Sunday, June 28, 2009

Now the Morman's accept You Tube

Maybe You Tube's contribution to the information revolution has finally reached its peak when the Mormon's embrace it.

This report from the Utah Herald

BYU students now have access to Dramatic Chipmunk, Laughing Baby, Chocolate Rain and all the rest of YouTube.
YouTube has long been blocked on campus because administrators felt it contained too much questionable content. With the change, however, BYU will tacitly accept the distribution, on its own network, of all the YouTube content it once felt was inappropriate.
adding that

The policy was reconsidered in part because of professors who want access to YouTube in classrooms.
"The overwhelming factor was the educational information and materials that are increasingly becoming available," Jenkins said. "I think there's no other way but to provide all of it."


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