Getting Started with Educreations and Screencast-o-matic
Educreations - http://educreations.com
Educreations is a recordable interactive whiteboard that captures your voice and handwriting to produce amazing video lessons that you can share online. Students and colleagues can replay your lessons in any web browser, or from within our app on their iPads.
Educreations works on both the iPad and on any internet browser.
FAQ - http://www.educreations.com/faq/
Educreations iPad app - http://goo.gl/jHwu8
Highlights
- Insert images and screenshots from the web to create narrated/annotated guides and tutorials.
- Create multiple pages for longer presentations (tip: pause recordings to preload images or draw annotations.
- Tutorials can be shared privately with students, by school, or with the whole world.
- Publicly shared screencasts made by other educators and students can be viewed, linked to and embedded in a class website.
Tips
- You cannot start over or re-edit a screencast once you begin recording. Be prepared and don’t worry if it isn’t perfect.
- Keep your presentations brief and engaging (your voice is a critical component)
Screencast-o-matic - http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/
One-click screen capture recording on Windows or Mac computers with no install for FREE! Record up to 15 minutes.
Screencast-o-matic is great for creating screencasts of powerpoints, TI-emulator tutorials, NCTM applet and Geometer’s sketchpad activities, and narrated directions or test accommodations.
Getting started video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4rk5ACdGk4
Highlights
- No account required (Great for quick use with students). However the free account lets you store and link to your files online as well as upload to youtube automatically.
- Capture anything on your computer screen and your webcam.
- Pro-version is only $15 for one year
Tips
- You cannot start over or re-edit a screencast once you begin recording. Be prepared and don’t worry if it isn’t perfect.
- Keep your presentations brief and engaging (your voice is a critical component)
Other screencasting resources
Kit’s screencasting website - https://sites.google.com/site/mctmmultimath/Other iPad apps for sreencasting
- showme (FREE)- http://goo.gl/2MKKf
- screenchomp (FREE) - http://goo.gl/mQV3r
- explain everything ($2.99) - http://goo.gl/ZkhJb
Other screencasting software and websites
- Screenr (FREE) - http://screenr.com
- Camtasia ($299) - http://goo.gl/JRpFE
Upcoming PD:
- http://sccresa.org/toolsforschools/professionaldevelopment/workshopcalendar/
- June 26 iPads for beginners, June 28 iPads for intermediate, July 24th No more Death by PowerPoint, July 25 Cooperative Learning with or without and iPad, July 26 Blended learning with edmodo, August 9th screencasting for the classroom, August 14 iPads for beginners, August 16 iPads for intermediate
Kit Hard
Education Technology Consultant
St. Clair County RESA
hard.kit@sccresa.org
810-455-4121
website/blog: http://edtechkit.com
