Videos and QR codes in the Library

Utilizing videos or QR codes can be a fun and creative way to share information with students, staff, and the community about any and everything happening in your library! Throw out that PowerPoint and join the YouTube bandwagon! Get the students involved and have them show their creative sides. Here are some YouTube videos to get the juices flowing!

Calypso Gilstrap

The Norman High Library has a few ideas about what kind of information to share with your patrons. Something the kids might find helpful as they're researching is:

How to Use EBSCOHost: the librarian helps students with how to research using EBSCO 

Just for fun

Students might find this video amusing!

Tiger Visits The Norman High Library: the school mascot visits the library highlighting the many things there are to see and do 

theunquietlibrary

This library has more of a selection to choose from. There was a variety of tutorials that could be helpful to students wanting to add different objects to their project. This video pertains to including Creative Commons images.

Creative Commons 101 for Senior Project Slides: it shows students how to search for creative commons photos 

For Something Extra

Adding music to a project could be quite simple. This video shows students just how easy it can be.

How to Use Soundzabound: teaches students how to include music clips in their presentation 

pikesvillehslibrary

This high school library is rich with tutorials on how to complete a variety of tasks. Including one that I thought could be very helpful for graduating students.

PHS Financial Aid Workshop 2013: this video goes through the process of how students can pay for college. It is very helpful information for seniors who definitely want to take advantage of all the possibilities out there available to help with the expense of getting a higher education. 

 

Hip Hop Fun!

Show the students that their learning can be both interesting and FUN!

Hip Hop Day @ The Panther’s Library: learning about the history of hip hop

bbmsmedia

This librarian has a good mix of entertaining and informative videos. Completing a project on career choices? Watch this video:

Online Career Resources: helps students search through recommended online resources pertaining to career choices. 

But sometimes the students just wanna let loose and have some fun!

BBMS Turkey Trot Mannequin Challenge: shows students taking part in the popular mannequin challenge 

Aside from creating tutorials for students to utilize, and fun activities happening in your library, you can very well create book trailers to share new additions to your library. You might even assign a book trailer as a project in your library. See a sample of a book trailer that I created for The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas. It was easy to create, and so much more fun to share than a simple mention of a new book!

Synopsis: Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed. Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Protesters are taking to the streets in Khalil's name. Some cops and the local drug lord try to intimidate Starr and her family. What everyone wants to know is: what really went down that night? And the only person alive who can answer that is Starr. But what Starr does-or does not-say could upend her community. It could also endanger her life.

Scan This QR Code To Watch!!

Want to get your students and staff more involved in your library? 

Want to get the students excited about their project?

Here are some fun ways to utilize QR codes in and around your library!

• place QR code audiobooks around the school
• create a scavenger hunt in your library to practice the Dewey System
• display QR codes all around the school that link to student's work
• place informative tutorials around the library that teach how to use a certain technology
• get students in the doors by sharing new books through QR codes in random places
• teach students to create their own QR codes to share their projects