Thursday, July 26, 2007

Week 9, Thing 20: Discover YouTube and a Few Sites That Allow You to Upload Video

After looking at some unusual videos including one on how not to use power tools while quilting, I came across this one on backwards knitting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT-u3MBGFtI

This was a technique I had heard of and found very easy to follow while watching the video clip. I'll try it soon.

YouTube is a place where you could get sucked in. As you watch one video, you are shown other related ones and it would be very easy to just do one more and one more... Because of the variety of clips, they certainly could be for entertainment or, as in the case of the one I have included, instruction.

In a library, the large display of clips on each page might lead patrons or librarians to areas they would be uncomfortable viewing in the library. Having short clips about very specific items could be very useful (like the new New Staff Orientation) but I'm not sure that YouTube is the format to collect and display them.

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