Word of Mouth

Another school has purchased a few Flip Video cameras and wants me to do a workshop. It seems that word is getting around. One of the things I have noticed throughout my graduate work is that new technology seems to be best integrated when teachers and principals get a chance to spread the news to each other. After a while it tends to build critical mass and then everyone is doing it. I'm hoping my work this semester is leading to that.

A funny sidenote. The class that did the Simplifying Fractions video. We had worked pretty much half a day filming it and the final video lasted about a minute. This was actually really good compared to what I've experienced in the past. Anyway, I'll let the teacher tell the story.

I went ahead and tried. It works. The kids were really excited about it. It was funny becuase they said, "All that time we worked and it only lasted a minute and a half?!" Then I said, "Imagine how long it takes to film a real movie." Then someone said, "Yeah, I'll bet it takes a week!" :)

I love kids. Anyway, they are looking over the latest draft of the movie. I should be able to post it here soon.