--- Forwarded Message from 15.5 --- From: Rob Freeman <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:51:25 -0500 Subject: Camera advice? To: <[log in to unmask]> My institution has approved a $2,000.00 grant that will allow me to purchase a AV quipment and supportive technology to record, edit, and ultimately distribute lecturecasted video segments. To this end, I had envisioned purchasing serveral SONY video cameras that have built in hard drives. My thought was to position them in different locations in the classroom and have then all record the lesson segments simultaneously. I am wondering if there are video cameras that offer superior sound recording capabilities. Has anyone had experience with this? I would like any advice about cameras or additional hardware that you feel has worked well. For example, are there cameras that allow extended or remote microphone connection? From your experience, would the purchase of a lavalier or wireless microphone make sense or would better quality come from a fixed/mounted microphone? In terms of software, has anyone found a program (or programs) which may offer greater ease in mixing and editing multiple video and/or audio feeds into one production? Any and all advice would be appreciated. If anyone knows of good training websites or publications on lecturecasting (the kind that would include "real live classes", not just the instructor as talking head), please let me know! Thanks! Rob Freeman Delaware Technical and Community College [log in to unmask] *********************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning Technology (http://iallt.org/), and The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (http://www.languageconsortium.org/). Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. Subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives at http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A0=LLTI Anthony Helm, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) ***********************************************