The screen casting for my Cool Tool took a lot of work. I spent a lot of time getting familiar with the website. It was an easy to use, user friendly website. However there were a lot of different applications teachers can use in their classroom. It also took a little bit of work to record the screen cast. I had planned out all the different things I wanted to say however when you recorded the different information you were unable to rewind your material. If you made a mistake you needed to start over from scratch. I found it easy to record small bits of my screen cast which ultimately took more time than going through the screen cast in one take. I also had to start over after I realized that I was just talking and not moving around to different elements of the website. A good screen cast will click on different pages and show what the site all has to offer.
I think this is an awesome tool to use in the classroom. Now it is beneficial for students to not miss any class time. If we are doing something important on the computer we can show students who are absent that day what we did in class. This way students could be on the other side of the world and still receive the information they missed in the classroom. I think this would be an excellent tool to show different examples of different math problems students need to complete for homework. When I was growing up my parents were never able to help me with my homework due to the fact that they didn’t know the method the teacher was teaching us to solve the problem. Parents can look at the screen cast you created and help their students with homework. Or even better, if a student is lacking parental support at home they are able to come back during their own time and look how to solve the problem.
I feel that screen casting is a great tool to use inside the classroom. It may take a little time and preparation to create the screen cast however there are many benefits for your students.
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