Online video hosting sites have exploded in the past few years allowing users to upload and share videos easily on the web. We have even been able to view political uprisings in far off countries, much to the chagrin of those in charge. Among all the web 2.0 players in this area, YouTube is currently top dog serving up over 1 million video views a day and allowing users not only to upload their own video content easily, but also embed clips into their own sites easily.
Do some searching around YouTube yourself and see what the site has to offer. You'll find everything from 1970s TV commercials and 60s music videos to library dominos . Of course, like any free site you’ll also find a lot stuff not worth watching too. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t explore and see for yourself what the site has too offer. :)
Discovery Exercise:
- Explore YouTube & find a video worth adding as an entry in your blog.
- 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?
OPTIONAL: Try placing the video inside your blog using the copy and paste code for the "Embeddable Player.” This is easiest if you create an account in YouTube. Each video you watch (while logged into your account) has an "EMBED" link over to the right in the grey box. Simply copy that coding and paste it into your blog using the Blogger's Edit HTML tab when pasting this code. Be forewarned, your text and all the commands will show up in HTML. Just find the right place for it and paste it in!.
NOTE: Videos, like music downloads, are bandwidth hogs. It is recommended that you complete this exercise during light internet usage times.
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