Videos and QR codes in the Library

Youtube allows you to share and watch user created videos.  Below are youtube videos that I found helpful.

NHS Library
The first video would be very helpful to students that were doing research projects.  Students would like the second video because it is entertaining.

The Unquiet Library
There are many very helpful videos from the unquiet library.  In fact it was very difficult choosing just one.  The first video I found, would be very helpful to students in all grade levels.  While many videos on this channel were helpful, not many of them were entertaining.  The second video is the one I believe students would like the best.









Pikesville HS Library
Although many videos were helpful, I really liked this one.  It was really great for students and parents.  Especially, parents of freshmen.  Many question can arise when getting students ready for the next year of school.  This youtube video is a great tool to use.  Students will like the second video because it depicts what they all want to do, but are not allowed to do!









BBMS Media's Channel
I think the first video would be very helpful to students.  We can always use citation review no matter how old we are.  At this channel, I had a problem deciding which I thought the students would like the best.  They had many entertaining and funny overdue videos.  Students will love the second video.  Not only is it a parody of a very popular movie and song, but it is also very funny.










QR Codes
I had a lot of fun making my book trailer.  If you work on a campus where mobile devices are allowed, then you could make book trailers for many books, and the patrons could use them to decide whether to read a book or not.  If your campus does not allow mobile devices, like mine, you could put QR codes on school newsletter.  This way the students could watch the book trailers at home.  You could also do a library lesson on making book trailers.  Below is the QR code that leads to my book trailer.

I completed my book trailer on Matched by Ally Condie.

Cassia has always trusted the Society to make the right choices for her: what to read, what to watch, what to believe. So when Xander's face appears on-screen at her Matching ceremony, Cassia knows he is her ideal mate . . . until she sees Ky Markham's face flash for an instant before the screen fades to black. The Society tells her it's a glitch, a rare malfunction, and that she should focus on the happy life she's destined to lead with Xander. But Cassia can't stop thinking about Ky, and as they slowly fall in love, Cassia begins to doubt the Society's infallibility and is faced with an impossible choice: between Xander and Ky, between the only life she's known and a path that no one else has dared to follow.