Comments on: 6 recommendations for teaching with the flip video camera http://williamwolff.org/composingspaces/some-recommendations-for-teaching-with-the-flip-video-camera/ courses, research, and a blog about teaching, writing, learning, photography, and all things related Fri, 02 Sep 2011 03:53:32 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: 13 Resources for Using a Pocket Video Camera in Classroom http://williamwolff.org/composingspaces/some-recommendations-for-teaching-with-the-flip-video-camera/comment-page-1/#comment-339 13 Resources for Using a Pocket Video Camera in Classroom Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:20:23 +0000 http://williamwolff.org/?p=1817#comment-339 [...] Bill Wolff’s Composing Spaces 6 Recommendations for Teaching with the Flip Video Camera [...] [...] Bill Wolff’s Composing Spaces 6 Recommendations for Teaching with the Flip Video Camera [...]

]]> By: Writing with Film « Breathe In–Breathe Out http://williamwolff.org/composingspaces/some-recommendations-for-teaching-with-the-flip-video-camera/comment-page-1/#comment-338 Writing with Film « Breathe In–Breathe Out Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:55:06 +0000 http://williamwolff.org/?p=1817#comment-338 [...] Wolff has six reccommendations for teachers using Flips in the classroom in his article “Composing Spaces.” And the first one is something we’ve talked about that digital natives do ALL the [...] [...] Wolff has six reccommendations for teachers using Flips in the classroom in his article “Composing Spaces.” And the first one is something we’ve talked about that digital natives do ALL the [...]

]]> By: Bill http://williamwolff.org/composingspaces/some-recommendations-for-teaching-with-the-flip-video-camera/comment-page-1/#comment-336 Bill Sat, 17 Jul 2010 02:00:17 +0000 http://williamwolff.org/?p=1817#comment-336 @aaron If you're using a PC you might need to convert the videos to .avi first before being able to see the previews. See the last paragraph in the post for a link to an excellent conversion tool. @theresa That sounds like an excellent assignment--good luck with the grant and please let me know how it turns out. The editing will, I suspect, be a beast for you. It might be interesting to see how the students handle the basic editing software that comes with the Flip. I suspect that they'll pick it up quite quickly. @aaron If you’re using a PC you might need to convert the videos to .avi first before being able to see the previews. See the last paragraph in the post for a link to an excellent conversion tool.

@theresa That sounds like an excellent assignment–good luck with the grant and please let me know how it turns out. The editing will, I suspect, be a beast for you. It might be interesting to see how the students handle the basic editing software that comes with the Flip. I suspect that they’ll pick it up quite quickly.

]]> By: 6 recommendations for teaching with the flip video camera | Technology Bits Bytes & Nibbles http://williamwolff.org/composingspaces/some-recommendations-for-teaching-with-the-flip-video-camera/comment-page-1/#comment-335 6 recommendations for teaching with the flip video camera | Technology Bits Bytes & Nibbles Sun, 04 Jul 2010 19:46:24 +0000 http://williamwolff.org/?p=1817#comment-335 [...] read the full story and see all the resource, CLICK HERE Posted in 21st Century Skills, General, Professional Development, Publishing, Research, Tools, [...] [...] read the full story and see all the resource, CLICK HERE Posted in 21st Century Skills, General, Professional Development, Publishing, Research, Tools, [...]

]]> By: Theresa Garcia http://williamwolff.org/composingspaces/some-recommendations-for-teaching-with-the-flip-video-camera/comment-page-1/#comment-334 Theresa Garcia Sat, 26 Jun 2010 15:00:32 +0000 http://williamwolff.org/?p=1817#comment-334 I teach elementary special education and I am submitting a grant for Flip cameras to increase reading fluencies. The kids like performing, so we will use reader theatre scripts and have the kids perform one every 6 weeks and I will send home a copy of the performance to the parent. (Of course we have to get permission for the video taping) Because of the limited time I have with the students, I will do the editing for the 1st year. I teach elementary special education and I am submitting a grant for Flip cameras to increase reading fluencies. The kids like performing, so we will use reader theatre scripts and have the kids perform one every 6 weeks and I will send home a copy of the performance to the parent. (Of course we have to get permission for the video taping)
Because of the limited time I have with the students, I will do the editing for the 1st year.

]]> By: Aaron http://williamwolff.org/composingspaces/some-recommendations-for-teaching-with-the-flip-video-camera/comment-page-1/#comment-330 Aaron Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:23:39 +0000 http://williamwolff.org/?p=1817#comment-330 When I save videos from my flip to my PC some of them don't show up with previews. I can see the previews are saved on the Flip folder but the mp4s only show as the app. icon without the preview. It's very frustrating to try and go through 30 videos trying to find one that I want without having the preview attach itself. Does anyone know how to fix this?? When I save videos from my flip to my PC some of them don’t show up with previews. I can see the previews are saved on the Flip folder but the mp4s only show as the app. icon without the preview. It’s very frustrating to try and go through 30 videos trying to find one that I want without having the preview attach itself. Does anyone know how to fix this??

