This document discusses ways that Flip Video cameras can be used to enhance teaching and learning. It provides examples of how Flip Videos can be used for starters and plenaries, mysteries, explaining concepts, discussions and debates, vox pops, assessing students, evaluating projects, conducting field work, supporting special needs and gifted students, staff training, and capturing student voice. It also covers editing videos and sharing them through websites like Vimeo and blogs to present results.

1. Enhancing Teaching and Learning
with Flip Video
Paul Cornish

2. Introduction to Flip Video Cameras. . .
Enhancing teaching and learning with Flip Video
Review
Record (start
and stop)
Screen
On button
Zoom in and out
(only works
while filming)
Flip Mino approx £100

3. Lets get started …
Discuss with the people on your table…
a) How you or your department have used video
cameras previously.
b) Your reservations with using video
Record one of your responses for each question in one
shot with the Flip Video camera on the table.
Enhancing teaching and learning with Flip Video
http://www.vimeo.com/upload/video
http://www.thegeographer.co.uk/user

4. Ideas to Enhance Lessons . . .
• Starter/ plenary - Filming responses on IWB
• Mysteries - Camera is the source of information
• Explaining – e.g coastal processes
• Discussion & debate – video contributions
• Vox pop – Interview pupils/ staff before lesson on an issue
• Activities – e.g trading game or model building
• Assessment – teacher, self, peer etc…
• Evaluation – Group project or pupil voice
Enhancing teaching and learning with Flip Video

5. Projects . . .
• News Report
• Sustainability film
• Puppet Show
• Visual poetry
• Video for parents
• Make a film for link school
• Competitions
• Prospective parents/ Options evening
Enhancing teaching and learning with Flip Video

6. Field Work . . .
• Museum trips- video an exhibit and explain…
• Geography fieldwork - methods of data collection
- motivation
- alternative to making notes
- AS revision for exam
- AS Fieldtrip Barcelona
- Interviews for secondary information
• Video diaries – Year 9 Ypres trip
• Video for assembly/ parents
Enhancing teaching and learning with Flip Video

7. Other uses . . .
• SEN – alternative to writing, deaf signing
• G & T
• Staff training
• Lesson observations
• Pupil voice
Enhancing teaching and learning with Flip Video

8. Editing . . .
Enhancing teaching and learning with Flip Video

9. Presenting the results . . .
Video Sharing Websites
Wordpress (blog) www.thegeographer.co.uk
Google Earth
Embed
code
Embed
code
Enhancing teaching and learning with Flip Video
http://www.vimeo.com/user1773033/videos

10. Enhancing Teaching and Learning
with Flip Video
Paul Cornish