Screen cast video is when you make a video of your computer screen, and you talk about the content of what's on your screen. When I first made the transition from face-to-face teaching to online teaching, one of the biggest obstacles I had was finding a way to present to students my lecture without a blackboard. When I used to teach face-to-face, I made extensive use of the blackboard. I would write down everything I was going to ahead of time and then look at the blackboard to remember what my next point/topic would be. Students could then listen to what I was saying without having to rush to take notes. These days, people use PowerPoint to make their presentations. But with the advent of online teaching I lost my blackboard.
I did make extensive use of PowerPoint for my online class lectures but it just wasn't the same because I didn't have my voice and my vocal element to my lectures--That is until I discovered screen cast O-Matic screen cast videos. With screen cast video I found my blackboard again. I was able to record what was on my screen just like what's on the blackboard and just talk about what was on my computer screen and then students were be able to see what I was talking about at the same time. students were able to hear my voice. I think it's important for students to be able to hear the teacher's voice as much as possible because when the students can hear the teacher's voice, it personalizes the student learning experience and creates a bond between the teacher and the student. Once students knew the sound of my voice then when students read my class lectures, they could hear my voice speaking the lecture or the reading in their heads.
I was one of the first teachers in my department to screencast videos to my online classroom back in 2009. I remember my boss being very impressed with how I was using video in my classroom to enhance learning.
How can you use screen cast video in your classroom?
1. You can you screen cast the magic videos for teacher lectures.
2. As mentioned before students can hear the teachers voice and it makes the class come alive for them.
3. Students can watch the video over and over again so that if they are slow no takers they can stop the video at any time to take down notes.
4.Using screen cast videos is also good for audio learners because it presents a different mode of learning and is great for audio learners.
5. You can also screen cast your weekly announcements, your weekly emails, and your weekly forum lesson wrap ups to make your class come alive.
6. You can you screen cast videos for training videos if you want to train students how to navigate your classroom.
7. Screen cast videos are also good for announcements to make your announcement come alive and to appeal to the audio learner.
Do you have any other uses for screen cast video? If so post them under this thread.
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