Advantages
* Most readily manageable, available and possible - no technology needed
* Low cost
* Easily shared for interpretation
Disadvantages
* Time-consuming
* Tendency to record everything
* Worry about observing everyone
PHOTOGRAPHS
Advantages
* Quick and easy to take
* Visual
* Children like to see themselves
* Parents like them
Disadvantages
* Shared camera, in some case with whole setting
* Time needed to process and organise the pictures
* Training needed in how to use it
VIDEO RECORDINGS
Advantages
* Clips can be revisited time and again
* Captures the total experience
* Accurate account
* Powerful tool
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