Videos and podcasts

The first part of our Thing of the Week challenge is to post a YouTube video to our blog. Here is my personal favorite video of all time. Shot on location in the library, it features my daughter doing what she does best - going off on a rant. While she is an animal lover in general, you will quickly see which animal is not her favorite, or even on her top ten list. (Please note - this was not a random video shoot but rather an assignment for her high school debate class.) Adding this video did not work simply clicking on it. I had to go to the Share button under the video and select the Blogger icon to add it.





The next part of our Thing of the Week was to watch a video or listen to a podcast related to libraries and summarize the key points. I had no idea there were so many options to watch and/or listen to! Who knew authors were creating trailors for their new books! Being someone who works quite a bit with the young people of our school, I can see how this would be a great way to entice teens to check out new books. Adolescents are constantly online so what better way to engage them than by using a format they are already using. There is even a trailer out there for Jay Asher's "Thirteen Reasons Why" that does not mention the book title OR his name - what a fantastic way to intrigue someone! YouTube is not something I have used much (I never really though there was anything interesting or worthwhile on it). Apparently, I was wrong. A whole new world has just been opened up to me and I'm quite excited to explore it's possibilities.