Animoto- Thanks to their free Educators version you can now create and share videos over rules, routines, and book trailers. Granted when I went from a free trial to the educators version it changed the music I had used for my book trailer to something much faster and more electronic (I have yet to discover how to just turn it off). Still this program was easy to use and I was really pleased with the look of the video. Bonus- when you sign up as an educator your students can sign up too!
I used Animoto to create a book trailer for my favorite fantasy novel Firelight by Sophie Jordan. A bit about the book:
"A hidden truth.
Mortal enemies.
Doomed love.
With her rare ability to breathe fire, Jacinda is special even among the draki—the descendants of dragons who can shift between human and dragon forms. But when Jacinda’s rebelliousness forces her family to flee into the human world, she struggles to adapt, even as her draki spirit fades. The one thing that revives it is the gorgeous, elusive Will, whose family hunts her kind. Jacinda can’t resist getting closer to him, even though she knows she’s risking not only her life but the draki’s most closely guarded secret.
Mythical powers and breathtaking romance ignite in this story of a girl who defies all expectations and whose love crosses an ancient divide."
Mortal enemies.
Doomed love.
With her rare ability to breathe fire, Jacinda is special even among the draki—the descendants of dragons who can shift between human and dragon forms. But when Jacinda’s rebelliousness forces her family to flee into the human world, she struggles to adapt, even as her draki spirit fades. The one thing that revives it is the gorgeous, elusive Will, whose family hunts her kind. Jacinda can’t resist getting closer to him, even though she knows she’s risking not only her life but the draki’s most closely guarded secret.
Mythical powers and breathtaking romance ignite in this story of a girl who defies all expectations and whose love crosses an ancient divide."
YouTube- I've mentioned this before but from the creator side of it. Now lets examine what YouTube can do for us. As previously stated students like videos that SHOW the rules and routine. The following links will take you to different libraries that have awesome videos to share with patrons.
https://www.youtube.com/user/TheNHSLibrary/videos
Most helpful video- Generating a Reference/ Citation from within an EbscoHost Database. My students are always messing up citation and many of the skills here can be applied to other databases.
The kids will like- Tigerpalooza 2015 Dark Lord Funk. A parody of Uptown Funk based on Lord Voldemort from Harry Potter. I enjoyed it myself.
https://www.youtube.com/user/theunquietlibrary/videos
Most helpful- Finding and Using Wikimedia Commons Images. Finding copyright friendly photos is a bonus!
Kids will like- New arrivals, April 2012. It's an older video but it has music and lots of images
https://www.youtube.com/user/pikesvillehslibrary/videos
Most helpful- Avid 12 9 mix SS 11 19 14- demonstrates Socratic circles/ discussion in action
Kids will like- Back to School Night. It's like a video yearbook. Kids love yearbooks because they like to find pictures of them self and of their friends. Put one of these on loop in the library and watch the kids come trickling in.
https://www.youtube.com/user/bbmsmedia/videos
Most helpful- Books with Strong Female Lead Characters. I know that there are informational videos provided by this library but I found this to be the video that got my gears turningon making book recommendation videos.
Kids will like- A TON OF THEM! I love this library! They have awesome spoofs- Overdue Twilight, fun parodies- Bring them Back (Let it Go). Just a slew of fun library related, student created videos.
Last on on visual list are QR codes- you know those strange black and white boxes you see on flyers. You use an app on your smart phone or tablet and you get information and what not that couldn't fit on a one sheet of paper. As librarians we could use these to promote up coming book releases, book club meetings, author visits, how to use databases, etc.
This QR Code will take you to the book trailer I created for Firelight
Book synopsis retrieved from http://www.amazon.com/Firelight-Sophie-Jordan/dp/0061935093/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1434509811&sr=8-1&keywords=firelight
Animoto link
https://animoto.com/play/yaE5v4RqaMTftxzoV8GBFQ
The book trailer was beautiful. I hope you had fun making it. As well, the videos you cited will be helpful, too. Citations are really hard to learn unless you have a deadline and are in the midst of freaking out. This gives kids a place to find help!
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