StoryTubes Presentation - ALA 2011

StoryTubes and You:Online Kids’ Booktalks @ Your Library
Or, “Recipes for the Digital Shelf”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9P17eYfp4E

What is StoryTubes?
An annual contest.
An opportunity for students to promote favorite books in two-minute videos.
Open to English-speaking kids and teens everywhere.
Individual entries and group entries are welcome.
Online voting for video entries encourages participation and excitement.

Why do we do StoryTubes?
“…We need to change this notion that reading is a chore.”
----James Patterson

Kids & Reading
A majority of kids say they like to read books for fun and that reading books for fun is important.
Most kids perceive a correlation between reading and success.

Kids & Reading
Reading frequency declines after age eightand is stronger among girls than boys.
Trouble finding books they like is a key reason kids say they do not read more frequently.

Technology & Reading
Kids believe that technology will complement — not replace — book reading.
After age eight, more childrengo online daily than read for fun daily; however, high frequency Internet users are still more likely than lower frequency users toread books for fun every day.

Nearly two in three online tweens and teens (age 9-17) have extended the reading experience via the Internet. These kids are more likely to value and enjoy reading, read more frequently, and agree with the statement: “No matter what I can do online, I’ll always want to read books printed on paper.”
2008 Kids & FamilyReading Report™

Across the Pond

Kids & StoryTubes

Spring Brook Headlines

One School’s Experience:
Spring Brook Elementary

Cameras and Equipment
Camcorder
Digital Camera
Webcam
Cell/Mobile Phone Camera

Editing Tools
Video:
Windows Movie Maker(Windows XP)
Windows Live Movie Maker(Windows 7 – not pre-loaded)
iMovie(Macintosh)
Images:Paint.NET(Windows)
Audio:Audacity(Windows)

Uploading StoryTubes Videos
Two Basic Steps:
Create a YouTube or TeacherTube Account
Upload the Video

Create a YouTube Account – Step One
Click on the Create Account link.

Create a YouTube Account – Step Two

Create a YouTube Account – Step Three

Create a YouTube Account – Step Four
Activate your account and log in.

Now for the upload step…
Upload Video – Step One
Click on the Upload Link!

Upload Video – Step Two
Click on the Upload video button!

Upload Video – Step Three
Select the video file .

Upload Video – Step Four
Review and update the
video information.
Note:
Entries can’t be “private”.
Descriptions and tags are nice but not necessary.

Upload Video – Step Five

Upload Video – Step Five
Go to My Uploaded Videos and click on the Edit button to see all
video information and options.
Note:
Entry videos must allow embedding by external sites (e.g., storytubes.info).
They can’t be “private”.
Descriptions and tags are nice but not necessary.

Next Step…
…enter StoryTubes!

Join the Fun in 2012!
January 2012 – Ramp Up to the Contest
February 2012 – Entries Accepted
March 2012 – Entries Reviewed & Judges’ Choices Awarded
April 2012 – Runner Up Voting Rounds

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StoryTubes Presentation - ALA 2011

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