Over the last few weeks, I have been playing with the iPad 2 for my Digital Archive of Literacy Narratives project I’m involved with through the English department. The goal is to find an innovative way to record video using the iPad. My focus has mostly been on sound, as I attempt to get to know the iPad and its foreign (to me) software.
Last week, I played with a microphone called a snowball, which looks like this:
taken from amazon.com
The snowball is a pretty high quality microphone, which I have used to record videos in a booth for the American Literature Videos Project. The Snowball plugs right into a computer through a USB port, which is super cool because it doesn’t even need a separate power source. The unfortunate part is that the iPad does not have a USB port. So I need this adapter:
taken from http://bluemic.com/blog/2011/03/snowballonipad/
And we don’t have any at the Exchange. And the Digital Aquarium doesn’t have any either. And no one I know with an iPad has one, with the exception of a friend I have who works a LOT with macs – in Flagstaff, Arizona.
And so I went back to the drawing board and decided to start from the beginning. I realized I really don’t know what a direct video using only the iPad sounds/looks like. I also discovered, during this journey, that the iPad has an app that allows the user to upload right to youtube, and even to edit right in the application.
Tuesday, I went to the Atlanta Collaborative Learning community Digital Pedagogy meetup, and I recorded some interviews with the presenters: one of those is Brennan Collins – so for your viewing pleasure, I give you the video I recorded with what I am referring to as “the naked iPad” (no external hardware helping out) – and with the youtube editing software/uploader:
http://youtu.be/VNmHJ4DMJDk
Valerie–
This is important work for the DALN. We need an efficient workflow that volunteers can use at varous events where we collect narratives. You’re making great progress in identifying that workflow! Nice going!
Thank you! The best part is it’s fun too! 🙂
I was ‘thisclose’ to buying a Snowball for my own personal use, but decided on the Yeti. IMO the Yeti’s quality is far better. The mic is also more versatile than the snowball. Check it out!
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