Google videos
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Summary
Teachers can make digital videos of teaching and learning in their classrooms and upload them (for free) to Google. For those who want a better quality video, there is a range of editing software, and tips for video editing. There are some ideas about how (hundreds of) these teacher-made videos could be uploaded, indexed in a database, and made available for adult education teachers' professional development.
Discussion
Barry Burkett, an adult Education teacher from the Thorn Hill Learning Center in Frankfort, Kentucky, makes videos of his teaching and uploads them (free) to a Google site. For example, here's a link to a six-minute math teaching video he made:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3606259667852683762&hl=en
Below is a post from Barry to the NIFL-technology discussion list, followed by the steps for uploading files, followed by a dialogue about making videos.
From: Barry.Burkett@Franklin.kyschools.us
Subject: [Technology 769] Google Video Upload
Date: December 18, 2006 2:47:05 PM EST
To: technology@nifl.gov
Hello all!
So I have the directions done. I have sent them in both Power Point, so you can preview it as a slide show, and as a PDF so you can print the directions and follow them at your computer. I made the directions very step by step, I hope it is thorough enough, but if you do have any questions you can reach me at this e-mail or the phone number below.
This second film is different from the first in several ways. The main way that it differs is I edited it for content, so there are less dead spaces. There is also student dialogue, but still no student faces. The biggest way that it is different is that is not straight video from the camera to the internet, I changed it from the MPEG2 format to a less dense MPG4.
The video editing program came with the camera, so it was not expensive. In order to change its format I used a moderately expensive program called Pinnacle Studio Plus.
Pinnacle Studio Plus was just under $100. It is not necessary for uploading content to the internet, but it does have some bonuses. Pinnacle allows you to do minor film editing work… adding various clips, music, changing tints and hues, etc. The biggest bonus I found was to change the file format. But the abilities of the program made me wonder if students could video what they thought was important onto their cell phones, send me their feed, and then I spliced that feed into my film, could that make it more valuable to the student.
Unfortunately, these past two videos have been about math, specifically the percentage triangle. So how can I use this technology for literacy? Well, there is a feature that allows one to Close Caption (CC); what if I were able to transfer a group reading exercise to the internet and the CC it, and ask the online participant to read along, aloud, at home, would that help? Is it feasible? Would webcams help break the barrier, etc? What are your thoughts on breaking the barrier?
Barry Burkett, Adult Educator
Thorn Hill Learning Center
Frankfort, KY
502.223.3110
From: djrosen@comcast.net
Subject: [Technology 777] How to make classroom videos and how to upload them to Google
Date: December 20, 2006 8:30:26 AM EST
To: technology@nifl.gov
Tech Colleagues,
Barry Burkett's instructions on how to upload videos to Google -- in captured screen slides -- will now be found on the ALE Wiki at
http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/Google_videos
Does anyone -- including Barry -- have tips for making digital videos of teaching? Barry, it looks like you do it by yourself. Do you just set up a camera on a tripod and turn on the camera? What tips do people have about capturing teacher and student voices in a classroom -- how to best mic the class? If a teacher has someone else to do the filming, what tips do you have?
Barry has given us some tips on editing. Anyone else have editing tips?
I wonder if there is enough interest from teachers out there to set up a page on the ALE Wiki on classroom video recording. If you are making videos of your (or other adult educators') teaching, let me know. If there is enough interest, I'll set up the ALE Wiki page and let you know.
David J. Rosen
djrosen@comcast.net
From: Barry.Burkett@Franklin.kyschools.us
Subject: [Technology 780] Re: How to make classroom videos and how to uploadthem to Google
Date: December 20, 2006 2:35:52 PM EST
To: technology@nifl.gov
Because the film was a first run there is a person at the camera,
allowing the camera to zoom-in and pan. There is no Mic, except for the
audio receiver mounted on the camera, and I feel it did an effective
job.
