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Books Come to Life

Books Come to Life. : creating trailers, QR Codes, and changing the way students see books by Barbara De Santis & Katie Llera Sayreville School District by. About us. Katie Llera. Barbara De Santis. Media Specialist at Sayreville Middle School

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Books Come to Life

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  1. Books Come to Life : creating trailers, QR Codes, and changing the way students see booksby Barbara De Santis & Katie LleraSayreville School Districtby

  2. About us.. Katie Llera Barbara De Santis • Media Specialist at Sayreville Middle School • Admin for the “Great Graphic Novels for Teens” committee • Reviewer for School Library Journal • Reader for “Garden State Teen Book Awards” • In-class Suppport Technology Specialist • STAR Discovery Educator • Award winning blog • Editor and President-Elect of the New Jersey Science Teachers Association

  3. What is a book trailer? • Book trailers are just like movie trailers, brief summaries of books.

  4. Why create a book trailer? • Visual Learners • Ready to go • Child or Teen Approved • Easily Adjustable

  5. My school • 1300 students • Not a one-to-one school • 20 iPads • Filtered internet • Not a BYOD

  6. What do I need? • Computer/iPad • QR scanner app or software (all free) • iPad,tablet,webcam, smart phone, iPod touch • Internet access • Imagination

  7. How do I make a trailer? Create your own Borrow from others • iMovie • Animoto • Little Bird Tales • Webcam • Video Camera • Glogster • Scholastic Book Trailers • Youtube • Schooltube

  8. QR….. what? • QR codes or quick response codes • Fast readability • Can be scanned by a • Smartphone • Webcam • iPad

  9. Link QR codes to anything! • Your website • Back to School night/conferences • Videos/trailers • Pathfinders • Guides for projects • Read-a-likes • Updated information for non-fiction

  10. War of the Worlds

  11. Night of the Living Dummy http://vimeo.com/54373209

  12. Wonderful Winter Haiku Poems http://www.littlebirdtales.com/tales/view/story_id/46523/

  13. Mother’s Day video • http://animoto.com/play/BctF9tyZN3lYJpaT1Sou4g?utm_source=discoveryeducation.com&utm_medium=player&utm_campaign=player

  14. Ruined Trailer • http://vimeo.com/54369644

  15. Book Trailers are not just for fiction.

  16. The other fiction, non-fiction • Link trailers to subjects on History, both non-fiction and historical fiction titles. • Link a Community Service Club activity such as a Breast Cancer Walk to books about Breast Cancer. • Link a trailer of a math project your students worked on to a math book, or display in the classroom • Link to a digital collage that students have made from their art work work to take home.

  17. Thinking outside the box. • Extra-curricular clubs • Advertisements for school events (play) • School video for incoming students • Summer Reading Program • Spelling Bee, Geography bee or more • Great for parents/guardians show casing student work • Board meetings

  18. Summer Reading

  19. Oregon Trail Can we make it? Our journey west.

  20. Making a Trailer

  21. 8 Special Education students with various behavioral issues and learning disabilities. • The class room teacher reviewed the subject matter they had learned through their textbook and a DVD documentary. • First created a trailer together as a group. • Then in partners. Testing the waters Our first trailer using iMovie

  22. Finding content for trailers • student created content • images • editable video through Discovery Education • Reminding students that they are creating their own, unique version.

  23. What did we learn? • Students loved making trailers! • It helped them check their grammar, vocabulary, and use of images. • Partners are great for editing each other's work and grammar. • Picked up how to use the technology instantly

  24. Oregon Trail

  25. I have a trailer..now what? • Find a website that creates QR Codes. • Delivr • Kaywa • QRstuff

  26. Delivr

  27. Creating a QR Code

  28. Creating a QR Code

  29. More on QR codes.. Statistics on how many people scan your QR Code. You can edit the URL of the QR Code without altering the QR Code. You can search devilvr Group codes together for a project

  30. Creating a scanning station. • Webcam • Computer • QR program (Quick Mark)

  31. Can my students do this from home? • Smartphone statistics • 31% of those ages 14-17 • 8% of youth ages 12-13 • Webcams are built into most laptops Horrigan, John. A Typology of Information and Communication Technology Users. Pew Internet & American Life Project, May 6, 2007, http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/213/report_display.asp, accessed on May 10, 2007.

  32. Training your students • Educating students on what a QR code is and how it is going to be used in school • How you can scan it. • What will happen. • Connecting our physical world to the digital for a global impact

  33. Thanks!

  34. Katie Llera • Katie.Llera@Sayrevillek12.net Follow the library on twitter @SMSBOELIBRARY • Barbara De Santis • Barbara.desantis@Sayrevillek12.net Contact Information Connect to share or ask questions!

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