YouTube, Animoto, QR Codes

 YouTube, Animoto, QR Codes

    Librarians and teachers have many avenues to teach students and faculty, as well as communicate with stakeholders. YouTube is a great way to have lessons, blogs, and student reactions recorded for easy accessibility. Animoto is a free application in which teachers nd students can create a book trailer or a book review. What a great way to influence technology and learning. QR codes are a fast and easy way for people to access information you'd like them to have with just a click of a picture. Librarians have so many technological gadgets at their hands to communicate and create with students and parents and they should take advantage of which gadget or application works best for their program. 

The NHS Library

Video most helpful to students: English Guided inquiry

The English Guided Inquiry video is screen shots and labels of a lesson the English class completed. This is a great way for students to get a quick refresher on the lesson they have completed.

Video students would like the best: EBSCO host video

This is the EBSCO host video where the librarian goes step by step and shows students how to use the computer to look up information they may need. It is just long enough where students can skip quickly to find the step where they may need help.

The Unquiet Librarian

Video most helpful to students: Permission to Fail

It is okay to fail in the learning process and even in the teaching process. Give yourself permission to fail, take risks, and the learning process is still ongoing and evolving.

Video students would like the best: Student Blogger Sharing

A student givers her reflection on blogging. Not only will students hear from one of their own, it is relatable in student terms, and gives benefits in which students would appreciate.

Pikesville HS Library

Video most helpful to students: The Panthers' Library

Gives a quick and easy overview of what services the library offers at Pikesville HS.

Video students would like the best: Pimp My Binder

This is a student created piece in which a student needs help organizing her binder in order to be more successful at school. Written by students, recorded by students, and acted out by students. It will show the most important things other students should know about organization.

BBMS Media

Video most helpful to students: Star Wars Late Books

Made by students for students shows the importance of turning in books with a humorous student created video.

Video students would like the best: How to Cite a Website Tutorial

Gives students a step by step tutorial of how to cite a website when working on a project. Long enough for those who want to watch the entire process and learn and short enough for other students to scroll through and find the information they require. 

Animoto

Sadako and The Thousand Paper Cranes Book Trailer

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

by 

Eleanor Coerr,

 

Ronald Himler (Illustrations)

 4.08  ·   Rating details ·  23,464 ratings  ·  1,705 reviews

Hiroshima-born Sadako is lively and athletic--the star of her school's running team. And then the dizzy spells start. Soon gravely ill with leukemia, the "atom bomb disease," Sadako faces her future with spirit and bravery. Recalling a Japanese legend, Sadako sets to work folding paper cranes. For the legend holds that if a sick person folds one thousand cranes, the gods will grant her wish and make her healthy again. Based on a true story, Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes celebrates the extraordinary courage that made one young woman a heroine in Japan.

Scan this QR code to see the book trailer for Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes.

    QR codes are quite handy and easy to use. Librarians can connect so many pieces of information to a QR code for the library patrons. Students and librarians can make book reports, book talks, new book covers, or even book movie trailers for students and parents to access. This is a great way for students to use technology and showcase their comprehension and reading skills from a text in which they have interacted. Librarians can use QR codes for newsletters, current events, or even to showcase new books to the library.