Cool Ways to Use your Flip!

Marcia ObukowiczCESA 9

mobukowicz@cesa9.k12.wi.usmarciaoat@wikispaces.com

715-453-2141

How we tell stories has changed

The Recording Era is Here!

Using Video

• What is the goal for this video?– Always keep this in mind

• Captures moments in time

• Narration, storytelling sequencing or action

• Edit to the best

• Watch for By catch

• Mac or windows

Consider

• Establishing ground rules for use of taped materials

• Permission to video tape– Other students (Opt out rather than in)– Teachers– Sharing video with parents and family

• Managing Accidental Capture:– Human nature– Establishing trust

Your Flip Camera

On offUSB

zoomRecord

PlaybackTrash

Port for connecting to TV

Setting time and date stamps

• May be important for assessing over time to show progress.

• To change these settings press the record button as you power up.

Charging

• We did the initial charge

• Camera charges by attaching to the computer

• For best battery long life: – Charge but don’t always leave device

plugged in

Tips for Flip Cam Use• Get permission from parents to ensure all students are allowed

to be filmed and use cameras.

• Google “classroom uses and flip camera” for ideas

• https://docs.google.com/present/view?pli=1&id=dhn2vcv5_6tv55j7g9

• Tutorial before use. Cuts down on how to use it issues!

• Give guidelines. Start with small projects.

• Buy a tripod decreases shaky videos!

• Delete videos after uploading to computer- camera only holds 60 minutes of recording!

Movie Making How to’s

• Anticipate action• Keep clips short if possible• Watch out for shaking, too much movement,

audio• Remember you can edit so bad sections can be

clipped.• Consider the need for audio like commentary,

running narrative, clear voice. • Consider good props. • Using zoom in/out

What are some ways you would like to use video to help students?

Center Stage

Author’s ChairPuppet Show

School PerformancesShow and TellOral ReportsSocial Stories

On the Scene Reporting• Lunch Room or

Playground Responses• Ask a teacher• Guest Speakers• Grandparent day• School Events• Science fairs and career

days• Post concert• After role playing or

during a simulation.• Reaction Cam

Interviewing

• The author’s chair

• How to do a math problem

• Book reports on fiction or science fiction

• Ask an “expert”

Roving Lunch Reporters

• Asking students what’s happening• Going well

• How are they doing on lunch noise

• Example: recycling and reduction of food waste• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuQCr-r_2eE

Visitor Highlights

• School tour for new students or new visitors

• Classroom tour for sharing with students from other schools

Virtual Fieldtrip

• When a student is going to an interesting place http://vimeo.com/2813756

Point of View

• Attach camera securely to the handles of a bike, a baby stroller, hard hat to see the world from different view points

• We did a great one of these with a student in the wheelchair out with his family, capturing the responses of folks to him and then having

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEVpJF04i2g

Capturing Learning

• Field trips (use for sequencing or review later)

• Science experiments• Social Studies

Dioramas• Puzzle solving:

capture group solving strategies

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCXv23vm4iE&feature=related

Take it outside

• Explore nature

• Explore close up

• Track weather– Weather Cam

• Capture Clouds

Signing or Language

• Kids learning to sign or use a new language can use video clips to practice

• Post these at the website

Make a commercial

• For a state being studied

• For a book just read

Trailers for the school Play

Filming Movement

• Plays

• Music/ concerts

• Phy Ed activities for digital portfolio of “improvement”

• Playground interactions

Video Alphabet

• Kids color a letter, hold it up and say it as part of an alphabet video

• make word family letters, use students as the manipulatives and video the result for sharing and replay

Blue Background/ add a cool background later

• Let children video themselves in front of a blue background.  

• Put the video into authoring software, add an authentic background image, add chroma-key filters and watch your pupils travel back in time!

Classroom Management and Support

Digital materials can be shared through email or web!

• Quick teacher how to’s• Directions for a project (Power of repeat!)• Student how to’s• Sharing lessons that were missed• Capturing student interactions• Catch them GOOD

Quick Capture of Group Thoughts

Motivator for task completion

• Convey their results to the rest of the class.

• Those with work completed vie for “cameraman”

• Think DIGITAL PORTFOLIO

Videoing interaction

• Open Sustain and Close

• Behavior Triggers

• Leave the tape running, what do you see

Sharing Work/ Feedback

• Assessing peer work from another class or school

Sending the Chicken Soup

• Sharing wishes, missed activities to kids out sick. Can email home or post at website.

Class Promotion

• At parent teacher conference time

• At open houses

• Lighted Schoolhouse

• Web share

• Board Meetings

Videotaping: Find a partner

Find a partner and video tape them answering these 4 questions

1. How are you planning to use this video camera and the videos you make?

2. What excites you about using videos with your students?

3. What concerns do you have?

4. 2 things you hope to complete this weekend.

Editing

• Open the USB

• Plug into computer

• Open the Flip share software

File New: create 2 files one for video, one for fun thingsSaving on the computer vs. exportingRaw data vs. finished product

Movie making starts with clips

• Process:– Make your clips– Make photos or upload photos (jpg)– Adding other videos: (kind of complicated)– Edit clips into a whole movie using magic or

full length options– Add credit, music and save – Save on Flip or other

Making Clips: Click on the scissors under the video on the right to edit the movie

Move slide barsto edit.

Save videos clips

Name them for easier edits later

May want more than one video clip from the source file,

Magic Movies

• Walks you through the process

• Credits

• Music

Importing other files into flipshare

• FlipShare ONLY recognizes the following file formats for Windows:         

• • .mp4 (MPEG-4) • .wmv (Windows Media Video)• .avi (Audio - Video Interleaved), and• .jpg for photos

• For Macintosh-based computers:• • .mp4 (MPEG-4)

• .mov (QuickTime Movie), and• .jpg for photos

Import/ Export

• File Menu• Export to a flash drive or the hard drive. • Could load to the iPad.• iPad supports:

– MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats;

– Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format.

Converting file formats

• Try to save it as the new file types

• If you need conversion:– www.zamzar.com

iPad: Uploading Video

• Drag to iTunes of the home base computer or email to the device

Need more support

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG6tLSuk1no

• Cheat Sheet:

• http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/flip-video-for-dummies-cheat-sheet.html

Poochi and a video moment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a2DQC-ghio