Screencasting! Wow is all I can say. I have viewed a screencast for educational purposes, but never created one. Jing was the program of choice and was a very easy download. I had to use my personal computer to download Jing, rather than my school issue because we do not have the ability to download programs without the system administrator’s permission. Minus the download, Jing was easy to navigate and learn. I didn’t have to use the tutorial at all, so anyone can download and start capturing. I really like how the application is attached to your browser, this makes it easier to capture whenever you need to. The only thing that I had to really figure out, was the capture area, when you start to capture. After a few practice runs, this easy to mesh up with the capture area. Having the ability to add sound to your capture is also a plus so that you don’t have to voice over your presentation.
This type of presentation can be very beneficial to my classroom. I feel that I can use this type of presentation to educate my students about certain programs that I am going to implement in my class. This would be easy to add to my weebly class blog to show students how to create and set up their own Edmodo
page, which I am planning to set up this summer for use in the next school year. This is also a great way to add tutorials on our Office suites that we will be using for projects and other assignments for our class. The last idea for this type of program is more for professional development of my coaches and teachers at my school. We had to implement a new program for sports last year and this would be a great way to show other coaches how to use the system correctly, rather than having to stay on the phone with them walking them through it. This program had a ton of potential to make my job easier, as a teacher, technology leader, and a coach. If you haven’t tried Jing or other Screencasting programs you should, It can’t hurt to try.
This type of presentation can be very beneficial to my classroom. I feel that I can use this type of presentation to educate my students about certain programs that I am going to implement in my class. This would be easy to add to my weebly class blog to show students how to create and set up their own Edmodo
page, which I am planning to set up this summer for use in the next school year. This is also a great way to add tutorials on our Office suites that we will be using for projects and other assignments for our class. The last idea for this type of program is more for professional development of my coaches and teachers at my school. We had to implement a new program for sports last year and this would be a great way to show other coaches how to use the system correctly, rather than having to stay on the phone with them walking them through it. This program had a ton of potential to make my job easier, as a teacher, technology leader, and a coach. If you haven’t tried Jing or other Screencasting programs you should, It can’t hurt to try.