Thing 12 - Do YouTube?

YouTube is great. I've already discovered some cartoon masterpieces, and have benefitted from video demonstrations of some tricky IT manoevres. Having enjoyed and - more importantly - remembered what I have learned via video demonstrations and discussions for a distance learning course, I can understand how YouTube clips could be used to bring information and ideas alive for learners.. and for anyone who is just curious about something. Their visual content makes them more immediately appealing than podcasts, and easier to dip into when using a visual medium in the first place. In my opinion.

For example, How to read a Gothic cathedral Facade. Help. How would you get this clip to show up here in an appealingly clickable rectangle?

Update: I've got it, thanks to Laura. Enjoy.

Thing 11 - Too many pods

I'm not sure how I feel about podcasts. They could be useful for work, as means of conveying news and updates to people who are already familiar with this territory. And I can see their mileage for teaching, and for catching a missed radio show. But I have been (and still am) overwhelmed by the choice. I went to the BBC Podcasts page, as instructed, and felt bamboozled. Then I went to Podcast.com and felt the same. But I'm not one to give up, oh no. I browsed for a couple podcasts via iTunes Store and slipped them into the 'Podcasts' bit of my iTunes library, in the hope that I might remember to have a go with them on the way home one day. They will have to be truly breathtaking to prise me away from what is already on the radio, though.