Youtube is my daughter's favorite app, site...everything! I'm able to see why when you can literally find everything that has ever existed in video form. I was able to look at several videos from different school libraries and focused on a couple that I really liked. I decided to take it one video at a time and truly focus on what I liked about them and what about them appealed to me personally. Then I thought, why not ask my daughter to sit and watch them with me? I thought it would be interesting to get the opinion of a student, a girl, and an avid Youtube watcher. We first watched videos from The NHS Library and decided on these.
The video is a very friendly orientation video that explains hours, staff, and most importantly, what the library is used for. It goes into detail about what is allowed and not allowed within the library building. It is a short and informative video and definitely something that I would do myself.
Tiger Visits the Norman High Library was one of my daughter's favorites. She understood what the video was for and the was able to relate it to her own library at school. The video demonstrates what can be seen at a school library including magazines and technology equipment for student use.
Scenes from the Unquiet Library was an excellent example of how 4 classes can meet in a library and still maintain a successful learning environment. There were about 50 to 60 students present and working in small groups and you can tell that these students knew they were using the library for its intended purpose. I liked watching this video and the interactions amongst the students.
The Unquiet Library on Wheels at the cafeteria! I'd never seen anything like this before. The librarian was able to take a mobile library into the cafeteria so that students can check out books using a portable cart. Amazing!
Snapshot was used when creating this presentation and I really like that it's concise and easy. It clearly describes what you can do at the library and shows students interacting with the various forms of technology and equipment located at the library. I would definitely use something like this when presenting for my library.
Pikesville HS definitely got it right with making this a quick and easy presentation to follow. It demonstrates what can be achieved at the library ranging from research to creating LiveBinders. Students can definitely get a lot of use out of this library.
Popular singer Taylor Swift's version to convince users to bring back overdue books is pretty clever and I believe students can relate to the message when it's put together this way. However, mine and my daughter's favorite is clearly the next video from BBMS.
Who doesn't like Elsa singing her little heart out pleading for books to be returned?
When I began to think about this assignment, I began to think, well...I have no idea what half this stuff is. I researched what I could since I had never heard about QR Codes and how to use them. Turns out that QR Codes are pretty nifty and easy to create. I decided to focus on one thing at a time and created the code to reflect the Animoto for the book I chose. One thing at a time, one thing at a time. Once I began and finished the book presentation using Animoto, I was pretty excited to keep going. Enter QR Codes. These codes are created and scanned and lead the user to the product that was scanned. Easy enough. The book I chose happens to be one of my favorites and it so happens that I am currently reading it to my class. I usually take a week to read a chapter book and add some activities. I'm looking forward to showing them my book presentation on The Magic Tree House #13 Vacation Under the Volcano by Mary Pope Osborne.
Jack and Annie are ready for their next fantasy adventure in the bestselling middle-grade series—the Magic Tree House!
Who wants to vacation next to a volcano?
Jack and Annie are about to find out when the Magic Tree House whisks them back to the days of the Roman Empire. They arrive in Pompeii and soon discover that it is the very day the city will be destroyed. Now Jack and Annie must race against time to find an ancient library before it is buried in ash!
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You can scan the QR Code to access the book presentation via Animoto. Enjoy!
I would love to use QR Codes in conjunction with the Unquiet's Library video on portable carts where students can check out books. I would think that it's pretty easy to create the QR Codes and allow students to use them to check out certain books or even put in a request for the books. I would also use the QR Codes to post videos on our school's Facebook page to get the word out on new books or new equipment that is available for use in our library. These codes make it easy to be very specific as to what the user is looking for and able to use.
I wasn't able to access the book trailer from the QR code-- it took me to the Animoto site! Can you repost? I want to see it! The videos you chose are really good for students, I think. Nice!
ReplyDeleteYay! You fixed the link and I was able to look at your book trailer! Looks great!
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