First up is the Flip video created by Al. The content and reason for creating this short video is described by Al himself:
Looking at the current batch of adopted California Texts, I see an attempt to integrate content and an attempt to cover material that can be of great value. At the same time, I see a formulaic approach that I hope student teachers will counter with a little more of their own creativity. Reading a textbook driven lesson on Haiku, it brought back memories of how I would teach this to elementary students. The video shows how I integrate art and writing into lessons over a two-day period.Beyond the content of the video, I wanted to share this product so people could get a better hands-on sense of what can be created with the very simple Flip camera. Notice when you watch this 6.5 minute presentation that Al has combined several different shots in different locations. All these transitions between the various clips, and the added text titles, were done using the free software that comes on the Flip video recorders. Pretty darn cool, you'll realize, when you see the video.
The video comes in two flavors: original size (78 Mb) and iPhone optimized (44Mb).
