I can think of many times I might use screencasting during the school year. If I was blogging regularly, I think it would be useful to post some screencasts for parents; how to log in to IXL, How find or navigate other recommended websites, even having parents hear how to pronounce some of the sounds we teach so they can practice the homework in the right way.
I wanted to use Smart Notebook for this, because that's what I would most likely use at school, but I was getting behind on getting in to set up my computer so I decided to do it from home and use Screenr. It was really easy, except that my Mac at home doesn't find Java easily, so I need to accept the terms, etc every time I use or save in Screenr. Hopefully I can work through that kink. Other than that, it was easy to use and easy to find the embed code. I do wonder if there's an option to save with Screenr, so that I could re-use or re-post recordings I've already made. I know you can do that in Notebook.
For this screencast, I showed students and parents how to access Turtle Lake's subscription to Tumble Books. Kids can have stories read to them via this site.
This is great! You have a great voice for recording! I like your thoughts on how you can use this in your classroom.
ReplyDeleteChecking some examples out as I am frantically catching up!! This is awesome! And I hadn't ever experienced tumble books before--they are great!! And I have to add that you have such a wonderful teacher voice!!! You are truly one of the best--so glad I had the opportunity to work with you at Snail!! Back to work for Lisa!
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