What is a Flip Video camera? A Flip Video is a small, inexpensive digital camcamcorder. It’s about the size of a regular digital camera and can easily fit in your pocket.
What makes the Flip Video camera so special?
The Flip Video has several unique features that make it very attractive to educators:
- It’s very inexpensive, about $130- $150 for the basic models.
- The Flip Video is extremely easy to use.
- The quality of the video is fantastic for such an inexpensive and simple camera, both audio and video are exceptional.
- No cables! The camera hooks up to your computer with an attached USB port to upload videos directly.
- No fancy batteries, the Flip takes 2 AA batteries.
- No tapes to mess with- the camera stores all video digitally on the internal hard drive.
- No complicated buttons, to turn on the Flip you just push the big red button! There are no complicated switches and buttons to navigate, it’s super easy.
The possibilities for using the Flip Video in the classroom are really endless and you are only limited by your imagination, but here are a few ideas to inspire you:
- Digital Storytelling
- Record students acting out a story such as The Three Little Pigs
- School tours for new students
- Recording daily activities in the classroom then showing the video to parents at open houses to demonstrate student learning.
- Tape a model lesson to show to new teachers.
- Record field trips so you can extend learning after the field trip is over.
- Video student portfolios: Use the Flip to record evidence of student learning. Create a digital video portfolio for each student.
- Behavior: If you have a behavioral problem videotape the behavior and review it with parents and administrators to discuss a course of action. Since the Flip is so small and easy to use you can just pull it out and start recording with the touch of one button- no set-up necessary.
- Science experiments: Record science experiments to extend learning.
- English Language Learners: Record students narrating a story, a personal narrative or fictional story like a fairy tale.
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