RSS Competency

VideoJug - Life Explained On Film

In searching for the RSS feed which will support and help to illustrate my Blog, I was thrilled to find VideoJug. VideoJug specifically fills the needs of visual learners who can now use this site for self-education through film.

Unlike YouTube who allows anyone to download homemade videos and video feeds from television and movies, this site uses leading educators and professional authorities. All of the subjects areas covered are all expertly made. I have chosen for my RSS feed a part of VideoJug that addresses education questions.

Module 3 Finding an appropriate Podcast

Podcasts for Public Service Announcements (PSA) come in all forms on the Internet, from the comical podcast on @ll Robot Radio found at http://www.allrobotradio.com/arr/index.php . This site is for robots to use, in their quest to master human language, to the serious government announcements meant to educate and inform.

The most famous of these educators being the American Ad Council. The Ad Council has been producing films and posters and creating their public service announcements since the start of World War II. Some of the most famous became ingrained into daily vocabulary like "Loose Lips Sink Ships" to help in the war effort and enticing women into the factories with "Rosie the Riveter" www.adcouncil.org/psab/.

The Ad Council still works hard at producing quality films on current important topics like 'bullying', 'Internet predators' and the perennial favorite "Smokey the Bear."

I used Google.com to find my podcast using PSA as my keyword.

Module 2 Linking to another blog

While doing the researching of blogs that deals with my topic, which is about films used for or about wordless education, public announcement films or even successful propaganda has not been easy. With the exception of this one, http://www.tonyvincent.net/. This one advises teachers how to download YouTube videos on to laptops or flash drives so they can be used in classrooms.

"There are lots of great videos on YouTube that you may want to share with students at school. Unfortunately, chances are YouTube is blocked in your building. That doesn't mean you can't use YouTube videos in your classroom. You can use a free web service to download videos from your home Internet connection and bring them back to school on your laptop, flash drive, iPod, or DVD."
Tony Vincent comments on downloading YouTube. posted Tue, 09/04/2007 - 11:15am http://tonyvincent.net/?q=node/33 found with Google Blogs.

ISAR LS 5013

This blog is being created to fulfill my Information Storage and Retrieval competencies. I hope to show how information is still being learned thru film, now and in the past.

The Library of Congress and the New York Public libraries both have extensive film collections. The New York Public Library collection deals with artistic films and videos. Industial films and Public Annoucements Safty films are archived in the Library of Congress.