So What’s the Deal with these Videos?

July 27th, 2008

Over the last few weeks, I have the chance to preview a few videos from our You Tube site. These videos are actually the start of a new public service campaign we’re doing called,”Let Boys be Boys.” The purpose of the campaign is to offer some information and insights into boys’ learning and developmental needs, so that parents, educators, and activists learn more about how to help boys to better in school. I also wouldn’t mind a bit if they helped spread more awareness about the Boy Crisis and boys’ problems in general. And it would be pretty nifty if they helped bring more people into our site and our cause as well. I stop short of the hope of winning an Oscar for them, however. That would be silly. I don’t think they’re long enough for the short subject category.

We’d like to see people use these videos to help raise awareness of boys’ issues, and we welcome those who want to embed them in their own site, forward them to others, or use them in their own programs and presentations. So far, we have four videos up on You Tube, and we’ll be adding more regularly. Here are our latest editions, both of which deal with issues related to literacy and reading: