world around them in visual ways.

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