YouTube is a wonderful experience- the good, the bad, and the ugly. The quality of findings depend search terms used- For me, it is mostly a place to go when I've heard about it from somebody else. I am not a YouTube surfer. But it is a wonderful visual communication tool. I found two YouTube videos to share. Pi day happens in March. The calculus teacher at my son's school does an assembly each year in honor of Pi day, after which pie is offered to each student in honor of pi day. She also honors the day in song with her original lyrics- it's quite entertaining. Her presentation for 2010 is not on YouTube yet, but her 2009 pi day presentation is on YouTube, searchable by Burke pi. Also found a very entertaining Dewey Decimal rap searchable by those terms. It illustrates the use of a site like this for publicizing library-related information for students. Libraries could use YouTube to promote services in a catchy-entertaining way- or put up summary videos perhaps about the upcoming renovations of two of our library branches, or the unfortunate changes coming to our library system in terms of hours changes at the branches. These are the links to the two YouTube videos I enjoyed. The first is Burke Pi Day, the second is The Dewey Decimal Rap.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ER47HkP7ogQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHiUQb5xg7A&feature=related
I also took a look at Yahoo Videos. We are planning a spring trip to Vermont, so I looked for items of interest related to our trip. Many of the postings were actually links to videos on other sites, like YouTube.
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