Flip+Video+Cameras

 Thanks to our generous PTSA and their Mini Grants the Library Media Center has **10 Mino Flip Video Cameras.** The cameras can be checked out by staff or students. Students are limited to using the camera only during the school day and are required to return them by 4:00 P.M.

Digital video cameras are a great way to integrate technology into you lesson plans. You can have your students can check out the cameras and use them for documentary style video tapping, creating full production videos with storyboarding or creating comercials for class.

__**Need inspiration?**__
 * Click here for lesson plan examples which include video production.
 * [] Forty-Four Interesting Ways* to use your Pocket Video Camera in the Classroom
 * **[]** Flip Video Basics from Richland Parish Schools
 * http://classroommovies.wikispaces.com/ Classroom handouts and moviemaking links
 * __Details__**
 * Pocket sized camcorder; flat back panel with touch sensitvie buttons; 1.5 inch color LCD screen
 * 2 GB of on-board flash memory--records up to 60 minutes of video; 2X digital zoom
 * Internal Lithium-ion battery recharges when built in USB arm is connected to a computer
 * Built in Flip-Video software
 * Each camera includes an usb extension cable for filming when low on battery, a rubber soft shell camera case and instruction manual
 * Teachers can also check out table top tripods for filming.
 * Teachers can also check out table top tripods for filming.


 * __Things to consider when you or your students check out the cameras:__**


 * Since there is not a lot of storage space on the school's server, it is recommended to have the students save their video files onto a portable flash drive. The flash drive should have at least 1 GB of storage space dedicated solely to the video that they are filming. They should not intend to save the files on the Flip cameras because at the end of the day, the space needs to be cleared so that another student may record on it.
 * Once you or your student record video footage, please remember that Flip video cameras can only be viewed on computers in the school which have the Flip software loaded on them. Currently all of the teachers' computers, Media Center computers and English lab (263) have the Flip Software loaded on them. If you would like the software loaded onto a specific computer in the school, then please send an asset tag and serial numbers to the media specialist.
 * If students will be editing their videos at school, it is recommended to use the Windows MovieMaker software **instead** of the Flip Video software, due to restrictions on school computers and file storage capabilities.
 * Here are instructions on how to save your video from the flip camera and the basic steps of importing them to Window MovieMaker.