Showing posts with label Thing 16. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thing 16. Show all posts

Sunday, 7 April 2013

YouTube


The question for this thing is how could you/do you use YouTube in your work, as a library assistant there has not been any need for me to use YouTube.  I looked at a few clips and at our website and the advantages are obvious especially to people like me who prefer to watch demonstrational videos about how to use tools. A good example of this is the extranormal clip for leap into learning for ACU.

I chose the video below because it is a bit different and not your traditional form of information delivery for a library.

 The video below is by   Athenasbanquet (2011)

Students and faculty from the University of Washington's Information School get their groove on.
Directed, edited, and produced by Sarah Wachter.
 
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Even thought I had heard of ted I don’t think I looked at it yet but I found a couple of interesting talks.  TED could be a good research tool, I have an interest in science and I looked at a couple of the new releases.  One of the ones I watched was  Skylar Tibbits talk on 4D printing.  During the talk he mentioned Cadnano which is a tool for designing three-dimensional DNA origami nanostructures.  He also mentioned Project Cyborg and although these are not library related I think it is a good example of the potential to discover and learn about new technologies.