I have been using screen casts for several months to supplement my classroom and my coaching teachers in using technology. Typically, I use QuickTime and iMovie on my personal computer, so they are my comfort zone. However, I came across a new screen recording tool: Jing. I like the idea of Jing because of the cloud storage. Storage is an ongoing issue in my life! Overall, my initial experience with Jing was good. I think this is a great tool for those quick and basic screen casts. You can create this and share your screen cast within several minutes AND have it stored in a cloud-based space! However, a downfall is that there is no editing (that I could find) of your screen cast. Thus, I would prefer to use QuickTime and iMovie for longer tutorials with multiple layers and use Jing and Screencast.com for those quicker, less complex casts. I really like to use screencasts for my technology training with teachers. I have created a website that hosts all of my tutorials to make it easier for teachers to find support. Recently, I have been supporting teachers in creating and maintaining their web pages and supporting materials for their web pages, so that has been the focus of the majority of my tutorials. In the classroom, though, I have used screen casts to supplement new assignments or new sites that students have not used before. Typically, I only use screen casts in a self-paced lesson. For these self-paced lessons, my screencasts guide students through new tools they may be using, giving them step-by-step directions. An idea that I have for students using screencasts is to record a presentation (Slides or PowerPoint). This would allow some of our shyer students to be more comfortable during their presentation. Another benefit is to have a copy of their presentation stored. Students and teachers could keep the recording for grading purposes or to use a teaching tool. Overall, there are multiple uses for screencasts in the student world, as well as the teacher world. Below, I have added a screencast that highlights an assessment tool that I use in my classroom regularly: Google Forms: Quiz Mode.
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10/22/2016 07:12:39 pm
Hi Sarah,
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10/27/2016 05:03:01 am
Thank you for all of the great suggestions and tips! I will try this with my students!
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Ryan White
10/30/2016 03:30:33 pm
It sounds like you are utilizing Screencast well in your classroom. Supplementing lessons with video made a big difference for the students in my classroom. Since storage is an issue for you, utilize your Google Drive. G Suite for Education has unlimited storage. Does Jing offer that?
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