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Four short, very popular videos about change

March 14th, 2008 · No Comments

These 3 short clips from the Centre for Digital Ethnography in Kansas are about 1. changes in the way we use information, 2. the way we store and retrieve information and 3. the relevance of the classroom to todays’ students.. I have seen the first one played at probably 5 different conference presentations and embedded in many, many other places.

The Machine is Us/ing Us (Final Version) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLlGopyXT_g

 

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Information R/Evolution http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4CV05HyAbM

 

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A vision of students today: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o

 

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If people aren’t showing the first one above at conferences, then they usually show the “Shift Happens” video – which outlines the political and technological shifts that today’s students will need to deal with.

Did you know 2.0 ? (Official update to Shift Happens) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMcfrLYDm2U

 

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Librarians are sexy according to RWW

December 21st, 2007 · No Comments

We’re sexy. Well, that’s what the Read Write Web, one of the most read blogs in the world, thinks about librarians. Why? ‘Cause we can help people upload content to YouTube and suggest the best types of tags to add to make sure their item is visible. Sexy Librarians of the Future Will Help You Upload Your Videos to YouTube
Peter Bromberg over at Library Garden has his take on this - yes, we should be doing this, but how many librarians actually can yet?  Librarians, Got information literacy?

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