Grade 2 · Technology · Lesson 25

Record Sounds or Short Videos

Every time you press the red record button on a phone or tablet, you are doing something that would have seemed like magic just 100 years ago — capturing real life in sound and pictures that you can play back any time you like. Devices today have incredible tools built right in that let you record, create, and share your world.

What this lesson teaches

1Explain what a microphone and camera do
2Describe how to frame a basic shot
3Hold a device steady while recording
4State the safe recording rule — always ask permission before recording people

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