rocks. My favorite videos to view are typically mashups, especially any mashups that use Disney content because Disney is so protective of their copyrighted works. Here is one of my favorite videos from the past year:
YouTube is fine and dandy for entertainment purposes, but there is a lot of educational potential here, as well. I would LOVE it if my local library held some sort of curated YouTube viewing event, where a number of interesting videos were hand-picked by staff, presented to viewers, and then discussed. Think of the possibilities! There could be kid nights, young adults, subject-related nights, and the list goes on. Or consider this scenario...you allow patrons to attend Harvard University philosophy / ethics courses digitally FOR FREE. Check out the video below, part of Harvard's official YouTube Channel:
So yes, I love YouTube and all its potential. I mostly hate, however, YouTube commenters. They are almost exclusively crude, coarse, inarticulate, and just plain dumb. I have pretty much given up on reading or leaving any comments to videos.
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that's very interesting. I had no idea that there were college lectures posted on YouTube. And I agree that most commenters have nothing constructive to offer.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting programming ideas for libraries here, Tommy. Really nice. You know, if you use firefox you can make it so that NO YOUTUBE COMMENTS SHOW UP! :-)
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