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"ease" of Screencasting part ii

Michael ChalkLeave a commentclassroom, e-learning, professional development, technology

Well .. Lisa continued her brave and valiant exploration of screencasting in the MYOB classroom, as part of the Can You Hear Us? project. And it’s still not as straightforward as we’d like it to be. We discovered a few more things about this program known as Jing. We already knew that the application would not run without a login. Now we know it’s a challenge to log yourself off the system .. for example when you’re on a public computer. Lisa’s had a go at recording the in-class on-screen Read More …

mm, the 'ease' of screencasting

Michael ChalkLeave a commentace, professional development

So, Lisa was having some issues finding a straightforward way to incorporate audio technologies into her classroom. i suggested some ‘preparation-free’ activities such as : recording the presentation live in class (audio only) recording the screen demonstration live in class (screen and audio) We thought this might work, and i’d had some fun using “jing” for making a screencast. Looked easy to me. So i turn up at Lisa’s workplace, laptop at the ready. What could possibly go wrong? my laptop can’t connect to the Moreland network, and Jing will Read More …