Digital Commons at Penn State

Dr. Peter Froehlich and Dr. Maggie Froehlich assign one podcast and one video in their four sections of English 15 taught at Hazleton.

The podcast is a podcast narrative highlighting a year in American history (post 1945) of the students choosing.  For the video, the students were put into groups by era (e.g. the early 1990s) to create a 10-minute video narrative based on their combined years.

About the Course Project

Course: ENGL 15 – Rhetoric and Composition
Instructor: Maggie Gordon Froehlich and Peter Alan Froehlich, Hazleton
Number of Students: 80+ students across four sections
Semester: Spring 2009
Duration of Assignment: 4 weeks for podcast and 5 weeks for video

Benefits

Students exposed to writing for new media. Students uploading podcasts to iTunes have a better sense of who the “audience” is in terms of writing.

Turning on the Flip Mino HD
The power button is located on the right side in relation to the LCD screen. Hold it down for 1 second and release to turn on the camera.

Recording with the Flip Mino HD

1. To start recording press the red button located beneath the LCD screen.
2. To stop recording press the red button a second time.
3. While you are recording you can zoom in & out by pressing the + and - buttons above and below the record button respectively (note: these buttons will only show up while you are recording)

Reviewing your footage

1. To review your footage press the PLAY button located beneath the LCD screen while not recording.
2. You can move between clips by using the left and right arrow keys located on either side of the record button.

Deleting your footage

1. To delete your footage press the Trash Can button located beneath the LCD screen.
2. Use the left and right arrow keys to choose YES to delete only the selected clip, ALL to delete everything on the camera, or NO to keep the clips saved.

Reset your camera by either

1. holding down the power button for 10 seconds, or
2. insert a pin into the reset hole located inside the tripod mount on the bottom of the camera

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