What a fun new toy!
I have a presentation on this at the Upstate Technology Conference in Greenville, South Carolina. At the suggestion of one of my fellow presenters, I am going to post the whole thing online.
Learning the Flip takes about 5 minutes - for some even less - your students will have the easiest time learning it and it seems made for their hands. My 11 year old son keeps sneaking it out of my bag when I get home to play, and I think he knows more about it that I do at this point!
This is the back of the Flip - everything is labeled.
This is the side with directions for turning the Flip on -
And this is the other side - you have a flip out USB connector and a video out (for TV or projector)
Now, during the session after a very brief intro - I am going to have the attendees go out on a video scavenger hunt. Here are the topics that I gave them:
Careers: Find five people in the building and ask them what their job is - ask a few questions about how they became interested in that type of work and what they had to do to be qualified for the job. Try to find a variety of different jobs types. Record the interviews (Ask permission first!!)
Community: Find five people in the building from the upstate and ask them what their favorite family type activity is in the upstate. What would they recommend to a new family to the area or a family on vacation. Record the interviews (Ask permission first!!)
Math: Find at least 5 different geometric shapes represented in the architechture or art withing the building. Have a team member point out the shape and describe it while another member records. Extra points for more unsual shapes!!
Science: Go outside and find at least five different elements that can be taped and explained to illustrate the weather conditions today. Be creative!!!
Vocabulary: Find objects or scenes in the building that represent the following vocabulary words. Have a team member record the object or scene and have a team member explain the choice. Take turns recording and explaining! You are also allowed to act out a scene if you can't find anything appropriate in the time limit. The words are: Abandon , Enigma, Novice and Joyful.
Social Studies/History: Find and choose one tile on the JL history walk on the front side walk that your team finds interesting. Interview at least five people (some can be team members) about their memories of the object or time and or their reaction/feelings about it. Ask permission before taping!
Teams were given Flip recorders and 20 minutes to complete the task, then asked to meet back in the media center to load, edit and post their videos. Here's what happened (to be posted after the session!) :)
