In this episode, I share a few favorite tips you can use for creating screencasts to bring content to life for students. You’ll also hear a breakdown of some favorite tools to make screencasting happen in any classroom, for any subject!
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Tips for Creating Screencasts
- Stay focused
- Keep it short
- Include visuals
- Try out the camera
- Plan for sharing
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Episode Resources
- Screencast-o-Matic (Screen Recorder & Video Editor)
- Screencastify (Screen Recorder tool)
- Loom (Video Messaging tool)
- QuickTime (multimedia platform)
- Flip (Video discussion tool)
- Explain Everything (Digital whiteboard)
- Zoom (Video Conferencing tool)
- Google Meet (Video Conferencing tool)
- Google Classroom (Learning Management System)
- Canvas (Learning Management System)
- How to record the screen on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
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