Youtube.com has just recently released a new section of their site devoted to videos from educational sources. They’ve named it YouTube EDU and you can find it by following the link. Pretty much if you’ve ever wanted to find a lecture or speech given in any sort of collegiate atmosphere, this would be the place to go.

In addition to adding YouTubeEDU, they’ve also added a new feature throughout the video sharing site, a “share to Twitter,” link allowing you to ‘tweet’ any video with just one click. I guess for those of you who share videos on twitter frequently, this will save you from having to do your normal copy + paste.

Looks like there’s another clip out in the “In Plain English” series, just this time explaining social media. More specifically, those that use/over-use it. After watching, please refrain from looking at the sidebar to the right showing links to each of the sites I have a profile on. Those are for research purposes only, it’s part of my job! :)

I’ve become a big fan of this series. They’re produced by Kelly Stewart and they can all be found on her video blog – CinnamonPants.com.

The last one was Twitter – In Plain English, but after visiting her site, I noticed that apparently there’s an even better one called Technology In South Carolina Plain English (a rip on the now infamous Ms. Teen South Carolina 2007). It’s a pretty funny video, if you haven’t seen it I recommend checking it out.

Happy Tuesday.

Found via one of Chris Brogan’s tweets, this is a shining example of what happens when you realize the need to explain a social trend/community, have a camera handy, and enjoy making collages/paper cut-outs.

Created by the folks over at CommonCraft, this is a great 2.5 minute video explaining Twitter – from it’s beginnings to it’s common usage in today’s society and more importantly, why you should be using it too. Really nicely done, this doesn’t look like it was just thrown together in a few minutes, it even sounds like they put some effort into making the narrator’s voice come out clean and crisp…i.e. actual production values… As far as I’m concerned, this is the new PSA for Twitter.

Nicely done.

You can read more about it and even see some of the great comments left on their original post – CommonCraft Explains Twitter in Plain English