YouTube
YouTube channels are a great way to provide instructional and promotional videos for your students and staff to enjoy. Below are four examples of library media center channels that have been created by librarians around the country. You will see how videos are being used to teach information literacy skills, promote books and services, introduce students to classes, and build school spirit. From each channel I have selected a video that I believe students will find helpful and a video that I believe students would enjoy watching.Norman High School
Most helpful video:
It provides detailed instructions for locating articles for research and correct citations which may help students feel less overwhelmed with the research process and allow them to locate better information than a Google search alone can provide.
Most enjoyable video:
It is a great way to introduce students to all of the
resources that the library provides. It
is short and fun.
The Unquiet Library
Most helpful video:
Provides students with information about locating images and citing them. It is important for students to understand how to use images ethically.
Most enjoyable video:
The video is short and colorful with fun music and it is a
digital display of new books. I think
this would make students want to come by and check it out.
Pikesville High School Library
Most helpful video:
Provides students who are considering AP classes an overview of the course and what to expect. The instructor explains who the class is right for so that students can make a self-assessment as to whether or not this class is right for them. On this site, there is video for each AP subject offered presented by the instructor.
Most enjoyable video:
Video is very entertaining. The librarian at this school does a great job of posting videos that show the library is a fun and cool place to be.
Bonnie Branch Middle School
Most helpful video:
This tutorial video that shows students how to create a
webpage citation using Noodle Tools would be very helpful because it teaches
students where to look on a webpage for information such as the author, title,
and publisher. The librarian does a
great job of showing students the difference between the title of the article
and the name of actual website. He also
warns students that webpages that do not contain important citation information
may not be the most authentic or accurate sites to use.
Most enjoyable video:
This librarian and the student media group at this school have made many fun parody videos using popular music to encourage students to bring back their overdue books. They are fun and catchy.
Animoto and QR Codes
Animoto is an app that is used for creating videos. This was my very first time using Animoto, or creating a video for that matter, and I used it to create a book trailer. While I loved the experience of creating a book trailer, I found the app difficult to use and became increasingly more frustrated as I went along. The issue for me was not in layout but rather in the editing. The drag and drop feature is great for getting pictures in place but once in place I could not figure out how to edit the picture or the text. I used the free version so the Animoto watermark is visible throughout. Overall, I think the app is probably amazing because I have seen some really great book trailers created with it but, my skills are definitely lacking and more practice is going to be required before I feel comfortable using it. I could also see using Animoto to create visual displays that could be embedded into the library's webpage or to create short commercial-like videos advertising upcoming events, such as the book fair.
QR codes are becoming increasingly popular and you see them everywhere now. Libraries can take advantage of this technology by adding QR codes, which are easy to create, to event posters or displays. They can be linked to YouTube videos and Facebook pages as well as used for classroom assignments. Teachers may provide students with a QR code to articles or websites and students may create their own QR codes that link to digital response journals. A librarian that I know personally uses QR codes for student book talks. Students create a short book talk using Flipgrid and then QR codes are generated. Students can scan the QR codes to see what their friends thought about the book. This generated a lot excitement about reading in the elementary school.
Synopsis:
Theo Decker, a 13-year-old New Yorker, miraculously survives an accident that kills his mother. Abandoned by his father, Theo is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. Bewildered by his strange new home on Park Avenue, disturbed by schoolmates who don't know how to talk to him, and tormented above all by a longing for his mother, he clings to the one thing that reminds him of her: a small, mysteriously captivating painting that ultimately draws Theo into a wealthy and insular art community.
As an adult, Theo moves silkily between the drawing rooms of the rich and the dusty labyrinth of an antiques store where he works. He is alienated and in love -- and at the center of a narrowing, ever more dangerous circle.
References:
Tartt, Donna. (2013). The goldfinch. New York; Little, Brown
"Lesser
Goldfinch" by RWShea Photography is licensed
under CC BY-NC 2.0
QR codes are becoming increasingly popular and you see them everywhere now. Libraries can take advantage of this technology by adding QR codes, which are easy to create, to event posters or displays. They can be linked to YouTube videos and Facebook pages as well as used for classroom assignments. Teachers may provide students with a QR code to articles or websites and students may create their own QR codes that link to digital response journals. A librarian that I know personally uses QR codes for student book talks. Students create a short book talk using Flipgrid and then QR codes are generated. Students can scan the QR codes to see what their friends thought about the book. This generated a lot excitement about reading in the elementary school.
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Synopsis:
Theo Decker, a 13-year-old New Yorker, miraculously survives an accident that kills his mother. Abandoned by his father, Theo is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. Bewildered by his strange new home on Park Avenue, disturbed by schoolmates who don't know how to talk to him, and tormented above all by a longing for his mother, he clings to the one thing that reminds him of her: a small, mysteriously captivating painting that ultimately draws Theo into a wealthy and insular art community.
As an adult, Theo moves silkily between the drawing rooms of the rich and the dusty labyrinth of an antiques store where he works. He is alienated and in love -- and at the center of a narrowing, ever more dangerous circle.
References:
Tartt, Donna. (2013). The goldfinch. New York; Little, Brown
Vincent, Tony. (2013). Reflection facilitated by QR codes.
Learning in Hand with Tony Vincent. https://learninginhand.com/blog/2013/7/5/roll-reflect-with-qr-codes
Image Credits for images used in book trailer.
Hi Karen,
ReplyDeleteKeep practicing with Animoto, it will get easier, I promise! One feature I love is access to images right on Animoto. I was able to find what I wanted and skipped some steps in the process (i.e., finding an image online, saving it, uploading, etc.).
The activity you describe about the students using flip grid to generate book talks and then using QR codes is something I plan to try when we are allowed back on campus this upcoming school year. It sounds like a fun way for students create and view a book talk. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI also ran into some issues with Animoto, but like you, I feel the program must be pretty decent since I've seen some great trailers made using it. The Goldfinch is something I've wanted to read for some time now, and your book trailer only made me want to read it more.
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