Like most people, I'm familiar with finding things on YouTube. We have periodic discussions about whether or not to block access for students, but ultimately we leave it open. There are other resources out there, but they don't seem to have nearly the holdings as YouTube. TeacherTube, for example, is a great idea--a place for teachers to post scholastic and school appropriate materials. Problem is, there's never what you need there. This past February, an English teacher wanted to share some Shakespearean sonnets with her students. Couldn't find a thing on TeacherTube, but some fellow record all of them and put them on YouTube.
I played a little bit with Google video, but didn't care for their interface. Also, their search results weren't well compiled. Is there a different algorithm for video searches than for word/text searches? I also looked at the list of other recommended video sources and while the reviews were helpful, none of the sites seemed to be a great fit for school projects.
Disappointing all around, however, is that no one seems to have posted a video for this fine song:
Jimmy Buffett - Love In The Library
On the corner of Government and Bay Avenue
The old doomsday fanatic wore a crown of kudzu
Sirens where wailing in the gulf coastal heat
And it seemed like the whole world was in forced retreat
I paid no attention, revolved through the door
Passed the newspaper rack on the worn marble floor
Near civil war history my heart skipped a beat
She was standing in fiction stretched high on bare feet
Love in the library, quiet and cool
Love in the library, there are no rules
Surrounded by stories surreal and sublime
I fell in love in the library once upon a time
I was the pirate and she was the queen
Sir Francis and Elizabeth the best there's ever been
Then she strolled past my table and stopped at the stairs
Then sent me a smile as she reached for Flaubert
Love in the library, quiet and cool
Love in the library, there are no rules
Surrounded by stories surreal and sublime
I fell in love in the library once upon a time
She gathered her books, walked while she read
Words never spoken but so much was said
You can read all you want into this rendezvous
But it's safer than most things that lovers can do
Well stories have endings and fantasies fade
The guard by the door starts drawing the shade
So write your own ending and hope they come true
For the lovers and strangers on Bay Avenue
Love in the library, quiet and cool
Love in the library, there are no rules
Surrounded by stories surreal and sublime
I fell in love in the library once upon a time
So instead, we'll look to Cookie Monster to help contemplate that age old question of why there are no cookies in the library.
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Thank you for the Sesame Street vid. Any video is always a classic.
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