You Tube

I poked around on YouTube today, but I didn't have too much time to find anything really intriguing or particularly useful for our purposes. I think we've posted a couple of videos there already (the GEM/EF video?)--do we have any feedback or tracking of hits? Also, out of curiosity, I looked at Facing History, and they seem to have a number of videos, including a commercial with Matt Damon, a clip by Bill Moyer, and a video with Don Cheadle. This seems out of our reach (unless some of you know some famous people and just aren't telling us!), but I think we can also use it to demonstrate student impact somehow. How about a video interview with students about how PS has touched their lives, or shaped their perspectives? Unfortuantley, this production would be coslty and time consuming, so I don't think it is high priority now. However, if we do decide to produce a video about PS (either for the Gala and/or the major gifts campaign), YouTube or these other sites could be another (free) way of promoting our work.

catching up

Although I haven't been blogging about 12 Things lately, I have been actively pursuing web-based tools that I think are useful. For example, I recently joined LinkedIn, a social networking site, that is specifically geared toward professionals who are looking to network with colleagues. This was recommended to me by someone I met at a professional development workshop that I attended 2 weeks ago.

The Global Education Collaborative through Ning seems like a rich resource--I just signed up and am looking forward to checking it out more thoroughly.

That's all for now...stay tuned.