]]> By: Bill http://williamwolff.org/composingspaces/some-recommendations-for-teaching-with-the-flip-video-camera/comment-page-1/#comment-328 Bill Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:09:34 +0000 http://williamwolff.org/?p=1817#comment-328 Linda, Thanks for your note and sorry for the delayed response. One recommendation I have is that if students will be working on the files at home and at school, ensure that they understand how WMM (and iMovie for that matter) handles project files. See <a href="http://williamwolff.org/courses/creating-an-effective-folder-structure/" rel="nofollow">Creating an Effective Folder Structure for Movies</a> for how to set up the folders to allow for easy transfer of files to Flash drives and the computer. Margate and Linda, Also, if you are using the Flip HD be aware that the files are mp4 and *not* compatible with WMM (the discussion above was for the non-HD Flips). Zamzar, as Linda suggests, is not the best thing for converting many videos. I ran into the same issue when my wife was trying to make a video from Flip HD files on WMM. We found and have used the <a href="http://download.cnet.com/Pazera-Free-MP4-to-AVI-Converter/3000-2194_4-10784027.html" rel="nofollow">Pazera Free MP4 to AVI Converter</a>. It converted 200+ videos in one shot with no problems at all. Let me know if you have any other questions. Bill Linda,

Thanks for your note and sorry for the delayed response. One recommendation I have is that if students will be working on the files at home and at school, ensure that they understand how WMM (and iMovie for that matter) handles project files. See Creating an Effective Folder Structure for Movies for how to set up the folders to allow for easy transfer of files to Flash drives and the computer.

Margate and Linda,

Also, if you are using the Flip HD be aware that the files are mp4 and *not* compatible with WMM (the discussion above was for the non-HD Flips). Zamzar, as Linda suggests, is not the best thing for converting many videos. I ran into the same issue when my wife was trying to make a video from Flip HD files on WMM. We found and have used the Pazera Free MP4 to AVI Converter. It converted 200+ videos in one shot with no problems at all.

Let me know if you have any other questions.

Bill

]]> By: Linda http://williamwolff.org/composingspaces/some-recommendations-for-teaching-with-the-flip-video-camera/comment-page-1/#comment-327 Linda Thu, 03 Jun 2010 16:07:10 +0000 http://williamwolff.org/?p=1817#comment-327 Bill, Thanks for this post - the details were especially helpful. I helped 3 teachers this year use Flip Cameras in a school that has only PCs. Like Margaret, we had some issues with the flip software. We wanted to use Movie Maker for the reasons you explained, but WMM wouldn't import the mp4 format and we had to convert each video clip first using Zamzar. Problem was, the resulting clips were many times larger than the MP4s and we had a storage problem. Did you deal with these issues as well? Bill, Thanks for this post – the details were especially helpful. I helped 3 teachers this year use Flip Cameras in a school that has only PCs. Like Margaret, we had some issues with the flip software. We wanted to use Movie Maker for the reasons you explained, but WMM wouldn’t import the mp4 format and we had to convert each video clip first using Zamzar. Problem was, the resulting clips were many times larger than the MP4s and we had a storage problem. Did you deal with these issues as well?

]]> By: Margaret http://williamwolff.org/composingspaces/some-recommendations-for-teaching-with-the-flip-video-camera/comment-page-1/#comment-325 Margaret Mon, 17 May 2010 05:16:24 +0000 http://williamwolff.org/?p=1817#comment-325 Hi Bill, I teach communications classes to middle school and high school students with learning disabilities. We use the Flip for the same reasons you do. It's light, portable, durable and above all EASY to use. We record a daily show for the school-- some of which I've posted to YouTube so that the kids can show their families and friends. Up until now we've used the editing software that comes with the Flip simply because it is quick and easy. However, I am frustrated with the lack of features in FlipShare and the fact that video and pictures from other sources are incredibly hard to import (if not impossible). I am going to give Windows Movie Maker a shot based on your recommendation and see if my students can successfully use the program without too much help from me. Since I will have many of the same students next year, I am hoping to launch several independent projects with them in the fall and build on our successes. If you have any additional suggestions or recommendations, I would love to hear them. Hi Bill, I teach communications classes to middle school and high school students with learning disabilities. We use the Flip for the same reasons you do. It’s light, portable, durable and above all EASY to use. We record a daily show for the school– some of which I’ve posted to YouTube so that the kids can show their families and friends. Up until now we’ve used the editing software that comes with the Flip simply because it is quick and easy. However, I am frustrated with the lack of features in FlipShare and the fact that video and pictures from other sources are incredibly hard to import (if not impossible). I am going to give Windows Movie Maker a shot based on your recommendation and see if my students can successfully use the program without too much help from me. Since I will have many of the same students next year, I am hoping to launch several independent projects with them in the fall and build on our successes. If you have any additional suggestions or recommendations, I would love to hear them.

]]> By: Liberal Education Tomorrow: » Emergent grassroots video pedagogies http://williamwolff.org/composingspaces/some-recommendations-for-teaching-with-the-flip-video-camera/comment-page-1/#comment-286 Liberal Education Tomorrow: » Emergent grassroots video pedagogies Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:02:54 +0000 http://williamwolff.org/?p=1817#comment-286 [...] One of the faculty members interviewed also published his thoughts on six ways of using Flip in class. [...] [...] One of the faculty members interviewed also published his thoughts on six ways of using Flip in class. [...]

