Yay! Last activity!
Alright, back to what this activity was all about. My task was to discover YouTube and explore the website. I was also tasked to link a video to my blog from YouTube.
I knew about YouTube before this activity, so I did not learn anything new. I have used YouTube to watch movie trailers, listen to movie soundtracks, and to sometimes watch funny clips from reality shows. YouTube has too many uses for me to write them all down. But I do remember during high school and community college, students would use YouTube to upload a presentation to share with the class, or they would use YouTube to share videos that other students had made from just about anywhere. It definitely helped when giving a school presentation; it gave the class audience something to watch along with the presenters' lecture.
One thing I don't like about YouTube is that videos are constantly being taken off because of legality reasons. So you can't always rely on YouTube to have the same video a week after you viewed it.
YouTube could be used for a library's website to help upload instructional videos onto the site that are offered by the library staff. For example, I found a video, made by the University of Arkansas Library, that explained how to read a Library of Congress call number.
Here is the link to that video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4djuA5ZfOWE
I think YouTube has potential as a good online tool.
The video I choose to add to my blog is the movie trailer to 'The Young Victoria'. I really enjoyed this movie when I saw it on DVD, and I remember I first watched the movie trailer on YouTube.
Here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFiI5moxmIQ
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