YouTube Video
The NHS Library
As I was going through the videos from The NHS Library, I noticed that they have some videos on an Intro to Google Docs Part 1 and it went all the way to Part III. I feel these videos will come in handy to students who are new to Google Docs. They can have a visual of how to use these programs.
One of the videos created by this library that I think students must really enjoy is Pete the Cat . The librarians got together and created a skit based on the book, Pete the Cat. I think the kids are going to want to revisit this video and want to check the book. I think they will also enjoy this video because they will want to visit their favorite library do some dancing and acting.
The Unquiet Library
The Unquiet Library also has video that will promote their library and help students with certain applications. They also post many videos of teachers collaboration reflections and student reflections. One video that I saw that would be very helpful to students is How to Use the EBSCOhost 2.0, This video takes the student step by step on how to properly bookmark articles that they have searched on EBSCOhost 2.0.
A video that I thought the students will have fun viewing is Wii Fun: Rock Band at Unquiet Library. Since it is actual students creating the music, I think they would enjoy more.
Pikesville High School Library
Pikesville High School Library also has videos on tutorials, book promotions and library highlights. Below is a video that was posted on the library channel. It is a tutorial for NetTrekker. It takes the students step by step on searching for topics on the internet.
Pikesville High School Library also has videos on tutorials, book promotions and library highlights. Below is a video that was posted on the library channel. It is a tutorial for NetTrekker. It takes the students step by step on searching for topics on the internet.
I think that one of the videos that the students will enjoy from this channel is the
Library Video. This video showcases Many of Pikesville High School students and activities that can be found at the library. (The site did not allow for anyone to embed their videos, so I provided a link instead.)
BBMSMEDIA
In this library channel, you can find tutorials for some of the computer programs being used by the school. In this particular on, one of the teachers is teaching the students how to use GoAnimate and Globster.
BBMSMEDIA
In this library channel, you can find tutorials for some of the computer programs being used by the school. In this particular on, one of the teachers is teaching the students how to use GoAnimate and Globster.
This channel has many videos that are very appealing. The students at this library create skits to get a message across to the student body. For example, the Green Guy creates skits trying to convince people to take care of the environment.
Many of the other videos on this site are students requesting that overdue videos be turned in. Many are very entertaining and allow the students to express themselves while trying to get the message across at the same time. Here are examples of those videos:
Animoto
Animoto is another tool that the librarian can use to promote books. This program creates short videos. You can use pictures, video, and text. Teachers can assign the students to choose a book and create a book trailer for it. These trailers couldl be compiled and added to the library channel for the students to go review, and hopefully, they will be motivated to check out a book and read. An example of a book trailer found in Animoto is at the following link: The Lightning Thief.
QR Codes
As you noticed above, I posted a link to the trailer The Lightning Thief, created by Owen Dirkes. Since it did not have an embed code, another way to post that link is by using a QR code. QR Codes are machine-readable code consisting of black and white squares. A URL is stored in this square, and it can be accessed with a smartphone that has an app for reading QR Codes.
In Animoto, I created a book trailer for Among the Hidden. I was able to get a synopsis for the book from Amazon.com. It is as follows:
Luke has never been to school. He's never had a birthday party, or gone to a friend's house for an overnight. In fact, Luke has never had a friend. Luke is one of the shadow children, a third child forbidden by the Population Police. He's lived his entire life in hiding, and now, with a new housing development replacing the woods next to his family's farm, he is no longer even allowed to go outside. Then, one day Luke sees a girl's face in the window of a house where he knows two other children already live. Finally, he's met a shadow child like himself. Jen is willing to risk everything to come out of the shadows -- does Luke dare to become involved in her dangerous plan? Can he afford not to?
QR Codes can be used anywhere to provide a quick link to a website. I would like to create a bulletin board with pictures a various search engines and provide a QR Code so that the students can use their smartphones to quickly link to the sites.