]]> By: Lisa Gualtieri http://williamwolff.org/composingspaces/some-recommendations-for-teaching-with-the-flip-video-camera/comment-page-1/#comment-277 Lisa Gualtieri Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:55:25 +0000 http://williamwolff.org/?p=1817#comment-277 Great idea to do this! I saw the link from eLearn Magazine, http://www.elearnmag.org/subpage.cfm?section=articles&article=98-1, where I found your insights very helpful. Great idea to do this! I saw the link from eLearn Magazine, http://www.elearnmag.org/subpage.cfm?section=articles&article=98-1, where I found your insights very helpful.

]]> By: JessieNYC http://williamwolff.org/composingspaces/some-recommendations-for-teaching-with-the-flip-video-camera/comment-page-1/#comment-266 JessieNYC Wed, 02 Sep 2009 08:39:29 +0000 http://williamwolff.org/?p=1817#comment-266 Ah, thanks for that Bill - and no worries about a 'delay' - you were prompt by my first-week-of-classes clock! ;-) Of course, a separate Gmail account - that makes total sense. I'm afraid I was still stuck in the "need an invitation" era of Gmail, so that hadn't even occurred to me. Will Tweet about the class once things progress a bit. Thanks again! Ah, thanks for that Bill – and no worries about a ‘delay’ – you were prompt by my first-week-of-classes clock! ;-)

Of course, a separate Gmail account – that makes total sense. I’m afraid I was still stuck in the “need an invitation” era of Gmail, so that hadn’t even occurred to me.

Will Tweet about the class once things progress a bit. Thanks again!

]]> By: Bill http://williamwolff.org/composingspaces/some-recommendations-for-teaching-with-the-flip-video-camera/comment-page-1/#comment-265 Bill Wed, 02 Sep 2009 01:47:52 +0000 http://williamwolff.org/?p=1817#comment-265 Jessie, Thanks so much for your comments. I'm glad you found the post useful. Thanks, also, for alerting me to Google and YouTube linking the accounts. What a pain in the neck. I'm sure it makes sense for Google, but what a pain for users. I'm sorry for taking so long to post a response. It has been hectic around here, to say the least. I think I was able to find a (rather clunky) workaround. 1. I logged off of my gmail account. 2. I created an email address just for my class section: wrts09 [at] gmail [dot] com. 3. I went over to YouTube and created an account with the name: wrts09. 4. In the next screen, I used the right side and entered my new course-specific email address in the form field. 5. After clicking create account (or whathaveyou) I got a screen with this info: Your Account Details YouTube username: wrts09 Google Account email address: wrts09 [at] gmail [dot] com So . . . it seems that it should be separated from my personal email account. Let me know if you find another way--and keep me informed about how your class is doing. Can you Tweet a link to their assignment? Jessie,

Thanks so much for your comments. I’m glad you found the post useful. Thanks, also, for alerting me to Google and YouTube linking the accounts. What a pain in the neck. I’m sure it makes sense for Google, but what a pain for users. I’m sorry for taking so long to post a response. It has been hectic around here, to say the least.

I think I was able to find a (rather clunky) workaround.

1. I logged off of my gmail account.

2. I created an email address just for my class section: wrts09 [at] gmail [dot] com.

3. I went over to YouTube and created an account with the name: wrts09.

4. In the next screen, I used the right side and entered my new course-specific email address in the form field.

5. After clicking create account (or whathaveyou) I got a screen with this info:

Your Account Details
YouTube username: wrts09
Google Account email address: wrts09 [at] gmail [dot] com

So . . . it seems that it should be separated from my personal email account.

Let me know if you find another way–and keep me informed about how your class is doing. Can you Tweet a link to their assignment?

]]> By: JessieNYC http://williamwolff.org/composingspaces/some-recommendations-for-teaching-with-the-flip-video-camera/comment-page-1/#comment-264 JessieNYC Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:08:05 +0000 http://williamwolff.org/?p=1817#comment-264 Bill ~ This is such a great resource! Thanks for posting it. One quick, logistical question: how did you set up the YouTube Channel in such a way that didn't violate your own privacy? Let me explain. I've got a YouTube Channel set up for my visual media class (meeting tonight) for them to load short vid's from their Flips, but it is linked to my Google account. Even when I tried using another email address, it's linked to my Google info. So, for them to post anything to the YouTube channel, I'd have to give them info on how to access all my Google stuff....not good. I'm sure there's an obvious work-around that I'm missing. Bill ~ This is such a great resource! Thanks for posting it. One quick, logistical question: how did you set up the YouTube Channel in such a way that didn’t violate your own privacy?

Let me explain. I’ve got a YouTube Channel set up for my visual media class (meeting tonight) for them to load short vid’s from their Flips, but it is linked to my Google account. Even when I tried using another email address, it’s linked to my Google info. So, for them to post anything to the YouTube channel, I’d have to give them info on how to access all my Google stuff….not good.

I’m sure there’s an obvious work-around that I’m missing.

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