Videos and QR Codes in the Library

YouTube

I love searching through the numerous videos on YouTube for educational and personal purposes. YouTube provides instructional videos, entertainment and viewers choice to anyone who chooses to search through it. I love using the videos to serve as a hook to my lessons or even re explain a method to students. There are several different channels that provide this for students and educators. Through my search I was able to find tutorial videos that will help students with research, citations, learning about their school and their amazing library programs.

1.  The NHS Library
           a.  Helpful:  Getting Started with the NHS Library Website-  I think this video would be helpful for students to learn how to access the school’s website, how to login and find the school resources.
           b.  Appealing: Tiger Visits the Norman High Library I can see students viewing this video simply because it uses the school’s mascot and will intrigue any viewer because they want to see what Tiger will do. Once viewing, they will get a chance to see all the things Tiger likes to do in the library like read a book, meet with friendly staff, and play games with friends.

2.  The Unquiet Library
           a.  Helpful: Citing a Digital Image in Easy Bib- This is a great tutorial video to help teach students how to cite images.  I still find citing pictures to be a difficult concept, so this tutorial is a great help.        

b.  Appealing:Creative Commons Licensing: What is it & Why Should I Care-This video will appeal to students because of its upbeat music, use of color and quick images that give information about the topic of creative commons.

3.  Pikesville HS Library
           a.  Helpful: 2014-15 Course Advisement – Although it is an old video I think this would be helpful for students because it gives information on the school’s courses available to students. It shows how to register for classes for the upcoming school year and would be great if updated every year as new classes are made.

           b.  Appealing:  Hip Hop Day@ The Panthers Library-  This is a fun video for students to be able to see themselves on video participating in a school event. It also shows how the school library is used for other sources and get kids excited to be in the library.

 
4.  BBMS Media
           a.  Helpful:  Creating a Website Citation -  This video shows students a step by step how to in creating a citation for a website that can be accessed at school or at home for reference.  
           b.  Appealing: Hotline Overdue Drake Library Parody- I think this will have kids entertained. It is a great student created music video that reminds students to turn in their overdue books to the library set to popular music and dance moves.

Animoto

Animoto is a free resource tool that educators can use to integrate into the classroom. I used it to create a book trailer for one of the most popular books read in middle school using text and picture.  Students can use Animoto to create their own book trailers, use for class projects, a video book summary, and short film.

QR Codes

Using QR Codes is a fun way to promote technology and BYOD in the school setting. I have used QR Cods for an interactive lesson that gets kids out of their seats and collaborating with others in the classroom. I created a QR Code for this assignment to view my book trailer, but they can be used in other ways in the classroom and library to promote the school website and library website, book scavenger hunts, book reviews with video of author readings, and classroom lessons.

My book trailer was done on the book:  The Schwa Was Here by Neal Shusterman. Synopsis and book cover provided from Goodreads.

They say if you stare at him long enough, you can see what’s written on the wall behind him. They say a lot of things about the Schwa, but one thing’s for sure: no one ever noticed him. Except me. My name is Antsy Bonano—and I can tell you what’s true and what’s not, ’cause I was there. I was the one who realized the Schwa was “functionally invisible” and used him to make some big bucks. But I was also the one who caused him more grief than a friend should. So if you all just shut up and listen, I’ll spill everything. Unless, of course, "the Schwa Effect" wipes him out of my brain before I'm done....