Both vidoes are from one two hour class, and I am still editing the media, there is a lot more of the class I am wanting to segment and use. The video was shot from a tripod, not a good one, but one that does the job.
I dealy I would like to have multiple camera angles. I don't think it work well with the factory software, but the editing software I purchased would allow me to make smooth splices of several sources. The editing software, Pinnacle Studio Plus, even has the ability to use a Green Screen, which I will figure out how to utilize.
One major drawback to Studio Plus, you only get one free call to support, after that they will charge the B'jeezus outta ya.
Any film making hobbyists out there have suggs?
From: steve_quann@worlded.org
Subject: [Technology 782] Re: How to make classroom videos and how to uploadthem to Google
Date: December 20, 2006 5:19:29 PM EST
To: technology@nifl.gov
Barry,
This came out really well, especially considering you used the camera's mic. I have done the same and got what I thought was acceptable sound, but sound engineers would no doubt cringe. The thinking goes when it is headed for the web there is a need for the very best sound you can get.
It would be great to have two cameras in the ideal world if you are
going to be going back and forth to the class since panning and zooming
are really to be avoided for web video if possible. That's why the
steadiness of the tripod versus hand held is so important.
Thanks to you and Phil Shapiro for helping us get on board with what looks like a medium that has found its place in the world and now teaching. I know many of us have been using video in the classroom for a long time, but being able to share our experiences is what has made "us" TIME magazine's person of the year.
Steve Quann
World Education
44 Farnsworth Street
Boston, MA
617.482.9485
From: edyburn@uwm.edu
Subject: [Technology 783] Re: Video How to Guides
Date: December 21, 2006 9:06:52 AM EST
To: technology@nifl.gov
To all:
Very interesting discussion about the use of video for instruction. Not sure if this will help or not, but here is a link to a comprehensive collection of how-to resources for editing videos:
All sorts of search tools for navigating their help guides. They also have several other how-to categoeis of resources that will assist in video capture, conversion, DVD work, playback, etc. depending on what phase of the project you need assistance.
Something that is emerging in K-12 schools relative to the tools and skills that Barry has been talking about is known as digital storytelling. Take a look at the following link for some inspiration about how you might capture stories with your adult learners:
http://powayusd.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/projects/edtechcentral/DigitalStorytelling/default.htm
The site also provides links to resources that teachers and students found easy to use when learning to make their productions. Perhaps some of these resources will be useful for your colleagues and/or adult learners.
Dave
From: Tina_Luffman@yc.edu Subject: [Technology 784] Re: How to make classroom videos and how to uploadthem to Google Date: December 21, 2006 12:29:56 PM EST To: technology@nifl.gov
Hi everyone,
There are two more software programs that I am aware of to make digital videos of the classroom. One is Tegrity. This program allows the instructor to use a webcam to record the lecture. The teacher's video shows up in a smaller box. The main screen reflects the teacher's overhead presentation, which can be a PowerPoint. The program also accommodates digital whiteboard input, so the teacher can be writing on the whiteboard tablet rather than on the traditional style whiteboard/chalkboard, and saving the lesson digitally. The instructor can edit both before publishing to a website.
The other software program I have played with is Camtasia. This software program is not inexpensive, but has amazing capabilities. Again, the teacher's video shows up in a smaller box. The main screen can reflect the teacher's overhead presentation, which can be a PowerPoint, an overhead projection, or a whiteboard tablet. The software program also allows for pointers, background music, editing, and several cool tools like fading between segments.
Both software programs allow teachers to save presentations for broadcast to online or face to face students for use as instruction or review. I did create one Tegrity presentation for teacher training, and the instructors have given me positive feedback about being able to stop and go back over the training multiple times to get the full meaning. I am merely a newbie to these two new software programs, but see great potential for each.
Tina
Tina Luffman
Coordinator, Developmental Education
Verde Valley Campus
928-634-6544
tina_luffman@yc.edu
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