Discovery Exercise:
1. Explore YouTube & find a video worth adding as an entry in your blog.
Easily enough done. I'm very familiar with YouTube - given my husband has an account and uploads videos.
2. Create a blog post about your experience. What did you like or dislike about the site 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?
I didn't really see anything I disliked about the site. Sure, there are videos that weren't to my personal taste, but as long as it wasn't anything illegal (which I'm sure is not allowed!), who am I to judge? The wonderful thing about people is that we are all so unique and what one person likes another may heartily dislike.
I can see videos being a useful part of library websites. We could have video tutorials for how to use databases, or look up one's library record in the catalog... or things of that nature. For staff, I could even see videos of training presentations. That way perhaps trainings could be done when even only a few people want to take the class or something... (This last, obviously, would be more for the staff webpage than the public page, but still...)
OPTIONAL: Try placing the video inside your blog using the copy and paste code for the for "Embeddable Player.” Note: you'll need to use Blogger's Edit HTML tab when pasting this code.
Here's my optional video: Pyrates Royale "Shanghai Brown"
As to why I chose this particular video -- do you really need to ask? It's PIRATES a'course! YAR!
The Pyrates Royal are a local group, and I first enjoyed their music at the Maryland Rennaissance Festival. This particular video was the clearest in terms of video and sound quality. They are awesome performers and really funny folks.
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