Screencast-O-Matic is a cool program that takes you a step beyond Jing. Screencast-O-Matic allows you to create a video of your computer screen and instantly (well, it takes a minute or two) allows you to post it to YouTube. Screencast-O-Matic is much easier and more intuitive to use than Jing in my opinion. Just using it for a short period of time, my first thought was "hey, I wonder if I can take a screen shot of my Jing". I would love to be able to have the Jing pointer tools while I am creating video.
Here are some tips to most effectively use video in the classroom. Videos should be shorter in nature, generally 4 to no more than 6 minutes long. If you are going to be "in the video" you should be sitting essentially having an informal conversation with the class injecting your personality into the video. Content of your video should be dynamic. There is no need to just read PowerPoint slides as the students could just read them on their own and would prefer to do so. It has been found that students would prefer you to speak fast (about 250 wpm) but stop for with pauses so students can catch up and digest their material. Keep in mind that students prefer to watch their videos on a computer and some will open up a second computer to take notes or follow along if a PowerPoint is available to look at
This lesson most closely is aligned with ISTE-3 design and develop digal learning age experiences and assessments
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