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Using FLIP Video in the Classroom. Becky Eeten Nancy Krueger. Goals For Today. Flip Video and how to use Connections to 21 st Century skills Uses/examples in the classroom Other programs to complement Time to play!!!!!!. How To Use. Using a FLIP Camera. Pros Small/lightweight
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Using FLIP Video in the Classroom Becky Eeten Nancy Krueger
Goals For Today • Flip Video and how to use • Connections to 21st Century skills • Uses/examples in the classroom • Other programs to complement • Time to play!!!!!!
Using a FLIP Camera • Pros • Small/lightweight • Only needs 2 AA batteries • 120 minutes of video • Lasts about 3 hours before changing batteries • Decent video quality • Anyone can use it, including kids-easy to operate • Easy to download into Windows applications (not sure about Apple) • USB arm
Using a FLIP Camera • Cons • Not the best sound quality • More difficult to use with networked computers • Can get better quality cameras for about the same price.
21st Century Skills • Creating and Innovating • Collaborating • Communicating • Problem Solving • Analytical Thinking • Finding and Evaluating Information
Other Camera Options • http://www.aiptek.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=R-MZDV&Category_Code=DC1&Store_Code=AS • http://ssedro.blogspot.com/2008/06/alternative-to-flip-video.html • http://sg.creative.com/products/product.asp?category=118&subcategory=828&product=17761&listby
Uses for the FLIP Video • -Daily commentary on news events • -Interviews of community members • -Digital storytelling • -Skits or plays • -Creative Video Projects • -Kids telling of important upcoming school events • -Tape speeches or presentations • -Science Fair Projects
Uses for the FLIP Video cont. • -History reports • -Film students during the first week of school and ask them what their goals are for the year • - Film the progression of fluency • -Film a completed project of a student before you send it home • -Film questions from the class at the beginning of a unit, then film them answering the same questions at the end of the unit • -Capture the excitement of learning from your students
Uses for the FLIP Video cont. • -Capture hands-on learning - put clips together for a full-year video • -Bring the outside world in • - Conduct a picture scavenger hunt • -Film special guests and presenters • -Create a video time capsule • -Capture highlights from special events or field trips • -Make a video of playground rules, lunchroom rules, classroom rules etc., and show to new students
Uses for the FLIP Video cont. • - Make a video showing what following the rules looks like • -Make commercials • -Virtual Field Trips • -Assessments • -Reader’s Theater • -Create a video for Pen Pals
Flip Video Sites • This has a short video on how to operate the Flip: http://joedale.typepad.com/integrating_ict_into_the_/2008/05/flip-video-for.html • This site has a video and several articles on how to use the Flip: http://www.ilovemyflip.com/
Flip Video Sites • Window Movie Maker: http://langwitches.org/blog/2008/05/16/digital-storytelling-part-iv-windows-movie-maker/ • This site has directions on how to embed a movie into a Power Point: https://martintrt.wikispaces.com/Incorporating+into+PowerPoint
Flip Video Sites • Includes several examples of video in the classroom: https://readwriteweb.wikispaces.com/Video?f=print • This site has a video that explains how to put the video into Movie Maker: http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=258acd5d76f594612c24
Examples • 3rd Grade Investigations.wmv • Biographies By Terry Redlin Third Graders Room 303 April 2009.mht
Other examples • Exercise videos • Management videos • Another