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toc 20 Ways to Use Video in Your Classroom =Different Ways to Capture Video (pros and cons)=

Flip Camera

 * pros
 * easy to operate
 * has a good mic for capturing sound
 * cons
 * only exports as mpeg-4 (mp4) which Movie Maker cannot edit
 * trying to convert from mp4 to a format like .avi for editing purposes is more trouble than it is worth.
 * tips and tricks
 * only use if you don't plan on editing the movie. For example if it is evidence of student learning.
 * when downloading the movie files treat the Flip camera like a big Flash Drive and cut and paste the files to your computer.
 * only keep the files on your computer long enough to upload or edit them. Then move them to the Media Center.

Digital Camera

 * pros
 * saves movie files in a format that Movie Maker can import
 * cons
 * sound quality MAY not be as good

iPod Touch

 * pros
 * easy to take video and get it online quickly
 * can email it as an mp4 to any email address you like.
 * if emailed to the remote upload email linked to your Vimeo account will be added to your account immediately.
 * if emailed to posterous.com account goes online immediately
 * for example this[| test vid]
 * cons
 * the videos tend to be longer and thinner than a regular video
 * the video quality is not great
 * only exports as mp4 so can't edit in Movie Maker.

=How to Share Video= Upload to Blog as an MP4
 * This works but takes time to download and play in a new window. Here is [|an example from our new website](scroll down to the test mp4 post and click on the link).

Upload to a 3rd party site and then to the Blog
 * [|Vimeo]
 * [|Upload Tutorial] by me
 * [|Upload Tutorial] by someone else.

=Pictures and Audio as Alternative to Video=
 * often pictures and audio will do the trick without having to deal with large file sizes and video editing software.

[|Photostory]  [|Animoto]
 * Good text and image based [|Photostory Tutorials]
 * [|PDF photostory tutorial] that you could print out
 * This is [|quite a good video tutorial] (the instructions begin at about the 1 minute mark)
 * Educators can apply for a [|free Animoto Plus account]
 * check out the videos at the bottom of the page made by educators
 * [|Step by step tutorial]on creating Animoto videos and embedding them in a Smug Mug gallery
 * This [|video tutorial] is also quite well done.

=How to Edit Video=

Tips and Tricks

 * Video files are BIG which means they should NOT be saved over the Network. Trying to save and recover files over the network is asking for trouble. Here are a couple options:
 * Save your files and movie projects on the C drive of your desktop computer. To do this you need to direct the files to My Computer - Local Disk (C:) and make a new folder for your videos.
 * If you keep the videos on your C drive after you have edited and shared them your C drive will fill up quickly. I suggest backing up the files you want to keep to either:
 * Our networked Media Storage Drive or
 * A portable hard drive
 * Movie Projects are complicated. The Movie Editing software has to keep track of all the files and effects that you are trying to put together to make a movie. If these files are all stored in seperate locations it makes it difficult for the editing software to keep track of everything and files can go missing. To make sure this doesn't happen start a folder for your project and make sure EVERYTHING is stored in that folder. You will need to pay attention to a few settings in the editing software to make sure all temporary files are also stored in your folder (see the first tutorial below).
 * In theory it is possible to convert your mp4 files from a Flip camera into .AVI files to use in Movie Maker using [|Format Factory]
 * In reality this seems to work fine as long as you are converting and using the files on the same computer.
 * When trying to convert files for students to use on different computers issues can arise.

Movie Maker

 * [|Video Tutorials]: some good ones to start with are ...
 * [|Start a New Project in Windows Movie Maker]
 * [|Importing Video, Pictures and Music into Movie Maker]
 * [|How to Edit Clips in Windows Movie Maker]
 * [|How to Use Titles in Windows Movie Maker]
 * [|Text Tutorials] - for those that prefer to read their instructions :-)

Adobe Premiere Elements

 * These are the [|Adobe Tutorials for Premiere Elements 4]
 * Click on video to see a Video tutorial
 * Click on HTML to see a text and screenshot tutorial