Google is putting together an interesting, fun project demonstrating the power of connection.
A few of us on the Gmail team came up with an idea to stitch together a bunch of video clips that all share one element: someone hands the Gmail M-velope in from the left of the screen, and hands it off to the right. Put them all together, and they form one long chain of hand-offs. We thought it would be fun to let everyone in on the action. Just go to http://mail.google.com/mvideo, where you’ll find directions on how to submit your clip (including a PDF of the Gmail M-velope you can use in your video). We’ll be accepting clips until August 13th. We’ll then take a selection of the submitted clips and edit them together into one final video, which we’ll release to the world on August 20th.
Wouldn’t this be a great idea to piggy back on in the classroom? We could get very creative here. Simple and yet creative.
[tags]gmail, video, connection[/tags]
Cool, but this just sounds like a linear wiki production model to me. I think this may be a practical way of doing it, but it would be nicer (in this case and in the classroom) if the early participants could get back into the feedback loop … it would potentially be more creative that way.
I’d love to work on something like this only using cellphones. Maybe getting some administrators involved in the production or filming. Anyone interested in planning something like this?
in from the left of the screen, and hands it off to the right. Put them all together, and they form one long chain of hand-offs. We thought it would be fun to let everyone in on the action. Just go to http://mail.google.com/mvideo, where you’ll find directions on how to submit your clip (including a PDF of the Gmail M-velope you can use in your video). We’ll be accepting clips until August 13th. We’ll then take a selection of the submitted clips and edit them together into one final video, which we’ll release to the world on August 20th.
Cool, but this just sounds like a linear wiki production model to me. I think this may be a practical way of doing it, but it would be nicer (in this case and in the classroom) if the early participants could get back into the feedback loop … it would potentially be more creative that way.
I’d love to work on something like this only using cellphones. Maybe getting some administrators involved in the production or filming. Anyone interested in planning something like this?
This is a wonderful idea!