Videos and QR Codes in the Library SHSU Assignment LSSL 5391

Videos and QR Codes in the Library

YouTube is a great way to display different videos and lessons for students. In the library, librarians can use YouTube to hook students into a lesson, book trailers, authors reading the books, or for research purposes. 

1. @theunquietlibrary 

Video that is most helpful:

  

This video is very helpful because it shows step by step how to create an account and use https://www.scoop.it/ . The video would be great to use for research purposes. It shows how to curate content within minutes. 

Video that students would like the best:

 

Students will like this video because it is short and makes you smile. The technique the students are doing is “Claps for something good”. This is a great lesson to implement in the classroom and in the library. Students might even use this within their friend group.

2. @pikesvillehslibrary

Video that is most helpful:

This video is very helpful for high school students since it is encouraging students to sign up for FAFSA. This is a great way to motivate students that they are close to graduating and need to answer those important phone calls from the guidance office.

Video that students would like the best:

Students will enjoy this video because it displays photos of a Hip Hop celebration hosted by the library media specialist. Students got to learn about the history of Hip Hop, compared Hip Hop to Shakespeare, and so much more. This would be so exciting to implement in libraries. 

3. @bbmsmedia

Video that is most helpful:

This video is a tutorial for students on how to create a project using NoodleTools. This would be great for upper grade students when having to do research on topics. The tutorial is very precise and explains everything very well. 

Video that students would like the best:

This video seems very enjoyable for elementary students. The video is a frozen parody of the famous song, “Let it Go”. I love the lyrics and how catchy the song is. 

I will use videos in the library to promote books such as book trailers and such. I will also  make how -to videos for staff on different apps and make it very detailed for them. I plan to create a google classroom where students can easily access any how-to videos that they need as well. Having students also create their own book reviews and such on YouTube would be a great way to promote that technology and literacy aspect of videos. Lastly, I would like to create slideshows like the videos I just saw displaying different events that happened in the library like the book fair, literacy nights, and student work. 

I used Animoto to create a book trailer for one of my favorite book series. I picked “The Summer I Turned Pretty” by Jenny Han. I really enjoyed making this book trailer because I had never heard of this program.  I sure will be using this more in the future in the library. I will also love for students to get creative and create some book trailers on their own. 

Book Synopsis: 

Belly measures her life in summers. Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August. Winters are simply a time to count the weeks until the next summer, a place away from the beach house, away from Susannah, and most importantly, away from Jeremiah and Conrad. They are the boys that Belly has known since her very first summer—they have been her brother figures, her crushes, and everything in between. But one summer, one wonderful and terrible summer, the more everything changes, the more it all ends up just the way it should have been all along.

Scan the following QR code to view the book trailer I created using Animoto.

QR Codes:

QR codes can be used in the library in so many different ways. Students and staff can both benefit from using QR codes. Some ways they can be used in the library are by displaying the QR codes when students arrive. When students scan them with an IPAD they can look at different book trailers of some new books allowing them to venture off to find any of the new books. Students can also take a survey by scanning a QR Code to rate the book they read. QR Codes are great for students' responses during a lesson. Instead of putting information in a handout, I believe students would have much more fun scanning the QR code to view texts or photos.  Also, librarians can allow students to create their own QR Code. 

QR codes would be beneficial for staff members all across the school, from the front office to the cafeteria. Our school does “Good Things Thursday”. Every teacher has a QR code posted on their wall where students can scan and it takes them to a google form where they enter something good. Then, the assistant principal picks a good thing that a student filled out and shares it in the announcements. Also, for staff meetings teachers scan a QR code where they can put any follow up question or concern for administration to view later.