Thing # 20

Discovery Exercise: Explore YouTube & find a video worth adding as an entry in your blog.

I stumbled across this staged video: Angry Librarian

And then I found this one and it brought tears to my eyes! Free Hugs I read a little bit from the u2b blog and Free Hugs was featured on Good Morning America this morning! I was thinking as I was watching it that it should have been featured! :-).


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?

This was my first foray into YouTube. As an avid Good Morning America watcher, I was aware of YouTube because GMA features top videos on Wednesdays. I left for work before I had the chance to see the featured videos today. I even saw an interview with the creators of YouTube...two regular guys who saw a need for sharing video much the same way that digital photography is shared. It's an ingenious idea.

I never logged onto it before now because, once again, I'm normally too busy and too afraid of getting addicted to this type of stuff. Logging on and discovering YouTube has been very eye-opening and I'm glad I did it.

Library use I can definitely see a tie between YouTube and the public library...especially with ImaginOn and Studio i. Yesterday I took my Writing for Children class to ImaginOn and an intern, Ben explained the process and showed us some of his animation work. I think he should load his work on YouTube. There shoudl be some way for the older teen set to have access to YouTube for their work and to showcase on YouTube. Since YouTube does have mature content at times, that part might be a challenge. In addition, there are video editing booths and other video production tools in Virtual Village so adults who make filmm or videos could also showcase them on YouTube and have a sort of "user group" made up of Library patrons. So many cool possibilities!


YouTube Conclusion: Enjoyed it immensely! Wonderful idea!