Book Trailers

Using Technology to
Grab Readers!

Karen Becknell
Joanne Steckling
MAME 36 Oct. 22, 2009
 What’s in this session for me?

How to:
 Createa web-based trailer library for your
students

 Create your own trailers

 Integrate technology: teach students to create

trailers
What’s a Book Trailer?
 What’s a Book Trailer?

 Librarian/Teacher-created trailers

 Professional trailers

 Student-created trailers
 Creating a web-based
collection
 Digital
Booktalk
, University of Central Florida

 Naomi Bates (Northwest HS, Justin

TX)

 SearchYouTube, Teachertube, or
Schooltube
Creating Book Trailers
 Help is available online!

Crystal Booth on
Squidoo.com

Author Jill Elizabeth Nelson

 http://
www.squidoo.com/booktrailers

Everything you need to know about creating booktrailers

To create a book trailer, you
need:
 Software

 Pictures

 Sounds
 Software Options
 Windows Movie Maker (XP & Vista)

 Photo Story 3: still pictures only

 Animoto

 iMovie (for iMac users)

 Other?
 Windows Movie Maker
 In
XP, does not appear in Start-All
Programs. Go to My Computer-
C:Program Files-Movie Maker Folder.
Right-click on moviemk.exe, make
shortcut and drag to desktop.

 Vista and XP versions not compatible!

 Excellent tutorial available online

 Pictures or Video
 Copyright-free images available online

 Scan book covers and illustrations

 Take your own photos, video

 Use text with effects

 Student-created art
 Sounds
 Soundzabound

 Imported mp3’s

 PhotoStory 3 and iMovie Garage

Band: compose your own

 Royalty-Free sound clips online

 Audio narration
 Writing the Script
 Think visual booktalk

 Write
your own, or adapt
booktalks written by others

 Createstoryboard, matching text

with image
 Adapt a Booktalk
 Booktalks Quick and Simple
nancy.keane.com/booktalks

Joni Bodart – The BookTalker

www.thebooktalker.com

Scholastic Booktalks
www.scholastic.com/librarians/ab/booktalks.htm

Librarians@Random Booktalks
www.randomhouse.com/teachers/librarians/booktalks.html

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Storyboard
Putting it all together….
1. Import Video or pictures

2. Add:
Transitions
Effects
Narration
Sound

3. Save and publish

Publish your Trailers
Schooltube.com

Teachertube.com

Youtube.com

Your library or district web page

Other?
 Websites for Images
 FlickrCreative Commons
 Edupics: collection of sites
 Stock.xchng
 Pics4learning
 Gimp-savvy
 Joyce Valenza’s list
 Teachertap: links to copyright free images

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Royalty-Free Music
 http://www.royaltyfreemusic.com/free-music-
resources.html Free stock music for educational
use

 http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/
(Suggests $5 donation for downloading)

 http://www.partnersinrhyme.com/pir/PIRsfx.shtml
Free royalty-free sound effects

 http://www.partnersinrhyme.com/pir/free_music_lo
ops.shtml Free royalty-free music loops

 http://www.shambles.net/pages/school/SoundE
Shambles: Sound Effects and Music
 More Sounds
http://www.educyberpg.com/Music/FREE.html
Educational CyberPlayGround: Get Music
Downloads

http://www.archive.org/details/opensource_au
dio Open Source Audio

http://ccmixter.org/ ccMixter

http://www.classiccat.net/#black Classic Cat

(classical music)

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