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Creating a 21 st Century Library

Using d igital photo frames , l ivescribe pens, and QR codes to engage and motivate students. Creating a 21 st Century Library. Melissa Grabill Media Specialist Mt Hebron HS Howard County Public School System melissa_grabill@hcpss.org. Digital Frame. Book Promotion

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Creating a 21 st Century Library

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  1. Using digital photo frames, livescribe pens, and QR codes to engage and motivate students. Creating a 21st Century Library Melissa Grabill Media Specialist Mt Hebron HS Howard County Public School System melissa_grabill@hcpss.org

  2. Digital Frame • Book Promotion • Additional Resources • Trivia

  3. Book Promotion

  4. Additional Resources

  5. Trivia

  6. Digital Frame Availability • $50 - $100 • Most major retailers including Amazon • May include remote • Pay attention to power supply – can be battery powered or have a plug • Can be used with calendar and clock as well

  7. livescribe pen • Audio book talks • Subject area descriptions • Differentiating instructions

  8. Sound Sticker Book Reviews • Individual book talks placed on the book. • Categorical list of titles placed throughout the shelves… “For a humorous read, try Book A located at F ABC and Book B found at F DEF.”

  9. Subject Area Descriptions • Place a sound sticker on the Dewey signs if you have them naming some popular titles from each area. • Describe a section of shelving and highlight some titles like Fab Four FAQ 2.0 and The Anthology of Rap in the 780 section. • Reminders throughout the shelves that books are organized by topic.

  10. Differentiating Instructions • Record directions for an activity, worksheet, or test • Allow students to have the pen to hear and repeat the instructions as necessary • Group activities can have different stickers for different groups to hear different directions

  11. livescribe pen availability • Ballpark price of $150-200 • Can be purchased online at livescribe.com as well as in person at Best Buy, Staples, Brookstone, etc… • Education discount applies • Storage capacity varies – 2 GB, 4 GB, and 8 GB models • Works only with special dot paper

  12. QR Codes – What is it? • Stands for Quick Response • Began with vehicle assembly industry • Similar to a bar code but holds more information because it is stored both vertically and horizontally • Has recently become popular to consumers with the mass use of smart phones • Longer the URL, more complicated the code is

  13. QR Codes • School/Teacher/Class webpages • Trivia Challenge • Link and Group Resources • Companion and Author Websites • Surveys • Additional Information

  14. Class Webpage

  15. Trivia Challenge

  16. Link and Group Resources • Create a webpage for research assignment • Create a QR code for the site • Place the code on the paper assignment sheet given to students

  17. Companion and Author Website

  18. Surveys

  19. Additional Information Easily send students to watch video tutorials hosted on SchoolTube Gwyneth Jones, The Daring Librarian, also has some great QR Code Scavenger Hunt resources http://www.thedaringlibrarian.com/2011/03/qr-code-quest-library-scavenger-hunt.html

  20. QR Code Availability • Free to create • Multiple websites like kaywa.com and delivr.com create codes for url’s, text, and SMS • Save the image as a .jpg file and place where appropriate

  21. Questions?Other Ideas?

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