Screencasting

Teachers and students alike find screencasting a valuable tool and technique to have available. There are many uses for screencasting: capture a process, explain a concept, provide remediation, create tutorials, give directions to a project or group, or even embed the screencast on a website or online course. Students can use screencasts to make their thinking explicit.

A screencast is a brief video that capture the live action from a computer screen (or other input device) along with a narrator's voice in an audio track.
 * What is a screencast?**

Do Screencasts Really Work? Assessing Student Learning through Instructional Screencasts (PDF) a 2011 paper published by the ALA. Educause has an informative 2 page brief on [|screencasting in the classroom.] How Kids Teach Kids About Math provides several examples of screencasts by kids, for kids ISTE 2010 Presentations about screencasting Mathtrain.tv has dozens of screencast videos (including some captioned) about math. it is a free educational "kids teaching kids" project from Mr. Marcos & his students at Lincoln Middle School in Santa Monica, CA. **Take a look at Dividing Fractions with Phillip** Screencasts turn students into digital teachers is a nice description from an educator's point of view. Math Lessons - Jings and Voicethreads
 * Information about Screencasting in education:**

Jing - a free software from TechSmith, it must be downloaded to your computer. Jing makes taking screenshots and making screencasts easy, and Jing will host your screencasts as well. Screencast-o-Matic was used to create these **embedded math screencasts** Screenjelly Screenr Screenr was used to make this information video about a virtual student fair: media type="custom" key="9270336"
 * Common screencasting tools:**

Screencasts can be shared by a direct URL, uploading to YouTube (or other site that can host video), or embedded into your web presence.

Ready to plan your screencast? Here are some terrific tips!

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