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  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.

21 st Century Skills  Creating and Innovating  Collaborating  Communicating  Problem Solving  Analytical Thinking  Finding and Evaluating Information

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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: nto_the_/2008/05/flip-video-for.html  This site has a video and several articles on how to use the Flip:

Flip Video Sites  Window Movie Maker: storytelling-part-iv-windows-movie-maker/  This site has directions on how to embed a movie into a Power Point: o+PowerPoint

Flip Video Sites  Includes several examples of video in the classroom: ?f=print  This site has a video that explains how to put the video into Movie Maker: p?viewkey=258acd5d76f594612c24

Examples  3rd Grade Investigations.wmv 3rd Grade Investigations.wmv  Biographies By Terry Redlin Third Graders Room 303 April 2009.mht Biographies By Terry Redlin Third Graders Room 303 April 2009.mht

Other examples  Exercise videos Exercise videos  Management videos Management videos  Another Another

Go make video !!!

How to Use in Flip Video Software

How to Use in Windows Moviemaker

Questions???????