Welcome to Jing and Screencast.com

Jing and Screencast.com are amazing (and FREE) resources for teachers. During this workshop you'll learn how to create effective screencasts and screen snapshots and share them using Screencast.com.

Agenda

1. Brief Introductions
2. Create your Screencast.com account. (see Handout page 2)
3. Configure Jing to embed screencasts and screen snapshots. (see Handout pages 10 - 13)
   
4. Discuss best practices for screencasts and screen snapshots. (see Handout page 5)
5. Open a new Word document and new PowerPoint presentation.
   
6. Make and enhance a screen snapshot of the Fences Desktop Organizer web site. (see Handout pages 5 - 7)
   
7. Make a short screencast of the Brain Rules web site.(see Handout pages 7 - 9)
8. Add a link and / or embed a Jing screencast and screen snapshot.
9. Manage files on Screencast.com. (See Handout pages 14 - 19)
   
10. Time to work on projects.
    
11. Quick online workshop evaluation.
12. How to make the most of Web 2.0 in the classroom.