QR Codes to The Rescue in Mineola

In an effort to entice more students to read a wider variety of books, Hampton Street School’s library media specialist Diane Nodell of the Mineola School District created an interactive recommendation station for students to explore potential new book selections.

To launch the station, approximately 20 second-graders were selected to write a “book talk summary” on their favorite book, describing why they love it and why someone else should read it. Using the district-issued iPads, students then took the summaries and converted them into short video descriptions where they “sold” the book to other students and created a QR code for others to access the video.

Students visiting the library can use the iPad to scan the QR code of a book they may be interested in and hear what other students are saying about it.

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