Flip Video

This past week I had the opportunity to teach a "microlesson" to my TE 401 class. This lesson was a group project where five of us TE 401 students worked together to develop a lesson to teach to our peers as though they were fifth graders. This assignment gave us the chance to design a lesson and receive immediate feedback from our instructor and classmates. Fortunately the college of education allows students to check out various technologies in order to complete assignments. We used a Flip video camera to film our lesson. I had never used a Flip cameras before and was surprised at how easy it was to use. By recording this lesson we were able to watch ourselves later and see where we may have room for improvement. The camera had a USB drive built into it which made downloading the video to my computer fast and simple. With only a few buttons, the Flip camera is something I would recommend teachers and schools invest in. Students love working with technology. It gets them excited and involved in lessons. I can imagine that there are many uses for the Flip video camera in all classrooms.