Method #6

Comparing YouTube and Teacher Tube, TeacherTube seemed to be cleaner in terms of content but YouTube seemed cleaner in terms of aesthetics and user interface. The above video is from TeacherTube. The video argues for the potential of engaging students through the use of the technology that is already so prevalent in the daily lives of this generation of students. While the video was a little lengthy, I believe some parallels could be drawn between engaging students through technology and engaging library patrons through enhanced technology. For example, to teach a patron how to use download a library ebook to an ebook reader, we could supply the patron with a paper brochure or we could refer them to a YouTube video. Several libraries have already produced instructional YouTube videos on the topic of downloading ebooks and these videos could be recommended to even more patrons by other libraries across the nation.