videos on blogs
January 26, 2011 1 Comment
Ever thought about doing a video to post on a blog? It was quite trendy a few years ago to creat “podcasts” – regular audio clips about a topic. There are still some good ones out there (I have a look every so often at Stephen Fry )
Here’s a You-Tube video made by Scott Thornbury. It’s part of his alphabet of EFL idea – focussing on the letter “p” he has decided to talk about the PPP model. I think it’s really interesting to see someone like Scott and have him talking directly about a topic, although I wonder if he could have varied his approach or maybe added a different background at some point?
If you want to embed a video from YouTube in a blog post, here’s the way to do it in WordPress (it will be similar in other blog hosting sites):
- first, get the URL (the web address) from the YouTube site; copy it onto the clipboard (highlight the whole address; on a PC hold the Ctrl + C keys)
- start a new blog post in your blog
- make sure the cursor (the mouse on the screen) is at the place in the blog post where you want to post the video
- click the small icon in the editing screen next to upload/insert – choos the one for “video”
- you will get a window with instructions; follow the link for embedding a Youtube video
- finish editing your post and save – the video will not appear in the editing screen but will appear when you look at the saved blog post in the blog
Re your question “I wonder if he could have varied his approach”, I agree it was an interesting talk, although some visuals would have been nice. I don’t feel he made the most of the format.