SCREENR

Screenr is currently my favorite tool available for creating screencasts.  It requires a Twitter account to use, but setup is quick and easy.  Screenr allows the user to record the action on his or her computer desktop.  If your computer has a microphone available, it records sound, too.  The movie file that is create (the screencast) can be embedded on another webpage, or you can provide students with the direct URL to access it.  I know that, every time I demonstrate a technology-related activity in my classroom, several students are going to forget what they are supposed to do by the time we march down to the computer lab.  Why not create a screencast for students who need to watch the process (of creating a header in a Word document, for example) multiple times?  You could even have a tech-savvy student create a webpage and embed multiple screencasts related to the projects you'll be working on all year.

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