Websites in Academic Research

It is the height of banality to state that the internet has fundamentally changed how we research; banality often hides truth. When young people get to be college age they usually have had extensive experience using the internet but often lack research skills. Much of our job as university-educators focuses on supplying these skills. One such skill is to use the internet for research or, more particularly, evaluating websites for use in academic research. Below is an example of a video designed to impart these skills:

Video Editing

Here are the results from my first playing session with JayCut. The video is not very "theatrical" but then it can be seen as more ritualistic - my colleague even mentioned that it reminded him of a wedding.

I was searching for videos to upload and came across the following two sites:

Internet Archive
"The Internet Archive is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Like a paper library, we provide free access to researchers, historians, scholars, and the general public."

Ourmedia
"Video producers and podcasters use Ourmedia to show off their works and create communities of interest."

Both sites have a wealth of information in many different forms.