Universities and Libraries and utilizing YouTube as well. Here’s a YouTube video about Web 2.0 created by a professor at Kansas State University. Thomson Gale, a library database provider, recently sponsored a I Love My Libary video contest by asking people to post their videos to their YouTube channel.
Do some searching around YouTube yourself and see what the site has to offer. You'll find everything from educational themes such as Did You Know? to 1970s TV commercials to library dominos here. Of course, like any free site you’ll also find a lot stuff not worth watching too. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t explore and see for yourself! :)
Discovery Exercise:
1. Explore YouTube & find a video worth adding as an entry in your blog.
2. Create a blog post about your experience. What did you like or dislike about YouTube and why did you choose the video that you did? Can you see any features or componets of the site that might be interesting if they were applied to library websites?
NOTE: If you like, you can login to YouTube with your Google account.
OPTIONAL: Try placing the video inside your blog using the copy and paste code labeled "Embed." The HTML code can be used for when you want to provide a link to the video at the YouTube site.
Note: when embedding a video in a blog post, switch from the Compose tab to the Edit HTML tab and then paste the Embed code. You can also use this code as a Page Element in your blog's sidebar (select HTML / Java)
Note: Due to frustrations that many users have with Internet Explorer 6.0.2 crashing when trying to open some videos, it is recommended that for this exercise you use the FireFox browser. It is installed on all public computers in the library, or you may easily download it to your computer from here.
Other popular video hosting sites:
NOTE: Videos, like music downloads, are bandwidth hogs. It is recommended that you complete this exercise during light internet usage times, and on a computer with a fast internet connection.
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