Using Flip Video Cameras in Coaching

[Instructional Coaching Group]

Please share your thoughts, stories and expertise in using Flip Video Cameras with your coaching experiences.

[Instructional Coaching Group]

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[Kim Watchorn]

This link is a slideshow I've seen before; it's about ideas for use of "pocket cams" (and I recently heard that the Kodak may be passing up the Flip as a low-cost, high-quality option...comparably priced).

[Kim Watchorn]

This link has resources for educational Flip usage.

[Deanna Priefert]

I have used the flip camera in coaching by video taping a teacher using a strategy we previously discussed. Later we viewed the video together and did some reflective thinking about what worked and what we wanted to try next. It was great.

[Jodie Pyman]

I have used the same process as Deanna, with teachers who are new to coaching and are reluctant to be filmed.  Everything was done in the same way, however the teacher then watched the film on their own and self reflected prior to our meeting.  I used a Flip Camera on a mini tripod and downloaded the file to a shared (with private settings) space.  That way both of us accessed the file easily prior to meeting together.  Very effective. 

[Brenda Benedict]

I frequently use the flip video camera when a teacher is successfully using a strategy or approach that we are learning. The video is a great help to other teachers to see how a teacher actually implements instruction. I like the flip camera because it is small and not so intrusive. The teachers seem more comfortable with this than a big camera on a large tripod.

Brenda Benedict
Michigan

[LaChawn Smith]

I have heard that Flip Cameras are no longer available. Do you know if this is the case and if so what are you now using.

[Jana Craig Hare]

Hi LaChawn,

Yes, it's true, Cisco has discontinued making Flip Cameras.  Our friends at Stratepedia recently posted some alternatives for Flip Cameras at: http://blog.stratepedia.org/2011/04/13/bye-bye-flip-4-alternatives-...

[LaChawn Smith]

Thanks. i will check out the site.

[Kim Rice]

Our district has decided to purchase an iPod for me to use to videotape the teachers I am working with currently.  I have not received the device yet, so cannot speak to the effectiveness of it.  I currently use a Flip and love the easiness of downloading video to the teacher's computer before I leave his/her classroom.  Hoping the iPod works as well!

[Peter Bertelsen]

I am looking for some sample district policies regarding the use of video for professional learning.

Does anyone have a school or district policy that they could share to help us get started?