Librarians on the Edge…

Are you ready to jump?

HeidiWilliams

The Library

Big Huge Labs

BlabberizeQR Codes

PhET

http://bighugelabs.com/

https://phet.colorado.edu/

• https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/qr-reader-for-iphone/id368494609?mt=8

• http://www.qr-code-generator.com/

http://blabberize.com/

Wouldn’t students love to create their own…

Movie Posters

Photo IDMagazine Covers

Big Huge Labs –Use for grades K–12.

My dog, Guinness, as a movie star - created for LIBS

602.

My first magazine cover - created for

LIBS 642.My second magazine

cover - created for LIBS 605

Big Huge Labs

Virginia Standards of Learning Application

VA SOL 9.4 The student will read, comprehend, and analyze a variety of literary texts including narratives, narrative nonfiction, poetry, and drama. A.) Identify author’s main idea and purpose. B) Summarize text relating supporting details.

Advantages Limitations

• Can use any image• Many choices of

templates• Customizable• Easy to understand

• Cannot change font sizes

• Requires a lot of trail and error in design

• Cannot adjust how the image fits the template

Big Huge Labs

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Here is a creation from a 5th grader, explaining solid matter.

Big Huge Labs –Use for grades K–12.

Blabberize – grades K-12

Blabberize

Virginia Standards of Learning Application

VA SOL VUS.1 The student will demonstrate the skills for historical and geographical analysis and responsible citizenship, including the ability to h) interpret the significance of excerpts from famous speeches and other documents

Advantages Limitations

• Can use any image• Customizable• Can use audio

created by using the microphone, uploading an audio file, or recording with a Smartphone.

• Tricky to place the mouth on the image

• Requires trial and error to perfect

Blabberize

Librarians to the Rescue!

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QR Codes – Grades K - 12

Contains links to websites, images, documents, and more. The sky’s the limit!

QR Codes

QR CodesVirginia Standards of Learning

ApplicationVA SOL VUS.7 The student will demonstrate knowledge of the Civil War and Reconstruction Era and their importance as major turning points in American history by b) identifying the major events and the roles of key leaders of the Civil War Era, with emphasis on Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, and Frederick Douglass

Advantages Limitations

• Can link to any electronic media

• Provides quick access to exactly the site you want students to reach without having to type a long url

• Must have a hand-held device.

• Must have a working camera on the device

• Must download an app

QR Codes

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PhET Interactive Simulations – Grades K-12

Wouldn’t it be great if mathematics and science students were able to analyze and explore concepts through simulations?

PhET Interactive Simulations

Virginia Standards of Learning Application

VA SOL A.6 The student will graph linear equations and linear inequalities in two variables, including a) determining the slope of a line when given an equations of the line, the graph of the line, or two points on the line. Slope will be described as rate of change and will be positive, negative, zero, or undefined; and b) writing the equation of a line when given the graph of the line, two points on the line, or the slope and a point on the line.

Advantages Limitations

• Can search by simulations, types, levels and languages

• Contains an unbelievable number of already created lessons, applications, and simulations.

• The site has so many choices that the search engine is a bit unwieldy.

PhET Interactive Simulations

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Citations

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Case, D. (2006). Mall at Short Hills interior. Retrieved from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mall_at_Short_Hills_interior.jpg#/media/File:Mall_at_Short_Hills_interior.jpg. CC BY-SA 3.0

Cäsium137 (2009). SMirC-thumbsdown. Retrieved by https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SMirC-thumbsdown.svg. CC BY-SA 3.0

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Consumerist Dot Com (2007). Doctor’s Office, Waiting Room. Retrieved from https://www.flickr.com/photos/consumerist/1893141861. CC BY-SA

David (2007). Evil Queen WDW. Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_(Snow_White)#/media/File:Evil_Queen_WDW.jpgCC BY-SA 2.0

Dovewhisper. (2011, November 1). Analyzing: Blabberize Matter - Solid. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rSuU-oX0fQ.

CitationsGeralt (2015). Mathematics. Retrieved from https://pixabay.com/en/mathematics-board-school-count-572273/. CC BY-SA

"Jane Eyre-Joan Fontaine-1" by 20th Century Fox - Jane Eyre trailer (1943). Screenshot taken at 0:41 from this DVD release — 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Region 1 DVD, UPC 024543425748, 2007.. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jane_Eyre-Joan_Fontaine-1.jpg#/media/File:Jane_Eyre-Joan_Fontaine-1.jpg

Joeyhoer (2012). The Radford University RU Logo. Retrieved from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Radford_University_RU_Logo.svg#/media/File:Radford_University_RU_Logo.svg. CC BY-SA

Morales, J. (2013). Leap of faith. Retrieved from https://www.flickr.com/photos/javmorcas/10390124274/. CC BY-SA

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (2010). Astronomy Magazine. Retrieved from https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasawebbtelescope/4875860107. CC BY-SA

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CitationsRochon, B. (2011). Qrcode Wikipedia fr. Retrieved from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Qrcode_wikipedia_fr.jpg. CC BY-SA

Schmidt, M. (2010). ODU sig*tag fullcolor. Retrieved from https://www.flickr.com/photos/hamptonroadspartnership/5681063562/sizes/o/. CC BY-SA 2.0

Thingstad, H. (2008). BASE jumpers on the way down. AtKjerag. Retrieved from https://www.flickr.com/photos/hakonthingstad/2781438329/in/photolist-5eMAHg-3R2wG4-3R2Dsa-3R6XZf-ggkSRN-a9rRD-huWVPJ-hv29FD-hwH318-huXhaq-huZxsT-huSoLG-huYvRZ-i1zW8x-hSLvEi-hGrbyn-hv5PDU-47xDmc-47BHr1-oSdePK-ozZwDV-ozYZqW-ozYAjV-ozYCku-oA14wg-oSu6we-ozZ6eY-oQrKHy-oSrG5L-6F3uu7-taJMz-taK1V-sQN1y-a9rMG-5eMwVi-47BLjy-ggkULj-k42X8-k42XK-huUmaz-huQCiq-huXb7J-huXEHZ-huPyrj-hv6UYB-huR9uV-huXnMq-huPCeY-hv3XUJ-huQvnt. CC BY-SA 2.0

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