Gel Challenge 2: the Gel Academy

The first Gel Challenge had the theme of "listening." (See details)

Now for the second Gel Challenge, we're creating the Gel Academy.

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The Gregory Brothers at Gel 2010

The Gel Academy will be a wide-ranging set of online videos, explaining something. This is in homage to Sal Khan, whose Khan Academy teaches math, science, and other topics, for free, via hundreds of Youtube videos. (See Sal's Gel 2010 video.) With Sal's blessing - and enthusiasm - we are creating the Gel Academy with the talents of the Gel community.

Task: Create a brief video (one to three minutes or so) explaining something you know, something you're an expert in, or something you're passionate about. Then email the link to the video (on Youtube, Vimeo, etc.) to challenge@goodexperience.com.

Entry deadline was May 31, 2010. (Scroll down to see other videos received for the Gel Academy.)

Entries:

Cacao 101, by Sarah Endline and sweetriot

How to tie your shoes, by Kevin King

Calculating circumference, by W. Brett Mackenzie

How to make a perfect egg cream, by Scott S - featuring Bosco Chocolate Syrup

How to give a great gift, by Erik Fabian

How to make a costume for a dog, by Liz Martin and Henry Basenji

Chop a head of lettuce, by Lettucechopper D.

Investing in stocks, explained in 3 minutes, by Serge Bert

How to teach a kid to ride a bike, by Archie Miller

How to make timpano, by Laura Bowden (and starring a talented 14-year-old chef)

Additional videos for the Gel Academy:

These are videos that, while not entries in the challenge, will be added to the Gel Academy when it launches.

How to fold the Gel 2010 bag (the tote bag given to all Gel 2010 attendees), by Mark Hurst

How to make a simple green salad, featuring a young chef named Hudson

How to take a photo, by Gel founder Mark Hurst

It's easy to create a video. If you have a iPhone or Flip videocam, shoot a minute of you explaining something you're passionate about. Or to show on-screen footage like Sal Khan does, Mac users can use ScreenFlow to record activity on-screen and audio via a microphone. Windows users, try CamStudio.



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