• Teach students how to use the camera
Activities
• Introduce yourself
• What do you do?
• What did you do last weekend?
• What are your hobbies?

• Students write down the steps
• Practice in small groups

Skills to teach

• How to turn the camera on/off
• How to use a tripod
• How to focus
• How to balance the picture
• How to fade in and out

What type of Project do you want to do?

Sample Ideas:
 

• Photo essay
• Tell a story
• Interviewing
• A day in the life of.....(requires students to take camera home)
• Role plays

• Audio dub after shooting
• Have students include music while shooting
• Forget it, don't need music
• Add it after shooting

Process

1) First get an RCA cable. It looks something like this:

2)Connect this cable to your TV/VCR. These cables either have 2 headsor three heads. One is for Video and the other one or two is for audio.Two would be for stereo.Unless your camera is stereo, you won't be ableto view in stereo.

Your camera has two jacks. One is for Video (yellow or red) and theother is for audio (white or black) Make sure that you connect the samecolor head on each end to the same jack. For example if you connect theyellow head into the yellow jack on your camera, do the same on your TV/VCR

4) Turn your video camera to camera or record mode

5) You should see what your camera sees on the TV monitor.

6) Try showing a photograph

Classroom Applications

1) Showing color photos from a book or magazine

2)Magnifying anything on paper or that is in the classroom for studentsto see

3) Letting students see what they look like on TV

2.  Search for a video Camera here
http://www.videomaker.com/camcorders/

3.  Forums for discussions on video cameras and videoediting
http://www.videomaker.com/forument.htm

4. Information about using a computer to edit your video(Desktop Video)
http://www.videomaker.com/edit/mag/dtvpagz.htm

5. Frequently Asked Questions onVideo Editing and Glossary
http://www.videomaker.com/introduc.htm

6. Great illustration on a camcorder and its featuressuitable for use in ESL classes
http://www.videomaker.com/control.html

7.Video Downloads which include: sound effects, titlemattes, MPEG clips and Color Bars
http://www.videomaker.com/edit/other/picsouz.html