Skype+Session+with+Waynesburg+STEAM+students

***Ms. Dempsey Skype Session with Waynesburg Students:
1. What kinds of things have you done with the iPod Touches? Flips? Anything else you have used? What did you do with them? 2. Have you used them yet in the garden? How? If not, do you have any ideas for how you might use them? 3. Have you used them with the window tree installation yet? How? If not, do you have any ideas for how you might use them? 4. What do you like about using them? 5. Are there creative ways of holding them that you can think of? 6. What should adults and teachers know about using the tools? 7. Is there any other advice you would like to share with other students (who haven't ever used the iPod Touches)?

= ***6 Tips and Things to Think About Before, During and After Recording...** =

1. Keep the camera as still as you can.

 * Lock your elbows and steady the tool.

**2. Think about sound and detail.**
 * Get as close as you can.
 * What kinds of persons, places or things are interesting to record?
 * How do you decide what is important?

**3. Keep clips short.**
 * These should be 15 seconds to 1 minute.
 * The teacher will need to delete your recordings on the camera after saving them on the computer.

**4. Add desktop folders by date.**
 * Your teacher can make a new folder on the computer for each day of footage.

**5. Think about interviewing others.**
 * Talk to your teacher about when it is appropriate to interview others....
 * Why is it important to ask others about their experience?
 * How can you get others involved? And interacting with the recording experience?
 * Who is important to interview? Other students, visitors, the principal, your teacher?
 * What kinds of things could you ask?

**6. Think about making videos from interesting perspectives.**
 * Think about how you can record and trying different things with the tools.
 * What if you recording up high (bird's eye view) and down low (worm's eye view)? How would the recordings be different?
 * What could you record that would tell a story without words?

=== ***This 5 minute video shows some examples of how a group of 2nd grade students documented their learning during a lesson on the playground. Can you find examples of what they did? Considering the tips we discussed, what would you recommend to the students in this video? What would you do differently? === media type="youtube" key="UzqvqMFPuBU" height="315" width="560"

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