NHS Library
NHS Library Orientation
I would like to make one of these for my library. This would be great for incoming freshman orientation. It would be a nice addition to the website as well.
Tigerpalooza
A parody of Uptown Funk made by teachers and students. The students would enjoy this one because it involves the music they enjoy and students themselves are part of the video. It was made for a closing ceremony to end the school year.
The Unquiet Library
How to embed a Prezi
I think this would be beneficial for students. As they begin using technology tools more and more, it is important for them to know how to share them with others.
Claps for Something Good
Students would enjoy watching this video. Students share their new tradition of sharing good news and others clap. I think this would spread the tradition.
Pikesville HS Library
The Panthers Library in Action
I enjoyed this video because it had pictures of students utilizing the library in various ways. I would like to make a video like this to put on the library website. I would change it every few weeks in order to include more students. I think both students and parents would enjoy it.
The Panthers Library Shakes
Students will enjoy this video because it involves music and dance that is popular. There are even staff members involved. I would use these to create interest in the library. Students need to realize that librarians have fun too
bbmsmedia
MLA Citation Review
Very beneficial video walking students through the process of citing sources. This is something that students will use both in high school and college, so it is important for them to know how to cite.
I Really Really Want You
I couldn't decide which parody the students would enjoy most. This site has several good ones to show students. Many of them are student made, which makes them even more enjoyable. I would like to show these to my students and have them make their own video for my library.
Book Trailer
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
I created a book trailer for the novel Speak. I feel this is an important book for teenagers to read. Many times they feel they have no one to talk to or confide in. Instead, the retreat among themselves, keeping it all inside. Melinda, the main character finally faces her demons and bravely tells her story.
My trailer can be found here...
Scan the code to be taken to the site.
Synopsis from Amazon.com
The first ten lies they tell you in high school.
"Speak up for yourself--we want to know what you have to say." From the first moment of her freshman year at Merryweather High, Melinda knows this is a big fat lie, part of the nonsense of high school. She is friendless, outcast, because she busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops, so now nobody will talk to her, let alone listen to her. As time passes, she becomes increasingly isolated and practically stops talking altogether. Only her art class offers any solace, and it is through her work on an art project that she is finally able to face what really happened at that terrible party: she was raped by an upperclassman, a guy who still attends Merryweather and is still a threat to her. Her healing process has just begun when she has another violent encounter with him. But this time Melinda fights back, refuses to be silent, and thereby achieves a measure of vindication. In Laurie Halse Anderson's powerful novel, an utterly believable heroine with a bitterly ironic voice delivers a blow to the hypocritical world of high school. She speaks for many a disenfranchised teenager while demonstrating the importance of speaking up for oneself.
Speak was a 1999 National Book Award Finalist for Young People's Literature.
QR Codes
QR codes can also be used for scavenger hunts in the library. We have used them in staff development in the past. I think I will create a scavenger hunt for incoming freshmen to use during library orientation.
This is one of my to read books. I can't wait to have time off to read it. I bought it like 3 months ago and haven't had time to grab it and read it. I like the trailer.
ReplyDeletePer the "claps" idea: one of my teachers would say "let's yay that person" whenever someone did something good-- it might just have been finally understanding a concept, or volunteering to work a problem out on the board-- but she would "yay" them and students who'd had her before would say, "you gotta yay them! That's what we do!" Good idea!
ReplyDeleteYou did a good job on the video, too :)
ReplyDeleteI really like the idea of QR code scavenger hunts. Think I will have to swipe this idea from you. My wheels are already turning.
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