Screencastify/Screen Recording
I have seen this technology in action, successfully, at Royal Bay in the media courses. Instead of taking the time to record it outside of lesson time, the teacher simply records during the class, and uploads it to the google classroom after the students return to their computers. It isn’t as pretty as it could be, but it functions all the same as the students have access to it anytime to review exactly what was taught in class. I had some issues with converting the recording to an mp4 file, but I know what to do for next time. I may have missed it on the plug-in, but I was hoping to see graphics that could be added in such as arrows and such. I’ll likely practice this a bit going forward as my first attempt was a bit clunky, and I think it will be very useful when I am teaching. I would also like to set up a camera on a tripod and create similar videos but with tactile painting and drawing techniques, but also then use the plug-in to make it more interactive. The photoshop demos shared at Royal Bay don’t often feature an interactive element, but are an important tool regardless as photoshop has such a wide scope of possibility and it can be an overwhelming tool to learn as so many functions seem to hide. It is something that must be practiced rigorously (in my experience).
The flipped classroom model really spoke to me, as this would have been something helpful while I was in school. I’d like to use this model as well as students can be responsible for their learning and we can get right into it during class time. I think as long as there are reminders for students (I struggle with remembering small tasks, like watching a quick video…) before the lessons then it will be a great tool. I’d love it if the students came to class with a question, maybe something I can help answer or a classmate can assist them as well.
Link to my demo – I wasn’t entirely sure how to save the interactive video to my computer, and the summary piece confused me a little bit as it seemed unavoidable.
