Taping a Lab in Physics

On Tuesday, January 5, I decided to allow one of the lab groups in my 1st period to video tape the lab. I wanted to get a feel for how it would appear, sound quality and the ability of the students. The lab equipment covered a large area, therefore the camera was set further away than I would have like it to be. When one of the students tried holding the camera, he had to rapidly move the camera to keep up with the action; due the the lab itself. Also, the recording student was more involved with videoing the lab instead of learning the concept of the lab. After recording for about 15 minutes, the student and I reviewed the quality and found it to be very poor, due to the noise of the other groups. Therefore, it will be necessary to use Garage Band to describe what is happening during the lab. (AHHH - another task) Another noted fact, which is very important, is to make sure that the students understand the importance of not playing in front of the camera. Overall, I believe that this would be a good process for other students to make-up a lab, but it will require addition time for the teacher