The many uses of YouTube in the classroom have exploded in the last few years. YouTube provides informational videos, student and teacher created projects, and short clips that can provide hooks into daily lessons, leaving the kids wanting to know more. Here are a few YouTube videos I have highlighted from various school libraries:
The NHS Library
-Most helpful: Getting Started with the NHS Library Website this video would be most helpful to students that are looking for the library webpage, and need to know how to log in and find what they are looking for.
-Appealing to students: Tiger Visits the Norman High Library: this video would be appealing to the students because it shows their school mascot visiting their library and showing off what the library has to offer. It also has appearances from students.
The Unquiet Library
-Most helpful: Mini Lesson for Ms. Salas and Students: Creative Common Images helps students find copyright friendly multimedia that they can use in their projects.
-Appealing to students: Make Your Mother Proud because it's hilarious and shows the students how they can check out a Kindle from the library.
Pikesville High School Library
-Most helpful: 2014-15 Course Advisement while this video is sort of slow, the information is critical for students that are looking into what credits they need for graduation.
-Appealing: AVID Pimp My Binder 2012 you can tell the students had fun making this video, and it addresses a common problem of students: the inability to be organized. A group of students help another student organize her binder. Obviously the students liked this video the most, as it has over 5,000 views.
BBMS Media
-Most helpful: Noodle Tools - Creating a Website Citation : this video teaches a critical skill that the students will be able to use for the rest of their lives -- creating citations for websites for a works cited page.
-Appealing: Bring Them Back Overdue Library Book Parody : Ok, this video has almost 77 THOUSAND views, and for good reason. It is a parody of the song, Let It Go from Frozen, but it is trying to convince students to turn in their overdue library books. This video made me laugh out loud, and students will love it! It also features excellent music and vocals!
I can't wait to create screencasts for my library to show students how to access the library website, and all of the important info on it. Incorporating the students into the videos makes them more engaging, and the students have a fun time making them and learning new video making skills while doing so.
I decided to give Animoto a try for the first time to create a book trailer for one of my favorite YA horror novels, Scowler, by Daniel Kraus. Here is a synoposis of the novel from Amazon:
Imagine your father is a monster. Would that mean there are monsters inside you, too?Nineteen-year-old Ry Burke, his mother, and little sister eke out a living on their dying family farm. Ry wishes for anything to distract him from the grim memories of his father’s physical and emotional abuse. Then a meteorite falls from the sky, bringing with it not only a fragment from another world but also the arrival of a ruthless man intent on destroying the entire family. Soon Ry is forced to defend himself by resurrecting a trio of imaginary childhood protectors: kindly Mr. Furrington, wise Jesus, and the bloodthirsty Scowler.
To view my book trailer for Scowler, scan the QR Code below!
QR codes are a machine-readable code consisting of an array of black and white squares, typically used for storing URLs or other information for reading by the camera on a smartphone. QR codes can connect people to coupons, websites, YouTube videos, photos, invites, etc. To use a QR code, you will need to upload a QR reader onto your smart phone, open the app, and scan the code. Your phone will then take you to the information.
QR codes can come in very handy in the library and classroom. Students can use their own technology, scan the QR codes, and can be linked to book trailers and audio books. I've even heard of librarians creating scavenger hunts in the library using QR codes to get students familiar with where everything is.
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