However, after 2 years of classroom observations, no new behaviors were observed. The research staff maintained contact with teachers via phone, mail, and interesting incident reports. Additional information gathered included pre-post tests, questionnaires, surveys, and interviews gathered from children, teachers, school staff, and families. These data were entered into Fourth Dimension and continued to support the data gathered during observations by staff. The technical problems related to videotaping in classrooms without a professional camera crew include the unwelcome intrusion of ambient noise and positioning the camera to see and hear children when they speak.
Dual cameras are intrusive as is a camera crew.
Since the software is audible, our attention focused on the child and his or her response together with accurate notes about which software was being used in a video segment. Software became so familiar to the research staff that they recognized the programs by their sounds.