Blog Assignment Week Nine

I found Rob Spankle's article extremely enlightening. I think that addition of the FlipCam into the educational system would be very helpful for multiple reasons. First of all, students love being the center of attention. If each student had a handheld video camera they would be able to capture their own lives through video and also have the opportunity to share their experiences with the rest of their class. Secondly, cameras would also help teachers and other students get to know their classroom better, if each student was able to capture certain aspects of their life it would be a hands-on project in which others could gain a better understanding of their fellow classmate. Though Spankle uses the word revolution which in my opinion is very strong and somewhat loaded I know that if students/schools had access to FlipCams their educational experience would be enhanced.

Back to realism.....though Spankle highlights a number of positives about the FlipCam, the concept of money brings it back down to earth. Many schools already struggle in gaining access to up and coming technology and the addition of personal FlipCam's would be difficult to attain for certain districts or schools.