Using YouTube APIs for Education

Headliner: Shannon jj Behrens: Google / YouTube

6:30 - 7:00: Open mic: get help; strut your stuff

7:00 - 8:15: Featured presentation

8:15 - 8:30: Jobs Offered / wanted / door prizes

Presentation Abstract: Did you know that YouTube offers APIs? Did you know that video is one of the most powerful communication mechanisms for instilling knowledge? Now you can combine the two! Come watch as Shannon -jj Behrens shows that YouTube and Ruby on Rails are a great fit for building interesting educational apps.

Bio: Shannon -jj Behrens is a developer advocate at Google. His goal is to foster a rich set of third-party applications built on YouTube APIs. He blogs at jjinux.blogspot.com on topics such as Python, Ruby, Linux, open source software, the Web, and lesser-known programming languages.

Pre-meetup nosh: We usually meet at the Biryani House (Shattuck @ University) around 5:00pm for snacks and tech talk. Either Rich or Jon will be there... or someone else from the group. Join us if you can and enjoy the food and the discussion.