3-2-1-Action! Screencasting in the Classroom
3-2-1 Action! Screencasting in the Classroom
Session Description
Screencasting is an easy (and FREE) way of making recordings in your classroom. Whether your students create them as they do project-based learning or you create them as you flip your classroom, you'll love these relevant ideas and free tools to take screencasting to your classroom.
Today's Meet
Session Resources
Presentation (pdf)
Handout (pdf)
Connecting with Kent School (video)
Faculty Meeting - Part I (video)
Faculty Meeting - Part II (video)
Monthly Principal Update (video)
Traditional Multiplication (video)
Math Online Tour (video)
More Basic Sight Words (video)
Amber's Excel Work (video)
Probability with Ben and Jerry (video)
Presentation
Screencasting Tools
Screencast-O-Matic
Jing•Free
•Download the software to your computer
•Record up to 5 minutes
•Upload to screencast.com or download your video
•Captures still images and video
•Videos are saved in .SWF (Shockwave Flash) format
•http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html
•Free
•Download or record directly from the site
•Record up to 15 minutes
•Allows web cam picture in recording
•Videos are saved in .MP4, .FLV, or .AVI format or upload to YouTube
Screenr
SnagIt
•Free
•Record directly from the site
•Record up to 5 minutes
•Log in with your Facebook, Google, Twitter, or other Social Network logins
•Videos can be downloaded in .MP4 format or upload to YouTube
•Embed code is also provided
•Not free
•Educational pricing available
•Capture great looking images and videos with just a few clicks
•Easily customize your screen captures with effects
•Show off what's important with the available markup tools
Adobe Captivate
CamStudio
•Not free
•Educational pricing available
•Sophisticated software for creating elearning
•Contains voice and quiz options
•Publishing content to mobile devices
•http://www.adobe.com/products/captivate.html
•Free
•Open-source
•Installs on Windows computers only
•Recordings are saved as .avi or .swf
•Site: http://camstudio.org/
Screencasting Apps for iPad
This is an excellent app if you want to students to create tutorials or demonstrate understanding by creating informative videos. Very basic and easy to use interface makes it easy to use. Videos are saved in the cloud as private or public. Copy the lesson link to share with others.
Price: Free
App Store: http://goo.gl/48QeN
Sample Lessons: http://www.educreations.com/browse/
Explain Everything
Educreations
ShowMe Interactive WhiteboardCreate your tutorial videos and have them saved to the ShowMe cloud. A unique URL allows you to share your videos with others. Once it is saved to the cloud you can delete it from your device.
Price: Free
App Store: http://goo.gl/Bwn68
Show Me Lessons: http://www.showme.com/learn
How to use ShowMe: http://www.showme.com/blog/category/how-to/
Doceri
Doceri allows you to create hand-drawn lessons, presentations and graphics and share them as still images, PDFs or audio/video screencasts. Videos are saved in your My Recordings folder and can be shared to your Camera Roll, as an email attachment or via YouTube. A great feature of Doceri is the ability to re-record.
Price: Free
App Store: http://goo.gl/15C2j
Sample Lessons: http://doceri.com/videos.php
How to videos: http://doceri.com/videos.php
Stage:Interactive Whiteboard & Document Camera
Write on the screen while you are recording live video and then pull up an image if you want to move to something similar to the other apps. Automatically saved to your Photo Gallery.
Have your students demonstrate mastery of concepts by creating screencasts using this app. Easy to use and allows students to record their screen as well as their voice.
Cost: $2.99
Site: http://goo.gl/Ntz3gi
ScreenChompNo accounts to keep track of. Students create their video and get a shortened URL to share with others. Students can also download their work as an mp4 file which can then be embedded in a teacher webpage, shared via Edmodo, etc.
Cost: Free
Site: http://goo.gl/lSjrg1
Screencasting Rubrics
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