I have enjoyed YouTube for awhile even though I do not spend too much time there. Yesterday I was interested to hear in the news that Senator Norm Coleman of Minnesota and his opponent Al Franken were the first Senate candidates to participate in a YouTube challenge, and enjoyed viewing "Got a question for Al Franken and Norm Coleman?". I added the Coleman/Franken video to the Thing 18 post. We enjoyed hearing the first debate of the Senate candidates at Farmfest in August, and saw Al Franken at the Minnnesota State Fair on the weekend that Senator Coleman took his daughter to college.
Some of the first YouTube videos I watched were on libraries and librarians such as the popular Grand March of the Librarians mentioned for Thing 18. I did not recognize any Minnesota librarians. At a conference that I attended we saw examples of libraries successfully incorporating YouTube for contests and promotions. YouTube provides a useful avenue for teens to use libraries. A Vision of K-12 Students Today and the video response on YouTube were thought-provoking to watch.
For our annual "Faculty Duty Day" this year, we were addressed by MnSCU Chancellor James H. McCormick on YouTube in a presentation of 5 minutes and 57 seconds.
I found YouTube useful for sending a link to our book club members to see Jeanette Walls and her mother after reading The Glass Castle last spring.
My sister sent a message after she posted a video on YouTube of a Bill Clinton appearance in Minnesota.
In Thing 18 I learned that a Minnesota native is responsible for YouTube. Cheers to St. Paul Central High!
