The Flip Camera for PC and Mac (Movie Maker and iMovie, too)

Posted by Janice on March 10, 2008 in The Arts, Video

As we have gone around to buildings, the ITs have shown Flip Video cameras to many of you. We have 20 cameras that we can check out to teachers who want to do simple video with their students. We have checked out as few as 1 or 2 and as many as 15. Your IT can help you with the cameras and check them out for you if you would like to use them.

Here are two Quick Reference documents to help you and your students use the camera. They operate slightly differently between the Mac and the PC platform so download the one you need for the platform you are using.

flipvideoforpc.pdf and flipvideomac.pdf

For Mac users look at this resource for iMovie. Apple Learning Interchange

For PC users here is a Quick Guide for getting started with MovieMaker moviemaker.pdf The program essentially steps you through the necessary steps to completing a movie. Have fun!
For more on MovieMaker go to this resource put together by LeAnn Sahlin from Instructional Technology.

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Movie Maker 2

Posted by LeAnn on March 2, 2008 in Video

Lesson Plans/Storyboard: Some of the following may give you ideas about students creating videos in your classroom, or discuss more specifics on taking a project from start to finish.

Technical Items to Consider:

  • How are students going to access initial resources? It takes a while to transfer a movie from a digital camcorder to a computer. Only the Multi-Media PCs (tower) have firewire capabilities which decreases the download time. Using Flip cameras may be an option. They can be checked out from your IT.
  • How are students going to share resources and save projects? Folders can be created on the server that teachers and students can access. Talk to the ET/network analyst about what can be done about space limitations since video files tend to be large.
  • How are final videos going to be viewed? The default choice is ‘Best quality for playback on my computer.’ If the final video only needs to be played on your computer (PC), this will make a high-quality, large movie. If you have other plans, you will need to click radio button ‘Other Settings’. The DV-AVI (NTSC) option should work on multiple platforms.

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