YouTube Blog

Integrating my Social Media

Well, I had actually already done this for my blog with YouTube and Cinch, so all I had to do was to update my CM Simple site.  I think I am going to have to utilize tables in my CM Simple site in order to make everything look better.  I was trying to avoid doing all of that but it looks like I will have to spend another few hours there dealing with it.  Integrating is always cool, so I really enjoyed this assignment.  It's nice to be able to add a video to YouTube and to not have to add it anywhere else, it is just automatically updated on my blog, my site, and in my classroom 2.0.  It makes things easier when you have a lot on your plate and in this class we do.  In order to integrate my blog I used widgets and in order to integrate my Cm Simple set I had to embed using HTML.  If you need help let me know and I would be glad to help you.  I am liking Cinch more and more, but I want to see what you guys use.  Maybe there is something even  better out there!

Video Introduction

Recording myself was a bit strange.  I felt a little like the girl in Wesch's video.  I felt like I was talking to a void, as if I was having a conversation with myself, even though I knew other people would eventually read it.  It's always difficult finding the right things to say to people that you don't know, which is one of the challenges of YouTube.  Part of it is knowing who your audience is.  If you are targeting a particular audience it makes it a little bit easier.  Also, if you have something in particular that you want to say or portray in your video, it makes it easier.

I guess it was  hard to sum up my life in two minutes...I had to delete it about three times before I finally ended up with something decent.  I'm sure everyone goes through that, though.  Using a laptop makes it difficult to get a good camera angle.  Short of holding it, I am not sure what to do.  I guess I need to develop something that will prop up the camera for me at the right level.

I posted the intro. to my blog just in case you haven't seen it yet.  Take care!