Videos and QR Codes in the Library

 Videos and QR Codes in the Library

    YouTube has become a hotspot for kids, young adults, and adults to access information at the drop of a hat.  You can learn about your hobbies, how to fix almost any car part, view movie trailers, and find out educational information.  

    Librarians across the world are beginning to use this resource to their advantage.  Librarians can use it to show how to complete simple library tasks like checking out and returning books along with research skills.  Some librarians have allowed students to create their own tutorials and library activities.  This allows students to express their creativity skills while offering a service so their fellow classmates can learn specific skills.

Check out The Unquiet Library on YouTube

    Students will find the Video Tutorial of Finding CC Images Using Compfight very helpful.  Students like to create their own videos to share projects and other fun information and need to know how to find safe images to use.  Check it out!

    

    A video on this YouTube channel that students will enjoy is the Importance of Choice for Igniting Student Passion and Learning Through Research Projects.  Students who go to the school can relate to a classmate that they know when learning about how she took her passion of photography and used it to showcase a serious issue, PTSD.  Students can learn how to channel their creativity and bring an important issue to the forefront at the same time. 

Another great YouTube channel is Pikesvillehslibrary.

    A video that students will find useful here is 2013-2014 Registration Process. Secondary students can go through a long process when trying to figure what classes to choose and how to properly get signed up.  As long as the process doesn't change dramatically, students can refer back to the video each year. Check it out!

    A video that students will really enjoy is the Avid Pimp My Binder 2012.  Not only is it a little silly, but it shows students some great information on keeping a binder organized.  It offers some basic organizational skills in a humorous presentation that students will enjoy.  Check it out!

Another great YouTube channel is bbmsmedia.

    A very useful video on this channel is Noodle Tools- How to Create a Book Citation.  As students progress through high school and then to college, citing sources within a paper becomes a common task.  Students need to know how to do this properly so that they can give credit when needed and how to use these citations in technology presentations as well.  Check out this tutorial!

    There are quite a few enjoyable videos on this page that the students have created themselves.  One that I think students would particularly enjoy is the Luke Skywalker Has Overdue Books.  The students took a popular movie and made it to show something that needs to be done in the library which is turning in books on time.  You'll definitely want to check this out and the other parodies created by the students on this page.

QR Codes

    Another new technology tool that has recently become more common is the QR Code. These are very easy to create images that allow access to hundreds of resources.  QR Code Scanners are easily scanned on your cell phone.  Students can use it to access websites that teachers want their students to utilize.  They have become so common that even restaurants are using them for the customers to scan menus.  QR Codes allow for more social engagement and entertainment when meeting an educataional goal at the same time.  Teachers and librarians can use them for students to access educational games, how to videos, and book trailers.  

    Check out of the most popular poetry novels right now: Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai.

Amazon offers a short summary of this excellent novel:

"Inside Out and Back Again is a #1 New York Times bestseller, a Newbery Honor Book, and a winner of the National Book Award!

Inspired by the author's childhood experience as a refugee—fleeing Vietnam after the Fall of Saigon and immigrating to Alabama—this coming-of-age debut novel told in verse has been celebrated for its touching child's-eye view of family and immigration.

Hà has only ever known Saigon: the thrills of its markets, the joy of its traditions, and the warmth of her friends close by. But now the Vietnam War has reached her home. Hà and her family are forced to flee as Saigon falls, and they board a ship headed toward hope—toward America.

This moving story of one girl's year of change, dreams, grief, and healing received four starred reviews, including one from Kirkus which proclaimed it "enlightening, poignant, and unexpectedly funny."

Check out my book trailer for this book by scanning the following QR Code.