CSULB Educational Technology and Media Leadership

01/15/2024

The CSULB teacher librarian program actively supports California students through the California Student Media Festival (CSMF), which is a long-time public venue for K-12 students to showcase their media productions and compete for prizes!

CSMF is excited to share that they have just launched the call for entries for the 58th Annual festival - woo-hoo! The deadline for entry is April 11. And they are thrilled to announce that the festival WILL return to an in-person event, streamed online on June 1 at Hollywood High School!

Please help us spread the word by sharing the promotional materials found here. You’ll find short blurbs (useful for social media posts) to invite students to enter and judges to volunteer as well as animated gifs sized for most social media platforms.

Invite blurb
You’re invited to enter the California Student Media Festival. This event is free for students to enter, and free to attend. Any student media creation may be entered between Jan. 15 and April 11, 2024 and the festival will be held on June 1 in person in Southern California and streamed online. The festival is entirely volunteer-run and is also seeking judges to help support the celebration of student creativity.

MORE INFO: www.mediafestival.org

ENTER TODAY: bit.ly/enter58

Please repost, share and help us increase entries and judging volunteers.

We are so excited that you have decided to enter the festival! We look forward to seeing your project. Please make sure the form is filled out completely before submitting. Video projects must be uploaded and will be judged online. Entry can be created by an individual or a team. If a student fills....

12/12/2023

Happy Holidays from Dr. Farmer

12/07/2022

Enjoy the fall 2022 TL Newsletter at

09/12/2022

My newest book is now available: Reference and Information Sources and Services for Children and Young Adults (Rowman & Littlefield). See

Here’s a book on today’s reference sources and services written just for children’s and young adult librarians. It includes core reference collections bibliographies targeted to elementary-age chi...

03/12/2022

Good news! I chaired my student's thesis on news literacy, She presented her paper in the university research competition, and won 1st place for the college -- she gets to compete in the state competition. So congrats to Cassandra Jones!

12/07/2019

It's that time of the year: celebrate the semester end with CSULB ETEC/TL colleagues.
Dec. 12 5:30pm at Acapulco near CSULB. Hasta la vista!

09/11/2019

Interested in learning how to effectively integrate and manage educational technology into your classroom, K-12 library or college/university?

The MA in Educational Technology & Media Leadership Program and/or Teacher Librarian Services Credential Program may be a good fit for you!

These programs are open for Spring ‘20 admissions & applications are due November 1, 2019. Attend an info session and meet program faculty and learn more about this 30-unit degree program!

A virtual info session is available on Wednesday, October 9th from 5pm-6pm via Zoom Video Conferencing. RSVP [email protected] to receive an invitation to the virtual information session.

To learn more about the Master’s Degree in in Educational Technology & Media Leadership Program and Teacher Librarian Services Credential programs, please visit the program website:

Program Overview

05/26/2019

Another win: Dr. Farmer was selected for the President's award for outstanding faculty achievement

05/24/2019

ETEC rules: Dr. Adams was honored with the college teaching award, and Dr. Farmer was honored with the college service award.

05/18/2019

Getting ready forCSULB teacher librarian graduation 2019!

05/05/2019

Huzzah! All of this yeart's ETEC master's degree students passed their comps exam!🥳

04/06/2019

I just returned from the OLC (Online Learning Consortium) conference in Denver. Melvin Cobb was there too. I presented on online collective intelligence, and was awarded MERLOT Reviewer Extraordinaire.