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Hi Kevin and All,
On Wed, 15 May 2002, Crozier, Kevin wrote:
>
> One suggestion/idea - a way to avoid the cost and delicacy of a digital
> camera . . .
>
> My students use cheaper analog cameras (lots of those kicking around) and
> their own individual video tapes (endless ones at home). This way, each
> student can grab their tape, do their camera work, and pass the camera to
> the next student.
>
> I use my new iMac and converter box to digitize the few minutes of work
and
> drop the movies on the network. From there, kids can copy them to any one
of
> our iMacs and go to work.
We have experimented with this, and it appears to work quite well for us
too. We have used both the Dazzle device and a Sony one as well. Both
sell for about $300 in the stores and both convert digital to analog and
analog to digital with a firewire output that dumps right into the Mac
running iMovie.
*** tony
anthonyh@cks.ssd.k12.wa.us
>
>
> Kevin Crozier
> kbcrozier@seattleschools.org
> TOPS School in Seattle
>
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