The document discusses using a Flip camera and Smartboard together in the classroom. It provides overviews of the Smartboard software SMARTnotebook and features of the Flip camera. It then describes experiences using the Smartboard and Flip camera, including recording lessons and videos. Finally, it proposes creating a video demonstrating Smartboard usage and provides tips for effective Smartboard use.

1. « FLIPing » over Smartboards
Sarah Sell

2. Contents
• Smart Board Overview
• SMARTnotebook
• Smartboard experience
• Flip Camera Overview
• Flip Camera experience
• Videos Recorded from FLIP
• FLIP computer features
• Flip Computer features experience
• Putting it all together
• Benefits of Technology in the classroom

3. Smartboard background
• interactive whiteboard
• Developed by SMARTtechnologies
• First developed in 1991
• uses touch detection for user input
(similar to a computer mouses
functions)
• Software is included with Smart
Board whiteboards and Smart
hardware products.

4. SMARTnotebook
• collaborative learning software
• included with all Smart Board interactive
whiteboards and all other Smart
hardware products.
• Software combatable with
Windows, Mac and Linux
• Similar to Microsoft PowerPoint for its
incoorperation of
images, amnimations, templates, etc.
• teachers can record each step of a lesson
activity for students to review at a later
time.
• Hundred of Lesson Plan applications
available and searchable by grade and
subject

5. Smartboard experience
The usage of smartboards has been rather entertaining
and interesting in class. I enjoy the smartboard for its
limitless adaptions and exporations of different subject
and curricula. SMARTnote book is very benefitial in
providing ready lesson plans and interactive games
that are perfect or every age clasroom. The smart
board itself is benefitial as it saves teachers time by not
having to rewire the proceedures and assessments
from Lesson plans to the board and allows the students
to focus more on what tis being taught rather than
assuring that they have everything recoded on the
board.

6. FLIP camera background
• Called flip cameras for the USB port
that “Flips” out from them so that you
may conveniently plug in and stat
down loading you video immediately
• Created by Pure Digital Technologies
• first version was originally released as
the "Pure Digital Point & Shoot" video
camcorder on May 1, 2006
• The flip Mino (the camera used in
class)
- A smaller version of the Flip
- released on June 4, 2008.
• Latest in Flip Video: makers of the Flip
Video family of camcorders are in the
process on inventing FlipShare TV-
allows the user to connect the TV base
to their TV, plug in the USB key to their
computer and view their Flipshare
library Flip Ultra Video Camcorder.

7. FLIP camera Experience
I had so much fun with the Flip Camera that I emailed Dr.
Curran later that day asking for the make and model of the
camera we used in class so that I may purchase it for future
uses in the classroom and current personal interests. I feel
that it is a innovative tool that every teacher should have in
their classroom. It provides students different opportunities for
creativity and give educators the option to self evaluate their
teaching practices if they choose to record themselves. I
would even use a flip camera as an undergraduate student in
my methods courses so as to place in my eportfolio so that
future employers can observe my teaching styles and
hopefully hire me for the job!

8. FLIP Camera Videos
•A journey through the Deans Suite
C:Documents and SettingsRider Computer LabsMy DocumentsMy
VideosFlipShare DataVideosVID00024.MP4
•Sarah’s weather report
http://sharing.theflip.com/greeting/30185811/sid/ebec28a102dffea7a6
1e4c73881163e1
•People Watching
C:Documents and SettingsRider Computer LabsMy DocumentsMy
VideosFlipShare DataVideosVID00023.MP4

9. FLIP computer features
• Email
• Make into a greeting card
• Flip Channel
• Sync to internet to share with scial
networks (ie
Twitter, Facebook, youtube, etc)
• Take snap shots from video
• Edit into a movie
• Burn video to DVD

10. FLIP computer features experience
I was amazed to view all of the functions the FLIP
camera had through the camera features on the
computer. I found it interesting to take a picture from any
shot of video and the face that you could easily send it to
another person via, email, facebook, or other socail
networkign site was very benefitial for teachers in hurry.
You can also edit your video itno a feature film which I
would certainly utilize as a project tool in my classroom.

11. Putting it all together
A FLIP video demonstrating the Usage of a
SMARTboard:
C:Documents and SettingsRider Computer LabsMy
DocumentsVideo 1.MP4

12. Tips and Tricks
• In reviewing the video of how to
demonstrate the use of a
SMARTboard, I learned it is
important to know:
- Orient the board first
- Watch so that your body does
not cast a shadow in the screen
- You can only pick up one
marker at a time
- Erase slowly, it can not keep up
if you shake it fast
- You do not need to touch hard
and never bang on the board