FlipVideo, Roadtrip Nation and me at California League of High Schools
I was in beautiful Monterey, California this weekend as a proud presenter at the California League of High Schools' annual conference. In addition to a keynote by Dr. Robert Marzano , all manner of Google Goodness by Kyle Brumbaugh and a special presentation by the founders of Roadtrip Nation , this conference was the premier of the 'Lights, Camera, Learn! Flip for Movies in Education' workshop. The concept of the workshop was simple: Take the basic process of the 'Door Scene' and apply it to the 'big red button simplicity' of the Flip MinoHD camera. Some basic VizEd, a hands-on demo, a shooting and editing challenge...in under 3 hours! What could possibly go wrong?! I see some really exciting education applications for these tiny HD cameras on the horizon. The whole Flip Video line by Pure Digital are inexpensive, easy to use, and capture pretty good video and sound especially if the video is headed for YouTube. I think the Flips hold one advantage over...