Download www.jingproject.com for Mac or PC as the best free video capture program which evolved from the similar previous services below.
A screencast is a video capture of everything you do on your screen, and say into your microphone and can include a webcam image as well. At http://www.screencast-o-matic.com you can view a demo screencast (five minutes) and then click "CREATE" and whatever you do on your screen and say into your microphone becomes a link on the web ready to share, instantly. The dramatic utility is that everyone who knows anything can near instantly create a how-to tutorial, or web tour, or a thousand other instructional innovations to share with anyone, anywhere, anytime.
See also www.screencast.com and www.camtasia.com (commercial software: $179 for editable screencasting)
Your students of any age can now instantly teach others via Internet. Learn by doing. Every educator and every student needs to know how to do this.
Recommended Introduction to Screencasting:
NMSU's Webinar series contains a 30 minute webinar by Bethany Bovard on creating screencasts and lists robust screencasting resources in the Webinar Resources area - webinars.nmsu.edu Highly Recommended!
Steve Burt’s Screencast Tutorial at Web 2.Education
www.edtechservices.com/blog/screencast
Jon Udell’s Screencasting Tips
http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/02/22/screencasting-tips
Bill Myers’ Top 10 tips for Creating Effective ScreenCasts
www.bmyers.com/public/1107.cfm
Greater Screencast Editing Flexibility requires your own software:
IShowU for recording on Macintosh computers, (free)
http://shinywhitebox.com/home/home.html
Camtasia Studio Screen Recorder and
Video Editor for recording on PCs www.techsmith.com ($149)
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