[kictanet] Creating edutainment clips with Flip

Tue Jul 8 18:26:54 EAT 2008

Thanks Manthi,

I did this a bit earlier and also noted the Flip Spotlight programme  
for non-profits. We may consider applying for this programme through  
our US partners in order to get the heavy non-profit discount for the  
Flip Spotlight Kits - then see how we can 'sambaza' them to wananchi  
- then see what happens

Since it looks like KDN are willing to provide free upload bandwidth  
- we can expect very wonderful things - I can almost see a rush of  
local content jumping onto the internet within a very short time.....

Brian

On Jul 8, 2008, at 6:26 PM, Joseph Manthi wrote:

> Brian
> I would encourage you to visit the following site to see Flip  
> capabilities:
>
> http://www.theflip.com/
>
> Joe
>
> On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 10:46 AM, Brian Munyao Longwe  
> <brian at caret.net> wrote:
> Good gesture Kai. Would that be a portal that is freely accessible
> via the Butterfly network? i.e. anyone within a WiFi zone can click
> and upload?
>
> That would really be a huge benefit.
>
> We're thinking right now about how to scalably test this out, talking
> to a few friends to see if we can get hold of several of these gizmos
> - then let's see what happens
>
> I would love to see some primary school kids content, high school
> kids content, university kids content, jua-kali content, entrepreneur
> content etc.....
>
> Brian
>
>
> On Jul 8, 2008, at 5:19 PM, Kai Wulff wrote:
>
> > I am sure we could offer a portal on Butterfly so all people can
> > upload all
> > the clips to share and promote? Who has ideas?
> >
> > Kai
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Gakiria" <gakiria at gmail.com>
> > To: <kai.wulff at kdn.co.ke>
> > Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions"  
> <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 15:56
> > Subject: [kictanet] Creating edutainment clips with Flip
> >
> >
> >> Dear Brian,
> >>
> >> I know the Wow feeling. i have used the Flip Camera since November
> >> 2007 and its amazing how hardy and useful it is.We are now using
> >> it to
> >> create small educational clips for integration into e-learning
> >> courses. Using open source tools, we are able to further reduce the
> >> size of the clips (including digital images), ensuring that such
> >> courses remain bandwidth shy...
> >>
> >> Thanks to technology, it becomes ever easier to create local,
> >> educationally relevant content without the need for expensive
> >> equipment and advanced technical know how.
> >>
> >> Gakiria
> >> Kenya e-Learning Center
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 7/7/08, Brian Munyao Longwe <brian at caret.net> wrote:
> >>> Flipping over Flip
> >>>
> >>> http://mashilingi.blogspot.com/2008/07/flipping-over-flip.html
> >>>
> >>> Yesterday I came across the most amazing piece of technology  
> that I
> >>> have seen in recent days.
> >>>
> >>> Gregg Zachary was just back in Nairobi enroute to his home in the
> >>> USA
> >>> and I managed to catch him for a couple of hours of talk. During
> >>> this
> >>> he showed me some videos he had taken in Zambia and Uganda and  
> said
> >>> that he had used his "Flip camera". I was like, "what? Flip?"  
> and he
> >>> said "I'll show you."
> >>>
> >>> When I saw the device I almost fell over. Barely the size of a
> >>> cigarette pack, this modern day wonder allows the recording of  
> up to
> >>> 1 hour of video, stores in in .avi format (YouTube Ready!) on an
> >>> internal solid state (Flash) disk and uses simple, everyday AA
> >>> batteries. Wow! The most amazing part of all was the price. Gregg
> >>> bought his off-the-shelf in the USA before coming out on this trip
> >>> for $125 (Kshs. 8,000).
> >>>
> >>> This amazing little piece of technology has a built-in USB-flash
> >>> dongle, which allows you to hook it up to your computer - and the
> >>> software for transferring, editing and managing video is right on
> >>> the
> >>> stick! Wacha nikuambie!!!! I believe that this gadget and others
> >>> like
> >>> it is probably going to have a similar impact on the videocam
> >>> industry as cellphones had in the telecoms industry.
> >>>
> >>> According to Business Week and the New York Times Pure Digital,  
> the
> >>> startup company behind the Flip cam was able to achieve 20% market
> >>> share in the US videocam industry within less than 1 year.
> >>>
> >>> My head has been spinning with ideas on how this kind of device  
> can
> >>> contribute towards the development of local, African content.
> >>>
> >>> Boy o boy am I excited. I want to try and put several of these  
> into
> >>> the hands of people all over Kenya and see what happens....
> >>>
> >>> [Brian blogs at http://mashilingi.blogspot.com and http://
> >>> zinjlog.blogspot.com]
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Gakiria Andrew
> >> Coordinator
> >> Kenya eLearning Centre
> >> Nairobi, KENYA
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