#20 Online video

I LOVE YOU TUBE!!! I have had such fun searching different venues on You Tube. There is just no end to what you can search for there. Again, some were more in line with my tastes and some weren't but with all the videos there are everyone can find something they like. It is truly amazing. I could sit for hours watching a wide variety of videos online.

I chose the video I did because I AM NOT a dancer (my sister was and I always wanted to be) and I enjoy watching the different types of dances that are on these videos. The energy of the dancers, the music, the costumes, all of it, I love it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFYGzhF6J8k

Teaching any subject by online video could really be helpful, not only to the student, but also the instructor. How much easier would it be for the student to make up missed classes using an online video created for a particular subject. How much easier would it be for the professor to instruct the student on where to find the tutorial online and be available for questions if the video wasn't clear enough. Educators at every level could use online videos to supplement their curriculum--much like we used to get to watch the 8mm films in history.

We had language labs in high school that definitely could have used an online video as a supplement. All of the students enrolled in that particular language went to the lab each week. We all wore headphones and all listened to the same audio tapes. No one progressed any faster than the slowest learner. Boring!!! An online video would have allowed the faster students to advance at their own rate without putting pressure on the slower learners.

I have found through doing the TCCL 23 Things that there is a lot of technology now that we all take for granted that would have made my life in school much easier. Wikis, blogging, online videos, Web 2.0 online, and more have made things much simpler now than they were in what is usually called 'the simpler times.'

I could see using an online video about Interlibrary Loan policies, procedures, etc. on the TCCL home page as being very beneficial. You could cover more in more detail and not be limited by the space allowed per page. A brief overview of what the Interlibrary Loan Office does, then a short tutorial on how to register and place requests, check the status of your requests, and how to make the changes to your ILL account that can be made by the customer or other staff could greatly reduce the frustration customer's and staff often feel when they are unable to access the customer's ILL account. Brief explanations concerning the Postage Recovery Fee, why some materials are obtained more quickly while others can take much longer (books as opposed to A/V or genealogy materials), policies regarding renewals or no renewals can answer questions ahead of time for both staff and customers. There is so much more information we could give customers and staff with an online video than we currently can with the home page. We are often asked why this or that policy isn't on our home page, and we tell the customer or staff there just isn't room to put all of our policies on the home page.