21st Century Book Talks & Trailers Welcome to ThingLink! This quick tutorial will show you how to create wonderfully engaging experiences with ThingLink. Create Simply click the Create button and select the type of project you want to create. Upload Select a file from your device to be your base image or video. Edit Watch this short video to learn about tag types, basic customization options and the simple publishing process - a perfect intro to editing your thinglinks! Share When you’re ready to share your thinglink, click the blue Share button in the top right corner of the page. Track Statistics help you understand how many people have seen your content, and what part was most engaging. 21st Century Book Talks & Trailers hneltner 8 years ago 19531 views Do you want to create similar content? Start now Learn more Inspiration from ThingLink users Explore more The Journey to Mt. Rita Niblack Atoms Carrie The Who's Who of Sing Virgin Media Step by step at Marcoule Advent im Weinviertel Niederösterreich-Werbung GmbH Sub Sahara Africa Maureen Nolan
From Refugees to Voting Rights, Books to Inspire a Just, Inclusive Society Information gathered by the Southern Poverty Law Center indicates that hate incidents and other forms of oppression have risen as a direct result of the 2016 campaign and election, as have anxiety and fear among students and teachers from marginalized groups. The Bank Street College of Education’s mission states, “we seek to strengthen not only individuals, but the community as well, including family, school, and the larger society in which adults and children, in all their diversity, interact and learn.” The Bank Street Credo, authored by our founder Lucy Sprague Mitchell nearly a century ago, talks about developing “flexibility when confronted with change and [the] ability to relinquish patterns that no longer fit the present” and “gentleness combined with justice in passing judgments on other human beings” in children and adults alike. We find ourselves asking: what are the special responsibilities of educators and librarians in the year 2017? Immigrants/Immigration I’m New Here Hidden
How to Make a Book Trailer: 3 Free Apps for Creating an Impressive Video As any author can tell you, promoting your book is a challenge. In addition to standard marketing techniques, you must find new and innovative ways to engage with your readers. One way to do that is to create an animated book trailer. But not many people know how to make a book trailer. To start, you’ll want some photos for your trailer; typically, these would be of you, your book cover, and your interior art. If you’re a Windows user, you can download Photo Story or Movie Maker from Microsoft. Several newer apps combine trailer creation and hosting, including Animoto, Prezi, and PhotoShow. Animoto The Lite version of Animoto is free and enables you to create 30-second animated trailers. Step 1. Step 2. Step 3. Step 4. If you want to add to your trailer, you can also pay for additional options like a longer video, more animation choices and more customization of your animation. Prezi The Public version of Prezi is free. Step 1. Step 2. Step 3. Step 4. Step 5. PhotoShow Step 1. Step 2.
Using Film to Teach Reading and Literacy Are you kidding? Use movies to teach kids to read? Some might say it’s nonsense. For most of a century, we’ve heard experts claim that “the media” is the enemy of literacy. First it was radio, then movies, then TV. Nowadays, when I hear this repeated yet again, I like to offer a true story that helps dispel the claim. And here’s a more recent example: Each episode of Reading Rainbow – broadcast by PBS from 1983 to 2009 and the recipient of over 200 awards – featured a segment recommending books that were related to each show’s theme. Those recommendations, shared by TV star LeVar Burton, led many school and public libraries to acquire the titles – and many kids to read them. The evidence continues to abound. An important common core standard to keep in mind Today, many films are “based on a true story” and current teaching standards encourage students to investigate how filmmakers use “artistic license” in their retellings. Which questions should they ask? Looking for older material?
5 Free Tools for Creating Book Trailer Videos The traditional book report that asks students to critique the books that they read is a staple of many classrooms. If you would like to add a new element to book reports try having students add visual and audio components to book reports by having students create book trailers. Book trailers are short videos designed to spark a viewer's interest in a book. A great place to find examples of book trailers is Book Trailers for Readers. If you would like to have your students try to create book trailers, here are five free video tools that are well-suited to that purpose. Animoto makes it possible to quickly create a video using still images, music, video clips, and text. Stupeflix is a service that allows user to quickly and easily create video montages using their favorite images and audio clips. Shwup is a service similar to Animoto and Stupeflix for creating videos based on your images and audio files. Masher is a free tool for creating video mash-ups.
News - William Paterson University ‘Watched’ recognized for addressing diversity in a meaningful way Marina Budhos The latest young adult book written by William Paterson University English Professor Marina Budhos, “Watched,” has been named a Walter Dean Myers Honor Book for 2017. The prize is administered by the organization “We Need Diverse Books,” recognizing outstanding children’s literature that addresses diversity in a meaningful way. “Watched” takes on the topic of Muslim surveillance in New York City through the eyes of fictitious character Naeem, a teenage boy who agrees to be a paid informant for the NYPD’s controversial Muslim spying operation in exchange for a clean record. “My hope is to tell the human story behind the headlines; the complicated choices and pressures teenagers face – especially Muslim teenagers – when their world is so riven and made precarious by violence, extremism, intolerance and mistrust,” Budhos says. “It’s incredibly thrilling to receive this honor.
Del booktrailer a la app de una historia De un tiempo a esta parte, el booktrailer se ha convertido en una fórmula muy común para promocionar un lanzamiento editorial. Estos vídeos cortos, similares a los trailers cinematográficos, ponen de relieve los aspectos más atractivos de una obra a través de imágenes y sonido, con el objetivo de captar la atención del lector e invitarlo a la lectura; y muchas editoriales (también los autores independientes) se han animado a crear un booktrailer de sus títulos. En esta línea, una fórmula que puede ser de interés en el sector editorial es el desarrollo de apps promocionales. La aplicación incorpora información sobre el film (sinopsis, trailer) y sus protagonistas, así como diferentes juegos, pasatiempos, experimentos caseros…, y su lanzamiento tuvo lugar unos días antes del de la película con el objetivo de generar expectación entre el público.
Use the news to teach reading comprehension Allowing students to explore news articles that spark their curiosity can provide a bigger literacy boost than having them read nonfiction texts about random topics far removed from a youngster’s interests. At Lancaster Middle School near Buffalo, New York, students read news articles to help write stories for a classroom magazine and to prepare for debates in social studies. The articles are a highly effective tool to teach students how to summarize and organize information in their writing and their arguments, says Christine Stockslader, a librarian at the school, which is part of the Lancaster Central School District. “When students read and understand current events, they are extremely interested and form strong opinions,” Stockslader says. “This interest is an excellent tool for teachers to instruct on comprehension, skill-building and fluency.” Upcoming Literacy Conferences National Association for Media Literacy Education Chicago, June 26-28 International Literacy Association
The Big Tease: Trailers are a terrific way to hook kids on books Once upon a time, publishers promoted books with jacket blurbs, bookmarks, and author tours. Then six years ago, YouTube changed the rules of the game. Today publishers are spending as much as $20,000 a pop to create book trailers—30- to 90-second teasers, à la movie trailers, designed to generate virtual and word-of-mouth buzz and, of course, to sell titles. “Trailers are definitely a staple in our marketing,” says Diane Naughton, HarperCollins’s vice president of marketing. Indeed. The trick: “Pure enthusiasm does not make good video,” says best-selling kids’ book author and former National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Jon Scieszka. So what makes a great trailer? The best trailers typically last just a minute or so. Humor is another secret weapon. A little film, TV, and musical experience can also go a long way. Some videos are essentially author interviews, but these tend to work best after kids have read the book, says a Myers. Trailers target many audiences. No money?