Videos & QR Codes in the Library

Youtube is used for endless reasons. In the field of education, it is used to teach, advocate and motivate students. It is a great tool for a library to use in order to get students involved in books, using technology and excited about sharing both to promote their creations. I plan on utilizing my library Youtube channel to post book trailers, give instructions for skills I have taught in lessons and share student creations.

Here are some library and educational Youtube Channels that offer great tools and ideas:

https://www.youtube.com/user/TheNHSLibrary/videos This library has a video titled Tigerpalooza 2015 Dark Lord Funk. Students will love watching this video. My 4^th grader has been obsessed with Dark Lord Funk for months now. It combines his favorite book series with his favorite song! There is also a video called CQ Researcher that shows a screencast for students to get instructions on this educational tool at any time.

https://www.youtube.com/user/theunquietlibrary/videos This library has a video titled Scenes from The Unquiet Library August 2012. It is a collection of photos from all they great things happening in the library, and students will enjoy a video like this if made about their library experience. Another video titled Finding CC Licensed Images in Advanced Flickr Search gives access to a tutorial about finding what they need without copyright problems.

https://www.youtube.com/user/pikesvillehslibrary/videos This library has a multitude of videos. The video titled Senior Party in the Library will show that the library can be fun as well as educational. PHS Financial Aid Workshop is a video of how students can acquire financial support in their future college careers.

https://www.youtube.com/user/bbmsmedia/videos This channel has great videos incorporating books with pop culture. The video Taylor Swift Hates Overdue Library Books is highly entertaining, yet makes a point with the students. Having book reviews and trailers like Hugo Cabret Review is helpful for students looking for their next read.

Here is a video that encourages on-time book returns with a song that is popular right now:

Animoto is a great tool for creating book trailers. It is very simple to use and videos can be made very quickly. Once videos are created, they can be shared through hyperlinks, Twitter, Facebook or uploaded to Youtube. They can even be embedded!

Here is a book trailer I created for Piggie Pie by Margie Palatini. I love this book because it is fun and a great work of metafiction taking well-known childhood characters and putting a hilarious twist on them.

Publisher synopsis- Gritch the witch flies to Old MacDonald's farm for some pigs to make piggie pie.

Scan here to watch the book trailer

QR Codes are being increasingly utilized in libraries. There are a variety ways they can and are being used. They can be used as an interesting way to get students to reflect on their learning, a way to access the library’s website, Facebook page and/or blog, to give author information for books on display, access book trailers, create scavenger hunts……The options are endless. I will be using them to do all of those things, and I can’t wait to explore and learn other things I can do with them as well.