Welcome! I hope you enjoy this session of using FLIP cameras in your classroom.
Please refer to my previous post for the looong version of using the FLIP cameras in your classroom.
Our Agenda:
- Intro to the FLIP
- Use the FLIP cameras – each member of your group should practice recording, zooming, and deleting videos. By the end of the time allotted, please have at least one video on the camera.
- Upload your videos
- Convert the video files
- If time permits – Import your videos into Windows Movie Maker (you only need this option if you are going to be editing the videos or combining multiple videos or video and pictures)
The Basics:
FLIP cameras are small video cameras that allow you to record 30 or 60 minutes of video. When finished, the camera plugs into your computer’s USB port and videos are quickly uploaded. The videos can be opened in a video editing program, uploaded online, or burned to a DVD or CD.
In the past, many teachers haven’t utilized the amazing opportunities that using video cameras in a classroom provides because of the expense of video cameras and the difficulty level involved with getting the footage onto your computer and into the hands of the kids.
The FLIP camera (or similar handheld USB cameras) are inexpensive and easy to use. They allow you to let go of the reigns and let the students do the work!
I’ve got the cameras, now what?
Determine how the cameras can enhance a lesson you already do, or inspire you to create a new activity. The goal is to get the cameras into the kids’ hands! Have them demo a lab experiment, create a how-to video, record a PSA or commercial, mock interviews, record a poetry jam, have students act out “how to survive in Mr. Smith’s class for new students, and so much more (my previous post lists a ton of ideas).
The Software:
The FLIP software will install automatically in about 2 minutes upon plugging the camera into the computer. Click here for FLIP software instructions.
Converting the files:
The video files are automatically saved as .avi files, which are high quality video files. However, if you want to post them on my.ccsd.net you will need to convert the file to a .mov file. Use Jodix, a free video converter – instructions for using jodix.
Thank you!
Please post a comment letting us know how you see yourself using FLIP cameras in your classroom.
26 comments ↓
I will be opening a new school and this would be useful in giving the families a tour before school starts.
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Teachers will love to use this in their classrooms as it is a very easy tool to use.
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I have had teachers take the flips on field trips. Great stuff! Our school has four.
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This is highly effective for capturing performing art classes’ performances. I plan on using one of these to show the student progress as they grow through achievement.
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I am excited to bring it to my teachers
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I really love that the FLIP cameras are inexpensive and easy to use…I plan on using them with a group of 4th graders who did a nutrition unit to create a “Cooking Show”. Thanks for a great presentation!
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I would like to use flip cameras in my music classroom to record students performing. They could see how they prgress from week to week.
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This is a great idea and will follow up with my teachers. I interd on introducing this plogging page and introduce how to use flip cameras in the classroom. Hopefully, I can persuade my admin to purchase some of these.
Thanks
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Good class
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Great session Jolene I am inspired. I took a video and sent it to my during the session asking my husband for a flip video for Mother’s Day. Hope I get it. Can’t wait to try out some of your ideas.
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This flip camera is really nice and easy to use. I plan to purchase one for my kindergarten class to use.
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Jolene,
Fabulous session. I’m going to work with different grade levels creating book reviews based on our school-wide book clubs as well as producing PSAs on our school broadcast. Thanks for the great ideas!
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Wow! What an eye opener! I’m now going to look for a flip camera to purchase. My students are going to love this! Thank you!
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I look forward to using the Flip cameras with students. Thanks for the handouts.
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I can’t to start utilizing FLIP in my classroom.
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Love it, use it all the time:)
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I would like my school to invest in flip video cameras for a variety of learning activities. Students will be able to record science experiments, setup interviews with other students, and add digital elements to a variety of reports.
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Thank you.
I plan on buying one and am hoping you’ll be available to help me if I need it.
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As an administrator, I use it to video good things in my school to share with staff members and also as an a formative assessment tool
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I haven’t had a chance to use the flip camera with students, however I now have great ideas to share with teachers.
Thanks!
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Filming critical components of the class to upload to CCSD for student review!
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I use it for special independent projects and student created tutorials.
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besides tracking the lifecycles of the painted lady butterfly…i would like for students to be filmed reading a story for the class.”spotlight reader”
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The flip camera comes in really handy for broadcasting footage. We just purchased one of the cameras and will be using it at our school to do quick interviews, event coverage, etc. The students won’t have to take the bigger cameras around for that anymore.
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Sounds like a great tool to use no matter what the grade level. I think I would have a “cameraman” as a helper in my classroom and they could record things like the calendar each day. Or if you have a student who is absent you could record your lessons and let them watch it to catch up.
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Данный пост очень неформален и информативен, большое спасибо Вам.
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