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My mother and sister are both teachers. So, over the last few weeks, I've heard all about school starting back up and what they have to do to prepare for it. It got me thinking back to those 'Back to School' shopping lists we had. I always looked forward to getting a new backpack, books, pens, notebooks, apple for the teacher... But, what about adding Jing to your 'Back to School' list of supplies?

I recently heard from Bonni Stachowiak from Vanguard University (pictured above). I thought I'd share with you how Bonni is using Jing in her college classroom. Below is an email I got from Bonni.

I am a college professor, among other things, and hadn’t really used Jing all that much - - until now that the semester has started. As of today, I am now Jing’s biggest fan. I teach a blended learning model for our business, management, and marketing classes. Mondays and Wednesdays we’re in class together. Fridays are online. The start to every semester is typically a big headache, trying to get the students comfortable with the online format. Despite my near-perfect syllabi, with beautiful SnagIt screen shots that describe how to login and use our elearning platform, there are inevitably questions that come racing through the first couple of weeks of school from students who are unfamiliar with this style of learning.

Today, I found such joy responding to their emails as I quickly grabbed screen shots, placed arrows on areas of emphasis, and in about 7 seconds was able to navigate to the right screen, grab the screen shot, upload it, and paste the link into the email.

I wonder what I’ll do with all this new found time? Plant a garden? Take more naps? No…

Thanks for everything TechSmith does to make us better, regardless what we do!

-Bonni S

If you haven't tried Jing, I hope you'll not only try it out but also give us feedback on how to improve it.

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I have a problem...and I'm not alone. I'm addicted to screenshots. I imagine you might be too if you're reading this blog. I was happy to see Bryan Eisenberg's (that's him in the pic on the right) blog post, Confessions of a Screenshot Addict. Check out his blog post - Bryan talks about where his obsession came from, what he does with the screenshots and what you can do with screenshots.

Bryan also started a FaceBook group for all of you screenshot addicts. Join the Facebook group, I am a screen shot addict here. Hope to see you in there!