I was looking at a way to find educational discounts to purchase Flip Video recorders for my students to complete part of a project that they are working on. I really wanted them to do their own recording and wanted to be able to have more than one camera to place within the groups within the classroom.
I had been pricing different video recorders and wondered if Flip had responded to the educational market by offering and educational discount. I am happy to report that they have!!
Flip has an offer to allow 2 for 1 offers to classroom teachers. (maximum of 4 units) You can find the details to the offer here: http://www.theflip.com/en-us/buy/educators.aspx
Using Flip Video cameras you can add a lot of varations to online presentations. Discussions in the Podcast Academy include the use of video in podcasts to assist students with learning content. Students are expressing to me that it helps them learn the content and they enjoy it more than using just a text based presentation alone.
I have enclosed one example of a learning station I created several years ago for introductions of students to content and also incorporations of review materials all into one presentation. Perhaps this may give you some ideas on using video in your own classroom.
