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What is Screencasting?
Why Screencasting?
Uses in the Classroom

What is Screencasting?

A screencast is a digital video and audio recording of what occurs on a teacher's computer screen. When making a screencast, the teacher records all screen activity and images continuously to complete a designated task ("Screencasting to Engage Learning" by Michael F. Ruffini). Screencasts can include:

Recorded or uploaded audio, graphics & photographs, text & video, animations & sound effects.

Example Screencasts

Note: Adobe Spark is now Adobe Creative Cloud Express.

Why Screencasting?

YouTube is the second largest search engine in the world, meaning that here alone there are endless videos to sort through for educational purposes. Finding a high quality video that perfectly meets your objectives without including mention of concepts your students haven't learned could take hours, days, and even weeks of searching. The solution to this problem? Making your own instructional video!

Created by Mushroom Networks

Uses for Digital Video in the Classroom

ReadEducation Week's article, "Digital Video Transforms Teaching Practices" and view the graphic below.
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