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Video survival kit

This chapter will get you started with the video technology needed to follow our examples. It is not meant to be an exhaustive technical tutorial but rather a reminder of the most important things to bear in mind. Don’t feel that you, as the teacher, need to know everything about video production. In the modern world, this is no longer possible. Don’t hesitate to seek technical help from your students. You need to be clear about the concepts but you don’t need to be able to operate all equipment. And don’t think that you need to go out and buy the latest video cameras. You will probably have enough equipment available around you to get started.

At the same time you need to prepare your project in advance. There is nothing more frustrating than having to sort out the video technology during a lesson. It is important that the tools/equipment you work with are compatible with one another, which unfortunately is often the biggest problem when working with video.

written by Armin Hottmann, © 2010 copyright by divisproject.eu, creative commons