Editing video online

I was recently asked by colleagues in Spain to assist with a forthcoming project which may see me back in Barcelono some time in the new year. As part of their work, they have students in Guatemala completing their final projects for an ICT4D (Information Communication Technologies for Development) program.

“One aspect of the work is to design tools for producing multimedia content (audio/video or animations) to teach Quiche (a Mayan dialect) to illiterate people and also for teaching reading and writing.”

For many reasons, teaching complex video editing packages for use on PCs running either Windows or Linux just isn’t an option. However, with net access being less of an issue, they’re seeking online applications that are simple for teachers to develop to learn and produce material that can be incorporated into lesson plans, basically to assist in literacy development.

I’ve found the following three web apps:

• JumpCut
• EyeSpot
• YouTube ReMixer
  

Anyone know of others, preferably multilingual if at all possible?

Fire Food

My “other” sister and her bloke, that’s Annette and Ian, are both well into their cooking. And why wouldn’t they be? The Garton’s are traditionally kitchen fiends and with three Taurus’s in the family, we are bound to demand significant culinary enthusiasm from our partners…

So, I helped them out once more with a new website… this time, getting them into the wide world of blogs, where they can share their fine and fiery creations, particularly Ian, who knows what to do with blachan and where this stuff comes from.

Got a hot food recipe to share, tell Whitepppa, or is that White Pappa?

PD Patches 2 VST Plugins

Note to self… PdVst