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I was digging around the blogosphere to find a screencast to show off, and I came across a different way to use Camtasia Studio.

Art historians Beth Harris, Steve Zucker, and Eric Feinblatt from the Fashion Institute of Technology made a great screencast about a Picasso painting.

Click on the screenshot below to view the screencast.

What I like about this screencast is that they are art history experts, and this screencast is like having my own personal art historian. I would never have known much about that Picasso painting if not for their screencast.

One of my favorite things to do when I visit New York is to go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art - I could spend days there. So, I was really happy to see their podcasts from the Met! I'm working my way through listening to all of these in preparation for my next trip: http://www3.fitnyc.edu/historyofart/smarthistory.htm

Visit their blog. I hear they've even produced some Camtasia videos small enough to play on a video iPod - think about the possibilities of that! You could download a screencast onto your video iPod and walk around a museum and hear an art historian talk about different pieces! What a great way to experience a museum.

Can't get to the Met? Start listening to and watching their screencasts and podcasts. It's the next best thing. Actually, it might be better since the little placards at the Met don't even give you as much of the history as you're getting here!

Any nominations for next week's screencast of the week? Post them here or e-mail me.