Why not use Screencast-o-matic to create instructions for technology lessons?

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />I love Screencasting as a teaching tool. Up to now I have tried Jing, and even paid for Jing pro. Then I heard about Screenr and tried that. It seemed to me that Screenr did what Jing Pro does. Today the thought came to me that I should try Screencast-o- matic. (<a href="http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/">http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/</a>)<br /><br />The site tells me that it is the original Screencast programme. That’s interesting!<br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguHfzaslCV0MM5zXyTM8MYnSIwInykj6WUrN61RJKm-Y11PpsgwHNhhM9Pzsu1RMWL8M4xwwe4fgma3CTvrFol_o_A0Byd_qvSDNYJ7VZBHPtYpyhWqR_nbaZOhyACWmlStsg4TpCiMis/s1600-h/image3.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Hhdx76tPAMs2Sjy5d6crT_7CZilzR1S1RWd1nhwiAqrsDQeWCjCW9lGSbjOXPfLgITiBCqBbNqevWQRnNyntM9gDlUjU20sTeVjjCGnr4In1GCdOJJ-mQhn6Bf80Yujs5hupPZtPgm4/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="320" /></a><br /><br />There is a demo video to watch. I must say, after watching it there seem to be some very nice features in <em><strong>Sceencast-o-matic</strong></em>! Two things I REALLY like is the fact that  your maximum time with the free version is 15 minutes, and that you can upload directly to your YouTube channel. <br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1PCZPdJhFipwAdneOq9XFSdaapb1cBBYV9ff9sVwf-QOa4qL8GRnMlxHSssKww4HVLnyAZB3QVM4COyDLwA8WDEenO8yeYdmKXnEQfriqBRd21McXFe63cP7wTh18cNcAdJt7ZllnkYw/s1600-h/image7.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRgxIyqbCM87QUX1xHD3xZja4pk1Kj0AXn5S8iHOipseN_w227F0FaCS3iEIEwseG-ugPbH66HxZHVCHWIKPvy1cuRoLnp9_VjFv8i4rEicNhxNQPwJtH1irCUFm74BegiKrzc47Ubp7A/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="320" /></a><br /><br />The next thing to do would be to join the site, It is all free. I joined and found there is a Pro version, but it may not be necessary to have all those extra features for my use. <br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><br /><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">How to use Screencast-o-matic</span></strong><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong><br /></strong></span><br /><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">1. Click on Start Recording</span></strong><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong><br /></strong></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzMZu2cBCNNnJTPXYNIvdAOr5tHJtZit2A67xZcnJg6jeyw4OZt_POa-LAmyKmBIqzoWC8VV_4uoGMyXo9XQ494YopBGzYCk9uCl6pj7AU9OGLnqIhu6kg1imeaugT0kE1U8qUmEwkEnA/s1600-h/image11.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh73cGgPa7PnoR1Hqyt0fUmWbAuinM5MCtYA03MuN3zgma6xWiSwvCioGCcjAGgv3EZLA_AvQ3dS4s33Q9qtd2X-wZDWgqeQdh-x7YY_zIxqmtv7k-BAVNnkvVFkqGXS7YcLnaaWXPumho/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="320" /></a><br /><br />You’ll notice that a dotted line block appears. At the bottom you can choose the screensize that you want. I really like this feature. <br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><br /><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">2. Find the page on the internet that you want to start recording from</span></strong><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong><br /></strong></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6CEI1deTrRv1eCd-Ajjl4aMB0eiHl93ufFewkw9aYACM6BxVZ6MUp08TJLKIhLLxYk58NQ6V6v8YUZlyBpXhKAMXOfizCRrlH2TYcBO9_wuqr0oZPMftPmqv3zOb8_-EUsDiRLrIcneY/s1600-h/image15.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinUYWfyjm9Vish3Dz-sgcY5w0sLQktoZsAQgHNUsF4krrcFyrJBkUavH1o0JYlRJHLta0MaSb325OpLrjZx6ddlifon0tOtbOBR1RxSxzLl1jiXOcY7STxWPuJMpGmM-0PIABN_ORTWSM/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="320" /></a><br /><br /><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">3. Check your settings</span></strong><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong><br /></strong></span><br />Check the little arrow next to the microphone to make sure you have the right microphone checked (I find that headphones work the best). <br /><br /><br />Press the red arrow and start recording. You can press it again to pause during your recording session and then continue if you want to. <br /><br /><br />When you are finished press the word <em>Done.</em> It will take you to a preview page.<br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><br /><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">4. Listen and decide</span></strong><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong><br /></strong></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAfeumaHYHt6yH7b6JDMFFr2GgBDqwiEw73K1ElTpXs_AmCnla2bqS6hV6asSQ-_QQQEoSPRYDZk8PtTR0v6mb_Mt9TI6-hgKFbAVYEeKwI80HBzbskgQzKT8FGjeN1AMRpESKnPigKSA/s1600-h/image19.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkxOOZ4_L_BGlkiIUJOqe9q27tgd74hSiLxP4JI_S6g7NYXZLwAJQpTKUi8sVfcbde3OClL6LW6gVVXtiEAKGe1swkjGh8wZIYP8ifuMTIoLexAqeAhwk7Bky8DHmA0YwtN_FUn2-EFUk/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="320" /></a><br /><br />If you like what you hear you can press one of the options on the right (or all three one after the other):<br /><br />* Upload directly to YouTube<br />* Save in your Screencasts section on Screencast-o-matic<br />* Download it as a video.<br /><br /><br />Another feature I really like is that you can arrange your screencasts in folders on Screencast-o-matic’s ‘<em><strong>My Screencasts’</strong></em> channel page. <br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-vAq3EE7M4cpamX4xX92x7naxfnVul9ZjLgLhdIyveDX-3ixMh4cKby5mcGw2f24BkQX8TNCdMHqEZHhmekViBQ8lLI2UXsvk7mnVQ0MAtc6yKgsqhQcT0GSqN80Qv2rOxKoPQZr7_W0/s1600-h/image23.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUDZF8LddU6VjltT-BLAcTKi60Ufx6TVsm6bTv2rKJRBrpCCcSB50os9qsP651MpCAWAJB3KZGAwyZgZHcBC-MSHPWondAdRPuSTif4BlG4nEFNSvv7N2WNux8CkLrvHvCsyCXKV2L2BU/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="320" /></a><br /><br />I really like this Screencasting programme very much. It just seems to offer me exactly what I am looking for. <br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong><br /></strong></span><br /><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">An example that I made</span></strong><br /><strong><br /></strong><br />I made a recording entitled ‘<em><strong>How to write a comment on a blog’</strong></em>. Here it is:<br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><br /><iframe frameborder="0" height="438" scrolling="no" src="http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/embed?sc=cXXIFiuXl&w=500&v=3" width="502"></iframe> <br /><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Ideas for the classroom using Screencast-o-matic</span></strong><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong><br /></strong></span><br />1. Use it to present a lesson online. It can be used to cater for diverse levels of understanding.<br />2. Use it to explain a homework task. The students can then go over things at home. <br />3. Students that have been absnt can use it to catch up tasks.<br />4. The students themselves can use screencasts to illustrate something they have learned. <br />5. Screencast-o-Matic is perfect for illustrating research methods, and musical instrument tutorials, <br />6. Teachers can use it to give parents and students simple directions on how to use the class website or wiki <br /><br />…and much, much more!</div>

