What a fun experience! I enjoyed looking at so many videos -- but I had to make a choices eventually or I would still be looking at them. I selected two to share -- the first one is Julie Andrews promoting the use of the public library (Palin should make one for Alaska's Libraries). The other one I chose was "A Library As Big As Texas . . . ." which made me think that we should make one that says "A Library As Big As Alaska" (perhaps it should really read, A Library Bigger Than Texas); but this one promotes the use of databases -- we could promote our Digital Pipeline. I think that video like these and especially tutorial based videos could certain peak the interest of students to learn more about how a library functions and how to conduct research at a library. I am starting to collect videos that will be helpful for lessons I plan to share this coming school year. Wow -- to me this is powerful -- teachers could assign the viewing of these tutorials and students would certainly respond favorably -- it is the Web 2.0 teaching strategy.
