Video & QR Codes in the Library

Students in this day and age have become visual learners. In that I mean everything is on a video, and there's nothing wrong with that. I love using video to assist in my lessons, and my students love it. YouTube can be a very important resource in that area. There are tons of great videos that are posted that can be advantageous to a teacher/librarian. With that being said, here are some links of helpful videos that I think could help you in lessons and some that I kids would just love.

This first video comes from "Calypso Gilstrap" on YouTube, that was made to help students familiarize themselves with their school library. I plan to do this same video for my library some day!

This video here comes from the same channel on what is available for student use and how to use these resources as a student. I think students will love this!

This Channel is "The Unquiet Librarian" and this person tends to post lots of helpful videos for their students. This video is a perfect example of the type of help you could find in this channel.

These videos from this particular channel are geared towards high school students, however I think students always enjoy seeing their classmates on video discussing something that might come in handy one day.

This video might just be my favorite. This comes from the "pikesvillelibrary" channel, which was made to show students the available resources and activities that are offered from their library. Love the upbeat feel to this video.

Coming from the same channel, students will love seeing special events held in the library showcased on YouTube.

I really enjoyed this video that was made to promote and encourage more reading of books from the library. This video was found on "bbmsmedia" channel, and I adored the fact that the videos posted were student created. Which allows for other students to relate and really connect to the videos.

This video is provided from the same channel source and is a cute and creative way to get students to understand the consequences of overdue books.  Absolutely love!


Book trailers seem to be a huge thing now a days, and I love them. I will admit that they are awesome ways to entice our students to check out new literature available in their library. I started helping the librarian from my campus, being that she is a retire-rehire, she is not very tech savy when it comes to making videos or QR codes. However, she is not at a total lost for ideas to promote reading. She decided to start a battle of the books. Not sure on the details, but after working on this topic I decided to help her out by making book trailers for her to show off the books that are up for the challenge. One of the books is called "Separate Is Never Equal" by Duncan Tonatiuh. 

A 2015 Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor Book and a 2015 Robert F. Sibert Honor Book
Almost 10 years before Brown vs. Board of Education, Sylvia Mendez and her parents helped end school segregation in California. An American citizen of Mexican and Puerto Rican heritage who spoke and wrote perfect English, Mendez was denied enrollment to a “Whites only” school. Her parents took action by organizing the Hispanic community and filing a lawsuit in federal district court. Their success eventually brought an end to the era of segregated education in California.

To see my book trailer click on my QR code below to see it, where I used Animoto to create it.
Qr codes can be very useful in the library. With many of our students fully equipped with a smart phone they can scan QR codes that are displayed  around the library to see upcoming or new books to promote.