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I love Screencasting as a teaching tool. Up to now I have tried Jing, and even paid for Jing pro. Then I heard about Screenr and tried that....

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Incorporate Screencasting into your lesson plans

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Introduction – Jing and Screenr</strong></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; language: en-za; mso-ascii-font-family: "Arial Rounded MT Bold"; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">A few months ago I decided to use screencasting more in lessons. The first programme I tried was Jing. I actually liked it so much that I took out the pro membership which was very cheap but gave more benefits. Then I discovered Screenr which seems to have all the benefits of Jing pro as well, although it is free.  </span> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; language: en-za; mso-ascii-font-family: calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="font-size: small;">I wanted my class to do two things:<br /></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; language: en-za; mso-ascii-font-family: calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">*Learn how to create a V</span><span style="color: black; language: en-za; mso-ascii-font-family: calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">oki</span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; language: en-za; mso-ascii-font-family: calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"> (a little avatar that can speak) .<br /></span><span style="color: black; font-family: calibri; language: en-za; mso-ascii-font-family: calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">*Get their Vokis to complain about an issue in society as a writing and speaking task.</span> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: calibri; language: en-za; mso-ascii-font-family: calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong></strong></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="color: black; font-family: calibri; language: en-za; mso-ascii-font-family: calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>How to make a Voki</strong></span> </span><br /><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="color: black; font-family: calibri; language: en-za; mso-ascii-font-family: calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"></span><span style="color: black; font-family: calibri; language: en-za; mso-ascii-font-family: calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For this part of the lesson I explained how to make the Voki using </span><a href="http://www.voki.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.voki.com/</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. The students really enjoyed this lesson. I also made a screencast using Jing on 'How to make a Voki so that the less confident students could practise and finish at home.</span> </span></div><span style="color: black; font-family: calibri; language: en-za; mso-ascii-font-family: calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"></span><span style="color: black; font-family: calibri; language: en-za; mso-ascii-font-family: calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"></span> <br /><div align="left"><object data="http://content.screencast.com/users/fionabeal/folders/Jing/media/089a8054-5950-4c25-b88b-d716f696360c/jingh264player.swf" height="267" id="scPlayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="420"> <param name="movie" value="http://content.screencast.com/users/fionabeal/folders/Jing/media/089a8054-5950-4c25-b88b-d716f696360c/jingh264player.swf"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="flashVars" value="thumb=http://content.screencast.com/users/fionabeal/folders/Jing/media/089a8054-5950-4c25-b88b-d716f696360c/FirstFrame.jpg&containerwidth=1024&containerheight=768&content=http://content.screencast.com/users/fionabeal/folders/Jing/media/089a8054-5950-4c25-b88b-d716f696360c/How%20to%20make%20a%20voki.mp4&blurover=false"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="scale" value="showall"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><param name="base" value="http://content.screencast.com/users/fionabeal/folders/Jing/media/089a8054-5950-4c25-b88b-d716f696360c/"><iframe type="text/html" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="overflow:hidden;" src="http://www.screencast.com/users/fionabeal/folders/Jing/media/089a8054-5950-4c25-b88b-d716f696360c/embed" height="420" width="267"></iframe> </object></div><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: calibri; language: en-za; mso-ascii-font-family: calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How to use Jing</span> </strong></span></span><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: calibri; language: en-za; mso-ascii-font-family: calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong><br /></strong><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I discovered an amazing site for learning how to use Jing.  Here is an image of it plus the hyperlink.</span> </span></span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZKNPyZgF7GCAAR0ea-UqJQnnV4yt_1O1svyOcqMMlHqIubsZCZh3tmGEffKEFEfr9rANJeFGvzeWQ7R18hKwka7uI7zFGVvc0uyGEoMLBA3PUhqDYZcXKWltsP-gTcJ3wnNopELF08WM/s1600-h/image%25255B3%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigjgmQTibXBEZCxP7SdI62C1sl3K-jSf8VRKJDH6s6CwEA9JR02uzDw9ci2hrvew4ngcqgMH26OVfo9gXqLi7tTpucNonGY4s-BMvivbzu1cvbOMfo1FGIQompKk4tmiV0H_0omPK8VVo/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="433" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/jingInReality/index.html">http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/jingInReality/index.html</a><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: calibri; language: en-za; mso-ascii-font-family: calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Give a talk on an issue</span></strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">*I wanted the class to use their Vokis to express an opinion about an issue.