Screencasting for Teachers & Students

Students love watching and making videos. So, why not use that interest to promote and enhance learning? With today's screencasting tools, making videos are easier than ever. 
Screencasting is the process in which a screencasting tool captures and records everything that is happening on your computer screen while you narrate. 

Benefits of Screencasting: 

• Caters to a variety of learning styles: Audio, Visual, Kinetic
• Visual & Audio Feedback for Student's Digital Work
• Student Centered
• Personal & Self-Paced Learning
• Engaging & Authentic Learning Experiences
• Gets Students Communicating and Creating
• Students can Learn and Review 24/7
• Reinforces Concepts, Topics, Objectives
• Improves Retention
• Flipped, Blended, or Online Learning Options

Ideas for Screencasting: 

• Visual & audio feedback for students
• Have students "show and tell" what they know
• Leave a message for when you are not able to be in class
• Make how-to/tutorial videos for students who need extra support 
• Make videos notes for students and parents to use when students are absent
• 7 Classroom Screencasting Activities from Screencastify and Eric Curts
• 10 Ways to Use Screencasting for Formative Assessments from the CoolCat Teacher, Vicki Davis
• Screen Record and Narrate in any APP with iOS11 from Tony Vincent, 
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Tips before Screencasting:

1. Plan, plan, plan - Planning is so important and time saving. Create a storyboard or dialogue of what you will do on the screen and say while recording.
2. Practice - Many of the free screencasting tools do not offer edit features and limit record time. 
3. Prepare -Get your area ready that you will use for recording: quiet, nice lighting, etc. Get your screen ready that you will use for recording: open all necessary materials, check sound, close windows/tabs not used, etc. 
4. Perform - Record, Watch, Post/Share, and have FUN!

Screencasting Tools to Try:

• Screencastify (Chrome Extension) 
• Loom (Chrome Extension)
• Screencast-o-matic
• Explain Everything
• Awesome screenshot: Screen Video Recorder (Chrome Extension)
• iPevo Whiteboard (iPad)
• Draw and Tell (iPad) *Great for K-2

Resources:
Ruffini, M. (2018). Screencasting to Engage Learning. [online] EDUCAUSE Review. Available at: https://er.educause.edu/articles/2012/11/screencasting-to-engage-learning [Accessed 30 Aug. 2018].

Wolpert-Gawron, H. (2018). The Ultimate Screencasting Guide for Teachers and Students. [online] tween teacher. Available at: http://tweenteacher.com/2016/11/11/the-ultimate-screencasting-guide-for-teachers-and-students/ [Accessed 30 Aug. 2018].