The Discovery Exercise in this method proved to be the biggest challenge yet of all the exercises. I enjoyed exploring YouTube and spent a few hours exploring the video sharing site. The difficulties for me began when I tried to embed a video into this blog. For some reason, everything would seem to be working but when the time came for me to not "close the window" until the sharing was completed, the waiting never ended. One time, I waited at least thirty minutes. However, when I used Slide Skins, I was able to easily add a YouTube video to the blog.
I chose the Library 2.0 Manifesto because it included beliefs that I want to remain foremost in my mind as I build my librarianship skills.
YouTube offers so many videos. Some of them are indeed, not fit for an elementary school setting but some of the videos would be very useful there. TeacherTube could be an answer to having access to only the useful videos, but many of the TeacherTube videos just do not hold the attention of elementary school students and the collection is not nearly as extensive. YouTube is blocked in the school district where I work and our students are missing out on learning opportunities because of that decision. I am hoping there is a way to allow access to YouTube in the school district, at least to teachers who could search, find, and project the videos most useful and appropriate to their lessons.
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