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">*I captured an example for them to use using Screenr.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>The Tas</strong></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>k</strong></span></span><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today you will make a Voki expressing some strong opinions. Use </span><a href="http://www.voki.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.voki.com/</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> to do this. <br /><br />1. Think of something that really irritates you, that you think something should be done about. <br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Here are some sentence starters you could use: <br /><br />*What really gets on my nerves is … the reason for this is <br />*What drives me up the wall is … because <br />*What I can’t stand is … . I think <br />*What really annoys me is … You see </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. I got this idea and took a Voki screencast  from Ian James's fantastic blog that I follow (</span><a href="http://tefltecher.wordpress.com/2011/03/15/voki-grumps/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://tefltecher.wordpress.com/2011/03/15/voki-grumps/</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">) </span><br /><br />  <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,115,0" height="396" width="420"><param name="movie" value="http://cdn.screenr.com/public/1.7/flash/screenr.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value="i=353353&h=t&svr=http://www.screenr.com/&vEmbed=<iframe src="http://www.screenr.com/embed/M94s" width="650" height="396" frameborder="0"></iframe>" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><param name="AllowScriptAccess" value="always" /><embed wmode="opaque" AllowScriptAccess="always" src="http://cdn.screenr.com/public/1.7/flash/screenr.swf" flashvars="i=353353&h=t&svr=http://www.screenr.com/&vEmbed=<iframe src="http://www.screenr.com/embed/M94s" width="650" height="396" frameborder="0"></iframe>" allowFullScreen="true" width="420" height="396" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed></object><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A blogpost about using Screenr</span></strong><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have written a blog post about how to use Screenr:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/2011/10/screencasting-with-screenr-is-so-easy.html"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/2011/10/screencasting-with-screenr-is-so-easy.html</span></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1OxgfRS0HlFsDbZiRFr6ZzALMVMRIwWoaVxIgwQx3J8Lm7vkF2cQSHHDAQAgKHmmALp9Y7zYZH8itzmDUpYWW5YRWHUlzCIMVq1Ev-XfYcbquE9HOXuKNLua88DElynEs7ctYJ9XRlZ8/s1600-h/image%25255B7%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKWvSNCu0YEYcyxvqOJxruJQDrHd97f1AB4sHM7zVY65EUnKEA4AOT0TD10EM4nQ56AY9_LHTf46OSRDZN9fWOxXSuDUjvXF5giwWUQwjAC3PmD14NSfvvfiTxFYLx_1W2m3QUZZ2zals/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="443" /></a><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Provide access to your Screencasts to the students</span></strong><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What I did is I created a blog especially for Screencasting so that the students could just go to the link and open up the screencasts.  </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">However both Jing and Screenr store your screencasts so you can keep them there with links. Alternatively you can download them to your computer as MP4 files.</span> </span><br /><br /><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,115,0" height="396" width="420"><param name="movie" value="http://cdn.screenr.com/public/1.7/flash/screenr.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value="i=353401&h=t&svr=http://www.screenr.com/&vEmbed=<iframe src="http://www.screenr.com/embed/sV4s" width="650" height="396" frameborder="0"></iframe>" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><param name="AllowScriptAccess" value="always" /><embed wmode="opaque" AllowScriptAccess="always" src="http://cdn.screenr.com/public/1.7/flash/screenr.swf" flashvars="i=353401&h=t&svr=http://www.screenr.com/&vEmbed=<iframe src="http://www.screenr.com/embed/sV4s" width="650" height="396" frameborder="0"></iframe>" allowFullScreen="true" width="420" height="396" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Recently I provided this lesson on a PowerPoint at a TeachMeet but the screencasts wouldn’t open for some reason.  I hope that doesn’t happen here!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Further ideas</strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think that in the iintegration of your curriculum with technology this would be a great way to help the students that might falter a bit and want to practise at home. If you have a large class the students could go over the instructions using your short screencasts (screencasts should always be short and to the point - no longer than three minutes, for example.)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why not give screencasting a try?</span></div>

