Although Jing was hard for me to understand how to use at first, simply because it was...too simple? There was only three buttons on the top corner of my screen, to perform the multiple steps of recording a video or screenshot, editing it, recording, saving, and sharing. Surprisingly once I watched to tutorial on it, it became very easy to use. Since I have watched several videos in this class of people creating and teaching lessons using just their computer screen I was naturally curious to find out how they did that. Well now I know! I think that this tool is so useful and could be used in many ways in a classroom. One obvious choice is when you are teaching an online course. This course has used this technique several times already and I have found it extremely useful when trying to understand things. However, I think in a classroom it could be used as a supplement to normal lessons.
I created a lesson that would be used in an everyday fifth grade classroom and to give students an overview (or possibly other staff members) I created an overview of my lesson which you can see at the gallery.
Here is the link to the homepage where you can see tutorials or download a free version to get started.
Isn't it funny that the most simple projects take the most time. I have found that to be the case throughout CEP 416. Because I am not confident that what I create will work, I just assume that everything is going to be difficult for me. I am glad you like Jing too! I agree with your thinking that it can be used to supplement traditional lessons.
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