video and Teachertube

Submitted by rains755 on Wed, 12/12/2007 - 2:26pm.
rains755
Posts: 15

I want to do some video projects with my 4th graders.  I want to be able to use them on my teacher webpage, I hope to upload these to Teachertube.  What is the best video camera and video editing software for this project?

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Wed, 12/12/2007 - 4:30pm
joebjr
Posts: 21

That's easy - it depends! Get a mini-DV camcorder in a brand that you recognize. Great sales this time of year. You'll pay a little more if you'd like a mic input, but it may be worth it if you're going to get serious about producing good videos. AVOID hard drive and DVD format camcorders. What kind of computer do you use? On a Mac, iMovie will let you share/export to FLV (Flash format) for YouTube and TeacherTube. You may have to use zamzar.com or vixy.net to convert your WMV from MovieMaker. Check my blog for more video making tips: denblogs.com/digital_storytelling  You can email me at jbtv@mac.com.



Mon, 02/04/2008 - 11:52am
bmerrill5
Posts: 5

You can actually upload a file without putting it in that flv file format.  For editing on a pc I would either use windows movie maker, or pinnacle just put out a free version of their software called videospin that works well.  Either will work fine.



Fri, 02/22/2008 - 8:42pm
ohostetter
Posts: 13

Another option would be to use the free www.vimeo.com for hosting your videos since it is FREE and you can password protect your videos if you don't want the videos to be available to everyone.