Digital+Video

Video is very engaging for students. Discovery Education provides a wealth of video resources that our available to HCPS teachers to deliver or enrich content. Students love to create videos so this can be a great way to have students demonstrate their understanding of a concept.

Post your great ideas for how you can use digital video with your students to enhance learning.
I have two ideas for using either the flip camera and the ipod. I would like to have my students be "roving reporters" and create short broadcasts that use mathematical concepts-- geometry in the building, survey and report using graphs, etc. The second idea is to go out in the community(student or teacher) and show math in the "real world," ie, sales, construction, and unit price, interview real people, etc.--Barbara

Students can use the flip cameras to make commercials advertising library books that they have read. These commercials could be shown during library time or during morning announcements. Susie D.

Whenever I do a workshop, I start by being totally confused. Although I'm familiar with the FLip technology and putting together a movie, I've never used an iPod. Showing my age? Absolutely! I Need lots more experience and practice before using it with kids, because I HAVE to seem to know as much as they do. I like what the iPod can do and the fact that it's so easy to handle and use. Makes me want one! Jill B.

I teach American literature. In my opening unit, a review of the six periods, I plan to use the animoto activity. Students will take pictures of visual representations from one of the six periods and create a video using the amimoto website. Students will either use flip photos or iPod touches to download their pictures. The video will be used in corporation with a 2 page paper they write comparing the characteristics of one period to representational short story in that period. The visual will compliment the writing exercise.

also, I teach photojournalism. I will make the animoto video a weekly activity. Students are assigned a photographic best:homecoming, science labs, band etc. They will select their top eight pictures from the week and place them in the animoto video and display for the class. The best video will win a free photography pass to a home athletic game for that week. I love it, perhaps, Broadcasting could display the winning video on the revolving announcements throughout the day.

Question: if I buy the $40 a year subscription, can all the kids access the log in at the same time?