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Books
Come to
Life
: creating trailers, QR Codes, and changing the way
students see books
by Barbara De Santis & Katie Llera
Sayreville School District
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About us..
Katie Llera Barbara De Santis
Media Specialist at Sayreville In-class Suppport Technology
Middle School Specialist
Admin for the “Great Graphic STAR Discovery Educator
Novels for Teens” committee
Award winning blog
Reviewer for School Library
Journal Editor and President-Elect of
the New Jersey Science
Reader for “Garden State Teen Teachers Association
Book Awards”
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What is a book trailer?
Book trailers are
just like movie
trailers, brief
summaries of
books.
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Why create a book trailer?
Visual
Learners
Ready to go
Child or Teen
Approved
Easily
Adjustable
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My school
1300 students
Not a one-to-one school
20 iPads
Filtered internet
Not a BYOD
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What do I need?
Computer/iPad
QR scanner app or
software (all free)
iPad,tablet,webcam,
smart phone, iPod touch
Internet access
Imagination
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How do I make a trailer?
Create your own Borrow from others
iMovie Scholastic Book Trailers
Animoto Youtube
Little Bird Tales Schooltube
Webcam
Video Camera
Glogster
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QR….. what?
QR codes or quick
response codes
Fast readability
Can be scanned by a
Smartphone
Webcam
iPad
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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
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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.
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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
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
Testing the waters documentary.
Our first trailer using iMovie First created a trailer
together as a group.
Then in partners.
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Finding content for trailers
student created content
images
editable video through
Discovery Education
Reminding students that they
are creating their own, unique
version.
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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
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More on QR codes..
Statistics
on how many people scan your
QR Code.
Youcan edit the URL of the QR Code
without altering the QR Code.
You can search devilvr
Group codes together for a project
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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.
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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
34. + Katie Llera
Katie.Llera@Sayrevillek12.net
Follow the library on twitter
Contact Information
@SMSBOELIBRARY
Barbara De Santis
Connect to share or ask questions!
Barbara.desantis@Sayrevillek12.net