Videos can be a great technology resource for library media centers. Kids are all about watching YouTube and Vine videos. Besides, being fun, they can teach, too! From Norman High School, I found the following video to be one that I think students would really enjoy and could cause interest in visiting the library. Another video from NHS is a helpful, step-by-step teaching tool for use with an English I class assignment. Great idea!
Going in a very different direction, The Unquiet Library has a video about a project that covers a very emotional topic, PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder). Here a video showcases a very important student project.
Also from The Unquiet Library videos comes a very helpful video on a topic that students get confused about sometimes, or just haven't had good instruction on...using Creative Commons images.
On to another video collection from Pikesville High School Library, I found a video on another topic that seems to cause lots of confusion for students and parents. Registration! Now parents can be much better informed on the registration process!
And then there is the fun Hip Hop Day video! Students will like that one! Looks like it was an awesome day!
Moving on to Bonnie Branch Middle School Media Center, who doesn't love a Frozen parody? Great tool to remind students to get books turned in! Love it! Other great, creative parodies using Twilight and Hunger Games. How fun!
And a video that students can refer back to as needed, the ever-fun MLA citation. Great resource for students to have access to anywhere, anytime.
So many great ideas for using videos in the library media centers! I will use videos to promote visiting the library, to create reminders, to advertise upcoming and past events, and for instructional purposes. The more we use tools like this, the more students will see the library as a go-to place!
Animoto
Using Animoto is another great tool. Animoto is great for creating simple book trailers for students to view to help create interest in books. It is also simple enough that students of just about any age can create their own book trailers! Scan the QR code below to link to the book trailer I created for a favorite book of mine, Ruby Red, by Kerstin Gier.
Publisher Synopsis:
Gwyneth Shepherd's sophisticated, beautiful cousin Charlotte has been prepared her entire life for traveling through time. But unexpectedly, it is Gwyneth, who in the middle of class takes a sudden spin to a different era!
Gwyneth must now unearth the mystery of why her mother would lie about her birth date to ward off suspicion about her ability, brush up on her history, and work with Gideon--the time traveler from a similarly gifted family that passes the gene through its male line, and whose presence becomes, in time, less insufferable and more essential. Together, Gwyneth and Gideon journey through time to discover who, in the 18th century and in contemporary London, they can trust.
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