Get Your Students Flipping Over FLIP Videos

Karen Megay-NespoliChild Study Department

In the next 90 minutes you will:Discover the ease of using a FLIP camera

Collaborate on creating a videoLearn how to upload a videoStrategies and uses for using the FLIP Camera in the classroom

Why use video in the classroom?

Teachers who use instructional video report that their students retain more information, understand concepts more rapidly and are more enthusiastic about what they are learning. With video as one component in a thoughtful lesson plan, students often make new connections between curriculum topics, and discover links between these topics and the world outside the classroom .

Teachers can: Reach students with a variety of learning styles, especially visual

learners, and students with a variety of information acquisition styles Engage students in problem-solving and investigative activities Help students practice media literacy and critical viewing skills Provide a common experience for students to discuss

Thirteen online

45 Interesting Ways to Use Pocket Cameras in the Classroom

AdvantagesEasy to useNo wires No cordsNo tapesInstant downloadsErases instantlyInexpensive

How to use a Flip Video Camera

How to operate the FLIPPower - gray buttonRecord – red buttonZoom - +/- above and below the

record buttonStop – red button To find clips use the arrows on either

side of the red button Erase – just hit the garbage can twice

Your Turn to FLIP!Chose a partner

and pair offBorrow one FLIP

per pairRecord each other

speaking for about 3-5 minutes each

Find a quiet place to video

Avoid bright lightPan slowlyBe sure to compose

your shotSteady the cameraRemember the 2

second rule AND…..

Conducting an interviewSelect a topic for your inter viewBrainstorm 3-5 questions to ask at

the interviewPractice interview questionsPractice answering the questionsWhen you are comfortable conduct

and video tape your interview.

BE BACK HERE IN 25 MINUTES

Downloading and Uploading Your Videos1. Turn on your FLIP Camera, flip out the USB output

prong and insert it into your computer’s USB port.2. A Flip Share “auto play” window will show up. A

window will open showing thumb nails of all of the videos on the FLIP Camera.

3. Click the “all” button on the bottom left corner. You are going to save your videos to the desktop.

4. Follow the directions on the screen. 5. It is a good idea to rename your video and the folder.6. To upload, open vimeo.com and log into your

account .7. Click the upload icon and follow the directions.

Vimeo.com

AlternativesHere are some alternatives: Mobile devices- cell phones are a very popular

choice as most students already have them and are using them.

Kodak Zi8 A Pocket Video Camera with the built in USB port. captures every experience in HD. $160

Kodak PlaySport This little camera with built-in image stabilization will stay steady as a rock. $100

Samsung E10 Includes a 270 degree swivel lens so you can record yourself and then swivel it to film other scenes. $80 Mike Zimmer Blog Post

Celebrate!

Credits Google images for Photo credits Clip Art Thirteen onlineVimeo.comCS 324 student videosMike Zimmer Blog PostFlip Camera online tutorialsTom Barret 45 Ways PowerPointYoutube.com

How will you use videos in your course?

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