Sunday, January 13, 2008

YouTube

Thing Twenty

YouTube is a website that allows one to upload, tag or share segments of videos. It has hundreds of video clips on an array of topics. What I like about it is no one can download clips on nudity or pornography. Also, since teachers are not allowed to show a full-length film, teachers could possibly find short video clips to support a topic they are teaching. Many students tend to learn better from visual aides. I did not find a particular dislike or use for my library website. I would just need to spend more time searching the various video clippings. However, I did find the video clip below that might be good for an elementary website.

2 comments:

Debbie said...

It is amazing the wide variety of subjects out there on YouTube. I liked all of the "how to" videos.

lyle.metzler said...

I like the variety of clips available. Did you think the search function worked as easily as I did? I was amazed to find some clips about antique tractors. Wow!

I wonder if librarians could add value to the staff by trying to identify some clips for the teachers to use?