Photos+and+Video

HOW CAN DIGITAL PHOTOS AND VIDEO ENHANCE INQUIRY LEARNING?
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 * See more great examples from Dan Meyer in his "What Can You Do With This?" series.
 * TCI Visual Discovery : Seeing and interacting with an image in combination with reading and recording notes on the content helps students remember salient ideas.
 * Applying concepts to critically analyze videos: Win? Fail? Physics! wiki
 * Student work: Commutative Property Jingle
 * Student work: Mythbuster Physics at Wabash College
 * Media Analysis: Cooties
 * Literary Terms in Modern Media
 * More science and math examples.
 * 100 Best YouTube videos for teachers
 * Flipping Out For Geometry : Using a Flip video camera for geometry projects
 * A non-example? : Economics of a Cupcake Factory

GUIDELINES FOR BEST PRACTICE
> (See the [|guidelines] from the NC Department of Public Instruction.)
 * Selected photos and videos must specifically illustrate the targeted content an match the instructional goal.
 * Ensure that students have a meaningful interaction with images or video.
 * Make sure the image or video supplements your good instruction, not replaces it.
 * Model appropriate use an attributions of copyrighted digital images and video.

HOW TOs & HELP

 * Edutopia article: Online Photography Archives Enable Teaching with Primary Sources
 * Create a custom YouTube player to embed in a webpage:
 * Picasa Web Albums: Upload photos and create photo slideshows to embed in eChalk, a wiki, etc.
 * Flickr: Another photosharing website. A great place to find photos, too!
 * Vimeo: A video sharing website. Upload high quality videos. Better privacy settings than YouTube -- you can password protect each video. Might be worth the $60/year to upgrade to a Plus account.
 * SchoolTube : Another video posting site with accounts for students and teachers. Students can upload their own video, but teachers must approve them.
 * Edutopia Video: How to Use YouTube in the Classroom Includes how to embed video in a webpage (like eChalk).
 * [|KeepVid]: Download videos if you know the URL. Choose the .mp4 option to download a file playable in QuickTime.
 * [|Zamzar]: File format conversion. Be prepared for a loss of quality, however.
 * [|Video Download Helper]: Firefox add-on will allow you to download movies from webpages.
 * Movies saved as .FLV files can be inserted and played inside a SMART Notebook file. They can also be played using VLC player.
 * [|LoggerPro]: Does video and picture analysis. School has site license, which includes teachers' and students' home computers.
 * [|Overview of Video Features in Logger Pro]
 * Want to make your own videos? Just use the video mode of a digital camera. Or check out a Flipcam from the HS library!
 * [|ScreenToaster] and Screencast-o-matic : Make your own screencasts.
 * SAM Animation : Create stop-motion videos using a webcam
 * Video editing software: Windows Movie Maker (PC) and iMovie (Mac) are standard on most computers!