Videos and QR Codes in the Library

YouTube:
Norman High Library
https://www.youtube.com/user/TheNHSLibrary/videos

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The Unquiet Library
https://www.youtube.com/user/theunquietlibrary/videos

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Pikesville Highschool Library
https://www.youtube.com/user/pikesvillehslibrary/videos

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BBMS Media
https://www.youtube.com/user/bbmsmedia/videos

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Video students would like the best: I couldn't choose between these two!

What if your school blocks YouTube? 

Here are some safe alternatives! 

1. School Tube is a website dedicated to the sharing of videos created by students and teachers. School Tube allows teachers and schools to create their own channels for sharing their students' works. School Tube also provides excellent how-to resources, copyright-friendly media, and lesson plans for using video in the classroom.

2. Teacher Tube provides user generated videos for teachers by teachers. Many of the videos on Teacher Tube have teachers sharing lesson plans in action. I have used this website regularly in order to gain a greater insight into a particular lesson or piece of content.

3. Next Vista is a nonprofit, advertising-free video sharing site run by Google Certified Teacher Rushton Hurley. Next Vista has three video categories. The Light Bulbs category is for videos that teach you how to do something and or provides an explanation of a topic. The Global Views video category contains videos created to promote understanding of cultures around the world. The Seeing Service video category highlights the work of people who are working to make a difference in the lives of others. This sounds like a really great resource because the categories enable you to choose what you may be interested in.

4. Academic Earth is a video depot for individual lectures and entire courses from some of the top universities in the United States. Visitors to Academic Earth will find lectures and courses from Yale, MIT, Berkeley, Harvard, Princeton, and Stanford.

5.  View Pure: prevents the accidental display of inappropriate "related" videos or advertisements. I use this quite often in my school district. It is user friendly and easy to use.

6. Safe Share: prevents the accidental display of inappropriate "related" videos or advertisements. 

7. A Cleaner Internet: prevents the accidental display of inappropriate "related" videos or advertisements. 

         Using videos to promote the library is an extremely beneficial tool because the options are truly endless. You can create videos of all of the fun and engaging things that go on in the library. This would allow the students to view the library as a safe, fun, and inviting space that they can come and experience more than just reading. They can participate in book clubs or be interviewed or interview an author or staff member. You can highlight an author each week or even create book trailers using the videos provided in order to get the students exposed and interested in some new reads! Using videos can be both informational as well as for fun which makes them an asset to every librarian. 

Book Trailer:
          Animoto was simple and easy to use. I enjoyed utilizing this application. It inspired me to feel more confident with making book trailers for my students because it was easy to use. It gives you a variety of templates to choose from and the stock pictures and music is great! It gives you a large selection to choose from, so it has the potential to fit for any book that you may want to create a trailer for. There are many more options if you choose to upgrade, so if you plan on using this tool often I would highly consider upgrading to the next level to use all of the awesome tools that Animoto provides. I was able to create my first book trailer ever on Zane and the Hurricane while using Animoto. It was an interesting experience that took me a little while to navigate through from signing up to trying to find the correct template. I feel if I utilized this application more, it would obviously become easier however for the first time I feel like I did well. The sky is the limit!

                                       

Newberry Honor author Rodman Philbrick presents a gripping yet poignant novel about a 12-year-old boy and his dog who become trapped in New Orleans during the horrors of Hurricane Katrina. Zane Dupree is a charismatic 12-year-old boy of mixed race visiting a relative in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina hits. Unexpectedly separated from all family, Zane and his dog experience the terror of Katrina's wind, rain, and horrific flooding.

Facing death, they are rescued from an attic air vent by a kind, elderly musician and a scrappy young girl - both African American. The chaos that ensues as storm water drowns the city, shelter and food vanish, and police contribute to a dangerous, frightening atmosphere, creates a page-turning tale that completely engrosses the listener.

Based on the facts of the worst hurricane disaster in U.S. history, Philbrick includes the lawlessness and lack of government support during the disaster as well as the generosity and courage of those who risked their lives and safety to help others. Here is an unforgettable novel of heroism in the face of truly challenging circumstances.

©2014 Rodman Philbrick (P)2014 Scholastic Inc.

Be sure to scan the QR Code to view the book trailer I created on Zane and the Hurricane! Make sure you wait until after the ad pops up...it takes a few seconds to load. :)

QR Codes: 

            QR Codes are a great tool that can be utilized both in a classroom and in a library daily. They are great for scavenger hunts, station work, posting videos or questions of the day, name that author etc. You could put a QR code under each genre name and have the definition of that genre or most popular books of that genre when the students click the QR Codes. It keeps the students engaged and accountable for their learning. You can have a QR Code for the problem and another one with the answers, so this way the students can check their work. This keeps them completely accountable and responsible for their own learning. For example, you could have the students guess the name of the novel by clicking on a QR Code that may have a quote, summary, or picture of a character from a particular novel. The students would then have to guess the novel and then check their work. This is also great for Bluebonnet books and Matchbook Competitions. Ensuring that the students are remembering what they have read throughout the year is critical, so this is a fun way to test their knowledge by using QR Codes. You could even assign the students tasks on each QR Code or ask a particular general question about the book like how did the character change? The opportunities are once again endless for using QR Codes in a library setting. All you have to be able to monitor is their use of technology and QR Readers.