I would add one thought about the value of learning to create book trailers. That
is that they are great alternatives to the usual book report assignment, and you
really need to have some experience with them in order to help kids create
trailers.
Thanks for all your work on this, Teresa.
Marsha Redd
Library Media Specialist
Kelloggsville High School
Grand Rapids, MI
"I'm concerned that we may create a generation of young people that are really good
at tests... but is that the purpose of school?" Tapscott
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On Aug 9, 2010, at 11:03 AM, Teresa Schauer <pettushs@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> Greetings, Great Collective Brain!
>
>
>
> There were a couple of posts about book trailers this morning when I logged
> into my email, and I thought I’d weigh in with my views on the subject…
>
>
>
> One of our members posted that she had planned on learning to create
> trailers this summer, but after viewing so many great ones that are out
> there, she’s decided not to—since it’s so easy to download and share
>what’s
> already available with her students. She made the comment, “Why reinvent
> the wheel?”
>
>
>
> She got a reply with all the reasons we should learn new things, and that if
> no one tried anything new, we’d still be driving the Model T.
>
>
>
> My view? I agree with BOTH posts, wholeheartedly. J
>
>
>
> I created my first trailer (for *Crank*, by E. Hopkins) a few years back, as
> part of an Independent Study I was doing with Dr. Teri Lesesne. I quickly
> realized that book trailers were going to become a passion of mine—I became
> almost addicted to creating them—finding just the right hook to make a book
> “sparkle” enough to whet even the most reluctant high school reader’s
> interest. (A HUGE shout-out to Naomi Bates here, for providing the steps
> for getting started on book trailers, and access to all her great trailers
> and the inspiration they provided)
>
>
>
> After I had created a few, and saw that other teachers, students and
> librarians were creating them as well, the mission shifted from creating
> trailers, to creating a place where everyone could put their trailers so
> they would be accessible to as many people as possible. Thus, the group on
> Teacher
>Tube<http://teachertube.com/members/groupHome.php?group_id=booktrailersforall&msg=1>was
> created. (A shout-out the Camille Powell here—without her tenacity in
> getting ‘er done regarding dealing with the tech people at TT, I probably
> would have given up) There was obviously interest, because literally
> hundreds of people signed up for membership each week. (We currently have
> 1,554 members) TT is not the most user friendly site, though, so we
> continued to search and finally found the 4shared site, and created BTFA on
> 4shared <https://www.4shared.com/u/vgpvszst/15eb7f4e/Book_Trailers_for_All>.
> That’s when the sharing magic began to happen as downloads took off, and the
> feedback from librarians started to come in. BTFA currently has 146
> trailers and there have been almost 21,000 downloads from the site since
> March. (We are still updating the TT group with new trailers since 4shared
> is blocked by many districts. We also have a YouTube channel as well as a
> FB page—Excuse my shameless advertising here)
>
>
>
> Now for my opinion about those who create, and those who don’t:
>
>
>
> First, if you have a creative spark within you, are even a tiny bit savvy
> with technology, then PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE give trailer creation a try and
> by all means, *share your work* with us! The sites would not exist without
> the creative genius of every single trailer creator we have. (We are at
> more than 30 creators currently) You won’t know if trailer creation is for
> you, unless you give it a try—believe me when I say, *you’ll know* right
> away if it is. I have found Animoto to be the easiest way to start—and have
> also found that (overall) the trailers created with it are the ones that
> students tend to like the best. While there’s not as much “creative
> control”, the effects and music are so darn awesome, it makes that loss
> worth it. (To me, anyway) There are literally thousands of trailers out
> there—many by the publishers themselves—that are professionally created
> productions and truly awe-inspiring to those of us who have taken the time
> to make one from scratch using MovieMaker. In my experience, though—through
> watching my own students react to trailers, the simplest
> ones<https://www.4shared.com/video/LYTZA-sJ/Captain_Underpants.html>get
> watched every bit as much as the more complex.
> (That being said, the *amazing* trailers created by Analine
> Johnson<https://www.4shared.com/video/xobso9pq/darkness.html>and
> others are just that—amazing—and they get viewed and downloaded more
> than any other on our site)
>
>
>
> For those of you, who simply don’t have the time, desire, or creativity it
> takes to create trailers, then PLEASE feel free download the trailers from
> our sites—that’s why they are there! There are directions for downloading
> the trailers and getting them into an iTunes loop for sharing on a TV or
> computer in the documents folder. The creators of the trailers have placed
> them at BTFA because they have a desire to get them into the hands (or eyes)
> of as many kids as possible. Not only that, while most of *us* are not
> digital natives, our students ARE—and through watching trailers, you may
> just have kids asking you if they can create them. (I know it’s happening
> in my own school)
>
>
>
>
>
> The whole point of a book trailer, to me, is to make the match. I have
> found that if I can make the match, many times ONLY ONCE with a kid who has
> never enjoyed a book, the road is paved for the next one…and the next one…
>
>
>
> So, if one of your gifts is creativity—GET CRACKIN’ on book trailer
> creation! J If you don’t have time, or are blessed with other gifts, then
> share THOSE! Remember, beautiful things happen when we share.
>
>
>
> I hope everyone has a stellar school year!
>
>
>
> ~Teresa
>
> --
> Teresa Schauer
> District Librarian/Pettus ISD
> Pettus, Texas
> tschauer@pettusisd.esc2.net
>
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