Friday, March 28, 2008

Youtube + Google video

My home computer can't cope with all the recent usage and we are so busy at work that I haven't had time to add a new post on week 6 activities...
Watched intro video clip and explored www.youtube.com site.
Could see the possibilities of videoing oral histories ( as in the Olive Riley story) - great for Local Studies groups, genealogy/family histories...Also, the time-lapse clip depicting the construction of SLQLD was interesting.
I thought the virtual new staff orientation video with the director of PLCMC was a terrific concept, if there were heaps of staff or you couldn't meet the director in person.
This could be a different idea to have an optional library tour clip when patrons log on to the library computers.
Mosman library stands out for introducing new technologies to the public; You tube great for viewing author talks and other library activities on the catalogue site.
Will try to find a video to embed in this blog, but have to wait till download time is restored!

1 comment:

pls@slnsw said...

Glad you're having fun and discovering lots of new things with Learning 2.0. I'm looking forward to seeing your video when you get a chance to load it.

Your wiki questions...

you can alter your type colour etc if you are using html, though the extent to which you can 'cutomise' seems to be variable;
and
to stop receiving emails you need to go back and alter your alerts.

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