By scanning this QR Code, it will take you to the Animoto book trailer that I created for Among the Hidden.
Recently, I have been giving my students assignments on the internet using certain apps. It is difficult to get all these children to copy a URL unto the address line, even with the address right in front of them. I think it will make my life so much easier if I have QR Code readers on the IPads instead, so that they simply scan the code and are sent directly to the link. Also, since they have to provide me links to their projects, I can also have them create their own code and email them to me or print out.
Many libraries use QR Codes to provide students with virtue tours of their libraries. Others use them to provide quick links to book trailers in order to motivate students to read more books. In some libraries at the universities, they use QR Codes to link students to study room reservations. QR Codes can be used to link the library YouTube page, Twitter, or Facebook.
As I was looking for ways to use QR Codes in the library, I found an article in the Follet Software Company where Stacy, @Jansensae, talks about how she uses the codes in her middle school library.
"In my middle grades library, I use QRs to guide scavenger hunts, play my version of “Mission Impossible,” embed author information and website, share my library website, and guide students to curated materials."
Ms. Stacy also says that she places QR Codes of book trailers from the publishers on her bookshelves so that the students can go to the trailers as they are searching for books. I think it will make the library a more interesting place to be, and will lure students to come in more often to look for books. This is one example of the trailers she uses:
In Animoto, I created a book trailer for Among the Hidden. I was able to get a synopsis for the book from Amazon.com. It is as follows:
Luke has never been to school. He's never had a birthday party, or gone to a friend's house for an overnight. In fact, Luke has never had a friend. Luke is one of the shadow children, a third child forbidden by the Population Police. He's lived his entire life in hiding, and now, with a new housing development replacing the woods next to his family's farm, he is no longer even allowed to go outside. Then, one day Luke sees a girl's face in the window of a house where he knows two other children already live. Finally, he's met a shadow child like himself. Jen is willing to risk everything to come out of the shadows -- does Luke dare to become involved in her dangerous plan? Can he afford not to?QR Codes can be used anywhere to provide a quick link to a website. I would like to create a bulletin board with pictures a various search engines and provide a QR Code so that the students can use their smartphones to quickly link to the sites.
By scanning this QR Code, it will take you to the Animoto book trailer that I created for Among the Hidden.
Recently, I have been giving my students assignments on the internet using certain apps. It is difficult to get all these children to copy a URL unto the address line, even with the address right in front of them. I think it will make my life so much easier if I have QR Code readers on the IPads instead, so that they simply scan the code and are sent directly to the link. Also, since they have to provide me links to their projects, I can also have them create their own code and email them to me or print out.
Many libraries use QR Codes to provide students with virtue tours of their libraries. Others use them to provide quick links to book trailers in order to motivate students to read more books. In some libraries at the universities, they use QR Codes to link students to study room reservations. QR Codes can be used to link the library YouTube page, Twitter, or Facebook.
As I was looking for ways to use QR Codes in the library, I found an article in the Follet Software Company where Stacy, @Jansensae, talks about how she uses the codes in her middle school library.
"In my middle grades library, I use QRs to guide scavenger hunts, play my version of “Mission Impossible,” embed author information and website, share my library website, and guide students to curated materials."
Ms. Stacy also says that she places QR Codes of book trailers from the publishers on her bookshelves so that the students can go to the trailers as they are searching for books. I think it will make the library a more interesting place to be, and will lure students to come in more often to look for books. This is one example of the trailers she uses:
When librarians use YouTube, Animoto, and QR Codes in their libraries, they are keeping up-to-date with the technology the students are using on a daily basis. They will be able to promote literacy when a student scans a QR Code and sees a book trailer that they must read to find out what will happen. The librarian also fosters a love for reading when they allow students to use programs, such as Animoto, to create book trailers to be posted in the library channels on YouTube or be placed around the library in QR Codes. With these tools, the librarian can communicate so much information to the students throughout the library in a short period of time, and make the library a much more fun place to be.
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