Steven Baule: Research Star

2009-09-25T13:26:00.026-04:00

Biography

Steven Baule is currently working as the superintendent of Community Unit School District 201 located in Illinois. CUSD 201 is a small district that serves around 1,500 students with two elementary school, one middle school, and one high school. He recently won the ninth annual Tech-Savvy Superintendent Award for ed-tech leadership and vision. Mr. Baule is also an accomplished author of several books and is a leading consultant on the British army during the American Revolution.

Highlighted bibliography
Books:
Facilities Planning for School Library Media and Technology Centers (1999, revised 2007)

The following journals may be found on Galileo:

Free Speech in a MySpace World (Library Media Connection; Feb2008, Vol. 26 Issue 5, p22-24, 3p)
Considerations on Facilities Planning (Library Media Connection; Apr2007, Vol. 25 Issue 7, p40-42, 2p, 1 chart)
Data, Data Everywhere, and How Do You Sort Through It (Library Media Connection; Mar2007, Vol. 25 Issue 6, p54-56, 3p)
PC Utilities: Small Programs with a Big Impact (Library Media Connection; Nov/Dec2004, Vol. 23 Issue 3, p60-61, 2p, 2 color)

List of research theme(s)

facilities planning
technology planning
effective technology in teaching
media centers of the future
issues and concerns of the media program (i.e. planning, design, free speech, integration, etc.)

Summary of contributions
Steven Baule is most noted for integrating technology into the media center and making the media program a focal point of the school setting. He has written books that describe how to design a media center as well as integrating technology into lesson plans in the media program. Steven Baule's recent Tech-Savvy award thoughts has been captured in a short video.

Three bullets that summarize the most important facts about this Star

A leader in the media library science field as noted by his Tech-Savvy award
Instrumental in the field of library design and technology implementation
Utilizes his experience as a teacher, media specialist, principal, and superintendent to see different angles of instruction

Sources

Community Unit School District 201 - Serving families of Westmont, Clarendon Hills & Downers Grove. (n.d.). Retrieved October 5, 2009, from http://www.cusd201.org/#BgZ85qhNGTEV

eSchoolNews- welcome - eSN . (n.d.). Retrieved October 13, 2009, from http://www.eschoolnews.tv/Default.aspx?q=PyiQW8gbGQ%252bGvIL3nQ1zRwRGqT%252frxo8APWcigVmxOLdSPQHKorSIAJY4YoANRWy2tRZmjoaX6TD18cElo4gbgXi4rtND5q2nD3awpfDDgjq73ruxFin0wI2FOufPpwTXo%252bVOGfV8usnpbdmCdr1up3eOLRVNxnSclBFzJVBmci45Yszw1tq6CiKKMLf8CM0ChKkfYFEb5t

Google Image Result for http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/v225/918/116/q708354194_8161.jpg. (n.d.). Retrieved October 13, 2009, from http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/v225/918/116/q708354194_8161.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.facebook.com/people/Steven-M-Baule/1102383514&usg=__Fmon7Wdn9RRUlydoHbzhkIyddsQ=&h=50&w=50&sz=3&hl=en&start=40&tbnid=q6Vxq1M8uCEwEM:&t

L2 [Library Learning] Presenter: Dr. Steven Baule . (n.d.). Retrieved October 8, 2009, from http://www.librarylearning.info/events/presenter.aspx?presenterID=393

Top News - Meet 10 of the nation's tech-savviest supes. (n.d.). Retrieved October 5, 2009, from http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/index.cfm?i=57122

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Steven Baule: Research Star