Learning 2.0 Assignment 10: YouTube

This week you will be examining the video sharing tool, YouTube. This assignment (the last assignment) is due Monday, November 24.

1. Read the Wikipedia entry on YouTube.
2. Read "7 Things You Should Know About YouTube.”
3. Read “College Students Love Their Video.”
4. Explore YouTube and find a video that you think is fun or entertaining. Follow the directions here to place the YouTube video in your blog.

Blog prompts (answer these questions in your blog):

1. Have you ever posted a video to YouTube? What about Facebook?
2. Did the statistics in the “College Students Love Their Video” article surprise you or seem accurate? Why?
3. Why did you choose the video you put in your blog?
4. Where else do you search for video?
5. What makes YouTube a Web 2.0 application?

Questions?

• Post any questions in the discussion forum in D2L
• E-mail your professor: Melissa Prescott or Robin Ewing