Flip Cameras For Educators What are they? Easy to use video camera The size of a cell phone 60 minutes of recording time Easy to use To record just turn on and hit the red button. Hit the red button again to halt recording Easy to process Plug into the USB port of your computer Retrieving files You retrieve and process files the same way you do with a normal flash drive. Uses for Administrators Promoting school highlights West Haverstraw Student Presentations Parent Presentations Model/ Video Lesson Film a master teacher and use as an example Model a portion of a lesson or entire lesson Film teachers in other buildings or district New teacher trainings Show new teachers or best practices Procedural videos Substitute teachers Tutorials for substitutes entering the building Expectations Information Discipline Demonstrate behavior expectations Deterrent Tutorial Basic information for parents; teachers, students, visitors Flip Cameras in the Classroom Demonstrations In the Classroom Video students Music Physical Education Science Experiments Center Activity With your group act out what the main idea of the story is. Vocabulary words game Trailer for a book You and your group have read The Catcher in the Rye, create a trailer for that book which would influence people to want read it. Be sure to include Creating Commercials Pick one off the Elements we studied and create a commercial for that element Create a add commercial for Abraham Lincoln, JFK, Barrack Obama Review for the Unit Test You and your group will pick topic X and create a review video for your classmates. Be sure to include X, Y, Z in your video. When we are done the videos will be shared with classmates and posted on the class website. Activity Get with a partner Interview your partner, filming the interview with your new flip camera Ask the following questions: 1 Highlight of the school year Something new you learned at ALF today Name 1 SMART goal for your building next year