Discovering the Flip Video Camcorder




Why use the Flip Camcorder in the classroom?
  • Ease of use
  • Easy to share
  • Great assessment tool
  • Offers immediate feedback
  • Student reflection

Some Flip Classroom Ideas:
  1. Create a newscast for history/social studies
  2. Use for Science TAKS test review--students can video science fact they learned during the year--record their fact and share them all with students before test for great review
  3. Good way to explain reasoning for Math problems
  4. Daily math problem--have two videos--one giving out the math problem and another working out the problem
  5. Have students read aloud--great tool for evaluating their reading ability
  6. Tape students working through experiments--video different groups working on different steps--put all steps together and show to students--great assessment of project
  7. Teachers from each pod could create a video explaining rules and procedures--for beginning of school year
  8. Take a look at Using Flip Video Cameras in the Classroom


The Flip home page is a great source of information for any type of flip: Flip Ultra, Flip Mino, and Flip Mino HD. This camcorder is a great device for administrators because it can:
  • fit in your pocket
  • record up to 60 minutes recording time
  • uses one button to operate for recording
  • has a USB arm for easy video transfer
  • comes with Flip software
  • has1.5 LCS Screen
  • weighs 3.3 oz.
  • has built-in microphone
  • video editing capabilities
  • snap still photos

Flip Quick Start Guides:

Tips for creating Flip videos:

Help Videos:
Using the FlipShare Software

Edit Your Videos in Windows Movie Maker--Check on this wiki