Wow!

I'm so impressed with all these blogs--such creativity! And such willingness to give it a go.

Booktalk - Acceleration

Task #10 - Posting the video booktalk

First problem: I couldn't download the flipcam software to my computer--"insufficient privileges." That's an irritating start to things. Then I read the instructions after I'd filmed Kim's talk and I guess I should have done that in reverse so I could have tried a little zooming for variety.

...[later] ok, software got installed. The process was straightfoward to put it up on youtube, but here are a few things that could be added to the task details:

• do I choose delete from videocam when I save it?
• you can't just log in to youtube--you need to set up an account
• look for video on left side of page when you go to drag it over to share

Hey, it's up! And really it was a breeze. Too bad I wobbled the camera at the end in trying to turn it off. I was hoping I could clip the last two seconds in the youtube edit, but no luck. Thanks to Kim's fantastic delivery though I think it's not bad for off the cuff filming. That completes the work more or less!

Task #9 - Plan a video booktalk

Well that was easy. Kim was able to do a one minute booktalk without a script or any planning. She's good! Let's hope the flipcam worked and that I can post it easily.

Privacy and web 2.0

I'm wondering if privacy issues should be touched on at the start of the program. It's alluded to in the reminder to think before posting and noting that you can set up a accounts not using your own name, but I wonder if it needs to be dealt with more directly?

Task # 9 - Video booktalking

Hmmm, well I'm not sure about this one. I like Kayleigh's spot. Smart writing, smooth delivery, brief--nice. As for the other samples, the one walking down the street was nicely done, the Scholastic one was a bit boring I thought, and the kids' one I abandoned (over 3 minutes! too long!)--and do you notice: 667 hits. Is it worth the effort? On the other hand, it might be fun for some staff to do one or two (or maybe a TAG group.)

I'll think some more about what I might do with this assignment. Just learning to use the flipcam and how to upload to youtube would be useful.

Task #8 - Twitter

I just tried following TrainingKFPL and KFPLtraining (which one is correct?) but still no luck. I've noticed before that twitter's search function is not reliable and sometimes it seems to take a few days for a new account to show up. Will try again later.