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Using @pinterest & #QRcodes to digitize @iampemberton’s class library & share reading prompts. #kinderchat #ptchat
I just had such a great and productive conversation with Kindergarten teacher, Lauren Pemberton (@iampemberton)! Lauren came into the tech office asking about whether she should affix QR codes to class library books or use some other technology like augmented reality. I asked what she’d like to have happen, and she said she wants parents to be able to scan a code and see questions pop-up during read-alouds with their children that would be good prompts and conversation starters about the story.
I agreed that QR codes would work really well, since the QR code acts as a link to additional information by using any device. Each QR code is paired to a unique webpage that can be bookmarked or emailed or just left in the form of an open page on the device’s web browser. In contrast, augmented reality apps like Layar and Aurasma allow the book cover (or any image) to be used as a dynamic trigger that launches an overlay of information on the device’s screen. This is awesome, but that overlay would disappear as soon as the device is no longer hovering over the trigger (in this case, scanning the book via the app could launch an image containing a list of questions but only when the device is “seeing” the book cover).
I backtracked and suggested that Lauren and her co-teacher, @Jenn_Dare,  first build a Pinterest board full of books available in their classroom’s library. I totally got this idea from my friend, @KimBeeman, who is the amazing Head of the Library at The Shrewsbury International School in Bangkok, Thailand. Kim curates a wonderfully useful Shrewbury Library Blog and many Pinterest boards of the library’s collection organized by genre, grade, project, date acquired, and more.
Finally, I suggested that Lauren keep a GoogleDoc that consists of an ever-expanding table that includes the following information:
URL to that book’s pin on the class library Pinterest board
QR code that links to that pin’s URL
This will be tedious but worthwhile. After all of their classroom’s current  books are inventoried, pinned to the Pinterest board, and linked to a QR code, it’s just a matter of adding new rows to the table as any additional books are brought in to supplement their growing and evolving library.
Tagged as augmented reality, Aurasma, Bangkok, book reviews, iampemberton, Karen Blumberg, KarenBlumberg, Kim Beeman, kimbeeman, Lauren Pemberton, Layar, library, literacy, literature, QR codes, Shrewsbury International School, Shrewsbury International School Library, Thailand, The School at Columbia University
February 5, 2015 · 2:02 pm
Slides for my #LKSW2015 presentations on New Media Literacies and DIY PD at @ShrewsburyBKK today.
Many thanks to @KimBeeman for including me in the lineup of speakers at the Librarians Knowledge Sharing Workshop 2015 event she organized for February 6-7, 2015 at Shrewsbury International School in Bangkok, Thailand where she is Head of Library. Here’s a link to the awesome schedule for LKSW 2015 Kim put together.
Kim and I worked together at Convent of the Sacred Heart in New York City from 2004-2006. I’m now back in the Land of Smiles on a personal leave to collaborate with @BangkokGlutton. Now that I’m 10,000 miles closer to Kim, she and I met and talked about the planning of LKSW. She had a great collection of speakers and topics lined up and she grouped them really well into 4 two-hour blocks of sessions. As a huge believer in Edcamps and the Edcamp model, I suggested ending the conference with an unconference for Session 5. I can’t wait to see how it plays out! I was honored that Kim asked me to present as well, and I readily offered a few suggestions before we narrowed it down to the two below.
Slides for my New Media Literacies presentation:
Slides for my DIY PD presentation:
Tagged as Bangkok, DIY, Henry Jenkins, Karen Blumberg, Kim Beeman, Librarians Knowledge Sharing Workshop, new media, new media literacies, PD, professional development, Shrewsbury International School, Thailand
I couldn’t find a satisfactory wall mount for a mini glue gun, so I made one with @Tinkercad and an @Ultimaker. You can find it on the @thingiverse… @BrearleyNYC #MakerEd #STEAM
Pics from my visit to @DwightSchool’s #SparkLab designed by @lesa_wang! #makerspace #MakerEd #STEAM
Gathering my notes and tweets from yesterday’s mycelium workshop at @GenspaceNYC (organized by @STEMteachersNYC)… #STEMintheCITY #scichat #STEMed
Finally finished this chandelier made from the rolled up flyers that flooded my mailbox in June before the mayoral primary. #MakerEd #STEAM #ArtEdTech
Presenting “Experiences As A Maker Educator (Before, During, And After COVID)” at @Make Education Forum, 12pm EDT. I’ll share a variety of projects from @BrearleyNYC. #MakerEd #STEAM
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