It can be easily jogged out of position if I knock the computer display. One drawback I noticed early on was that the camera is very loose when adjusting horizontally (as it swivels on its magnetic base). Very satisfying to flick on and off and an important addition in this day and age. There’s also a really great spring loaded privacy shutter on the side that is easy to manipulate without affecting the camera’s position. The camera stand uses an adhesive to attach to the back of the computer monitor/display. Putting it together is extremely intuitive as visual instructions are clearly printed on the inside of the lid and the stand magnetically connects effortlessly to the camera. It comes in two pieces with the USB-C cord permanently attached to the camera section and the stand wrapped separately. The Brio 500 was boxed like a tiny digital camera with multiple layers of spongy and stiff cardboard holding it in place. I really like minimalism in my tech packaging and it’s clear that a lot of thought was put into the way these two products were displayed. I was immediately interested to see if a moderately priced webcam and streaming light could sufficiently surpass the quality of inbuilt webcams or phone cameras. The last time I can remember using a webcam was in the early 2000s to make video calls on MSN Messenger. However, I’ve always used dedicated cameras and microphones. I’m not new to the practice of creating and streaming content and was an actor and content creator for several years before I entered the classroom.
He sent me the Logitech Brio 500 webcam and the Litra Glow Premium LED Streaming Light. This year, I asked the editors of DRN if they could send through a device that could enhance the camera and microphone of their hardy but basic chromebooks so they could write and direct their own films independently. Last year, we created a short film where they saved the school from being burned down using superpowers. They are desperate to ‘create content’ and ‘go viral’, which seems like a terrible idea in the age of COVID. Students in my classroom, like children all across the world, are obsessed with the idea of becoming influencers and getting famous online.
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