Screencast of the Week - Jing in the Classroom
Posted on Monday April 7, 2008 by Betsy Weber
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Ever have one of the those days where you look up at the clock and the day is over? That's what happened to me yesterday. I was having so much fun in Chicago going to the Art Institute of Chicago (they have a great art exhibit on Edward Hopper and Winslow Homer, by the way), Millennium Park, walking on the Magnificent Mile, riding on the "L"...and, you see where I'm going. I ran out of time to post the Screencast of the Week yesterday. My apologies...
This week's Screencast of the Week comes from Dr. Brian Friedlander. Dr. Friedlander is using Jing to answer students questions! Recently one of his students was stuck on a software project and needed help. Instead of writing a long email with step by step instructions to answer his students questions, Dr. Frieedlander just made a quick screecast with Jing and emailed it to his student. His student got the individual attention she needed plus she not only got to hear what she needed to do, but she also got see what she needed to do.
You can read Dr. Friedlander's blog post about how he's using Jing in the classroom here. To see the screencast, click on the screenshot above. It is a short video that runs just over a minute long.
And, best of all, in addition to saving himself time, check out his student's response to his screencast!
What have you screencasted lately?
Comments (4)
This is fastinating, Jing is fantastically versatile.
I am using Jing for delivery of feedback to students on written work. Is there any way to make the borders of the text boxes thinner, as they cover over the text underneath?
Also, have you any tips for giving feedback to students via Jing?
Look forward to hearing from you!
Posted by Beatrix Tomlinson | January 16, 2010 5:18 PM
Posted on January 16, 2010 17:18
Thank you for your blog on how to use Jing in the classroom, it's certainly a fantastically versatile tool and I will definitely be using it in class. I am an ESL teacher and am practising using Jing in order to deliver feedback to my students on their written homework. One comment I have is that the borders on the text boxes are very thick and cover over the text underneath, is there a way to make borders thinner?
Have you any further tips in respect of marking homework and sending back to students?
Look forward to hearing from you.
Beatrix
I look forward to hearing from you.
Posted by Beatrix Tomlinson | January 16, 2010 5:21 PM
Posted on January 16, 2010 17:21
At an in-service this week, our teachers were scattered across 10 schools in the district, but all listened to my screencasts (www.screentoaster.com) which I had previously created. A facilitator in each room clicked "play" and the learning began. Although I can't be cloned, my teachings can be!!
Posted by Kathy | January 21, 2010 1:14 PM
Posted on January 21, 2010 13:14
Nice tips, I really need to learn Visual Basic to step up my software design skills. Right now I'm focusing on reading up on interior design, especially bedroom furniture. Interior decorating is of great interest and the bed is one place where design is paramount. Headboards are especially important when it comes to bedroom decor. Headboards for beds such the seagrass headboard and the abaca headboard add a great touch of nature to any bedroom. If you have a full size or queen size bed you will find that the available bedroom sets and combinations of headboards and footboards are plentiful. Most bedroom design schemes don't account for larger beds such as California king size beds but there are furniture stores that carry bed heads for these size beds.
Posted by Tom Englewood | December 8, 2010 5:03 PM
Posted on December 8, 2010 17:03