Video Assignment

I agree with several of you regarding the video assignment. This was difficult for me because I was required to type a parent letter requesting permission for each student's participation in the video process. Getting students to remember something like this signed and returned, especially middle school students, is difficult. Students who did not return the permission form would have to be routed elsewhere during the filming so this also created stress for me. Ultimately, after a two week period, I received enough permission forms to film one seventh grade class. The students were not enthusiastic about the process. Oh well, it's done and I learned about a cool video camera called a flip camera. After filming, it plugs right into the computer by a built in usb and works like a flash drive. It records 60 minutes of video and once saved on the computer, can then be saved onto any flash drive with at least 4GB of memory. 60 minutes takes up almost all of the 4GB. Assignment done.