Screencasts

For the screencasts assignment, I used two different websites that were very similar and easy to use. The first one was Screencast-o-matic. Using this one, I was able to create a presentation showing students how to do a bibliography using www.citationmachine.net. With the use of Screencast-o-matic, I was able to record the whole presentation in order to link to my webpage so that students can view it at any time. This will specially help students who were absent or those who simply need a refresher.

The second one I used was Screenr.  This website also allows you to capture the screens that you use to show students or anyone the process that it takes to do a certain task.   For instance, for this presentation I showed teachers how to navigate through our school's website, in particular our library link.  I briefly showed them the databases available and practice using BrainPop.  Just like with the other one, I could link this to the school's website for later reference.

  

Both Screencast-o-matic and Screenr are excellent resources for anyone to use. Using these two websites anyone can teach step by step the process that it takes to use any computer based program or online software. These two are great websites to use in the classroom. However, my favorite was Screencast-o-matic because it has more benefits. The recording time on Screencast-o-matic is 15 minutes while Screenr only gives you 5 minutes. Also on Screencast-o-matic you can save the recording on different formats like MP4, FLV, GIF and AVI while Screenr only gives you the option of MP4.  In addition to this, I personally had to have Java installed and updated on my computer in order for it to work.  Once I had it installed, then I had no problems.