Tutorial Brochure Assignment- Libby App
Hello Everyone,
It is nice to be able to engage with you all once more. In today's blog entry, I want to write about Digital Resources that can be accessible to all patrons who visit a library. I aim to be a teacher librarian, and after completing a Tutorial Brochure assignment, I realized I need to promote beyond the school library I will work in.
In other words, the students and school community I will serve need to be aware of other accessible ways to engage with not just physical books but also digital resources that promote literacy. In reading this assignment, I headed towards what to do and how to engage with a brochure that can elevate interest in not just students but parents and the school community.
I first needed to use a platform that would help me engage with creating a brochure. I had suggestions such as Google Slides, PowerPoint, and Canva. And since I tend to challenge myself, I opted for Canva. I have used Canva in the past and have worked on creating flyers and crossword puzzles. I thought I could make a brochure for a Digital Resource. Although I did find it difficult and a bit challenging. I did not give up.
Secondly, I needed to know what digital resource to use and promote. I thought about Beanstack and the Libby App. Although it was a difficult decision, I opted for the Libby App because it does not just promote literacy, but it also promotes local libraries. The Libby App would allow parents and students to engage in reading with the app rather than logging in their reading. It would also allow them to engage with their local library and use their library cards to engage with their reading. It is also accessible for them to use in a variety of digital tools such as iPhone/Android devices, Kindle, iPad, and the Nook Tablet. It would allow them to engage with the app in a variety of ways.
The Libby App also promotes literacy anywhere, whereas a physical book may be harder to take everywhere. A digital resource can be taken in the palm of anyone's hand and in an accessible way.
Thirdly, I was finding how to promote the Libby App in a double-sided brochure. I had to think about the colors, graphics, and images I would use that could promote the app and engage my audience. Although it was a process, I opted to create a make-believe school name and placed my make-believe contact information on the brochure. I then decided to use the Libby App colors and logo throughout the brochure because it would allow my audience to know that I engaged with the resource as well. I used big and small fonts to help parents and students engage with the brochure.
Lastly, I created a QR Code with a free QR Generator that would direct my audience to the Help Libby App website link. This would allow them to go to the website directly if they had any questions regarding it. In a sense, it would help them to find the answer in a faster way then waiting for a response from a school librarian. I also provided my contact information, though, in case they wished to talk to me about it, which in turn would promote the school library as well.
Overall, I enjoyed this assignment, and it helped me to explore beyond my comfort zone. In real life, if I had to do this in my career as a school librarian, I would use the school logo and school colors for the brochure and not the Libby App colors. I would also present this brochure to the school principal prior to sending it out to parents or placing it in our school website or library newsletter.
Below you may find my completed Tutorial Brochure and a link that will direct you to the brochure itself.
Thank you,
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