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Introduction – Jing and Screenr A few months ago I decided to use screencasting more in lessons. The first programme I tried was Jing. I act...

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Screencasting with Screenr is so easy

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />Today I thought I would experiment with Screenr as a screencasting tool to illustrate some aspects that I want to highlight in a talk I am presenting tomorrow. I normally use Jing, and I will write about Jing at some stage as well.<br /><br />Well first of all I went along to the Screenr website and joined. <br /><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVW6MdlAn004V8BhI-2GVpFcwY-u5ZA20O2vfe9MeAF5RJfVcfUBLUTtW3mOOYuMLXlKWctiGK2Dy0JFUTKnK43GkQ3rXRF8nPFcVIwdhgQo1-zNBWu3GXTMq0iZ2q60zCGowtal3LSr0/s1600-h/image%25255B4%25255D.png"><img align="left" alt="image" border="0" height="357" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheEVM6PrCFtmxAXAHnoqUMWe0p4gBVzm-Guk-INmryqbLWJuqPqvUGpaHn5X7F7nyMKJcpjxOtZihWo4AK0FGQnoxtSYdu2bh_1lsk3KL9s4MRV68mbYeaBnq3BwQwg3DOcxzjub_YQn0/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; float: left; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="391" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />There was a video giving instructions right there and so I watched it.  In fact click on the picture below and you will be taken to the instruction video<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.screenr.com/"><img border="0" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilvumABBd5OBtQlAR04isbEH5RlGtDOziU8rAbNLuZUG765aNyz0jdAHQGNDjX15B-DpNE5s7IuJxDFQc7h3FeR5xb_V6YNySvGDAjGa7PvVmmSgCiy8pb1Jlz617OJdL9rbYakolmYKY/s400/screenr2.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />See how easy it looks. For my talk tomorrow I was to show things as though I am on the Internet because it takes forever to actually click on a link. So after recording my snippet using Screenr I looked at it and it was fine. I then published it and downloaded it as an MP4 movie as I actually want to embed it in my PowerPoint as a movie. I worked! Success!<br /><br />Don’t believe me? Well, it embeds on a blog as well. Here I am showing Storybird without actually going on to the Internet. <br /><br /><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,115,0" height="256" width="420"><param name="movie" value="http://cdn.screenr.com/public/1.5/flash/screenr.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value="i=332216&h=t&svr=http://www.screenr.com/&vEmbed=<iframe src="http://www.screenr.com/embed/KrOs" width="420" height="256" frameborder="0"></iframe>" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><embed wmode="opaque" src="http://cdn.screenr.com/public/1.5/flash/screenr.swf" flashvars="i=332216&h=t&svr=http://www.screenr.com/&vEmbed=<iframe src="http://www.screenr.com/embed/KrOs" width="420" height="256" frameborder="0"></iframe>" allowFullScreen="true" width="420" height="256" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed></object><a href="http://www.screenr.com/">http://www.screenr.com/</a> </div>

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Today I thought I would experiment with Screenr as a screencasting tool to illustrate some aspects that I want to highlight in a talk I am p...

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