First, screencasts to teach lessons. Sometimes it's hard for me to set up trainings with teachers to teach them a new program or app. I plan on making screen casts and either email them out or place them on the library website so teachers and students can learn how to use them.
I created a Facebook page for our school libraries. I included book recommendations, links from the blogs that I'm following, and sharing school news. I also got an idea from a fellow librarian. I asked parents to send in or post pictures with the hashtag #Odemreads. Those pictures would be posted on our page. In the past 2 days, I've posted 6 pictures. Here's the link to the page if you would like to see....
I like the idea of posting videos and podcasts. These can be used for book recommendations, library orientation, library news, and school announcements. I will need to get over my reluctance to record myself in order to implement these plans. I do plan on using students for some of these. I have recorded elementary students for short book reviews. Now that I am more familiar with more tools to help with this, I can do more of these.
I have a monthly newsletter that is sent to all campuses. Each campus has a different one of course. Library news, book reviews, teacher or student recommendations, pictures, and study skills are included. I plan on using infographics in my newsletters to make them look eye catching.
I have also gotten some great recommendations on books and technology tools from the blogs that I am following. I always have trouble deciding which books to order for the library. I usually look at award winners but it is nice to have recommendations coming from more than one source.
I'm still not completely comfortable with the comics. I had a hard time thinking of something to create. I was impressed with so many of my classmates' ideas, especially those that made their comics about the library. I'm hoping that I can become more creative and use those soon.
Wow, it's great to see how much of this technology you are already using! I love the idea of using infographics to make your newsletters more appealing. I also like the idea of using screencasts to provide recommendations and training opportunities for teachers and students.
ReplyDeleteYour speaking voice sounds great, so carry on! Screencasts are so helpful for folks to be able to see-- they can start and stop the directions, open their web site or whatever it is and work along with the screencast-- so many options for people. And if there's something you find saying over and over again~ screencast. I'm not worried about your creativity. Once you see how these tools can be used there'll be no stopping you!
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