Jing Screencast

      In this activity, I learned how to make a screencast video by using Jing.  I made a video to show the parents of my PreK students how to visit the nursery rhyme website we use in class.  The parents will be able to practice and review the nursery rhymes with their children at home.  Since I already had Jing downloaded onto my computer, I only had to find the icon and capture my image using the cross hair.  Then I hit video capture, followed my steps to get onto the website, and shared via screencast.  Here is my instruction video.
      I think making these vidoes is so great.  They are easy to create and such a convenient way to show someone step by step directions.  These videos would be awesome for teachers to use to show parents or students how to navigate online.  Teachers could email other teachers a screencast link showing how to navigate a website.  The most useful video I could think of sharing would be common ways to use the Smartboard.  So many teachers are too afraid to use them or unknowledgable of them, but if someone could provide them with a simple video tutorial it could really help and relieve some anxiety.  This activity would address ISTE standard #3 Model Digital-Age Work and Learning and #5 Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership.  Using Jing to create a video demonstrates a teacher's fluency in technology systems.  The teacher collaborates with parents and students using digital tools.  Information is communicated effectively to students and parents using digital-age media. 
Test Questions:
1. You can create a digital movie using the program, Jing.
2. You may vary the video capture area size.
3. You determine the recording area of your screen capture by dragging the cross hair over the area you desire.
4. You can save a Jing video capture into any of your files on your computer by hitting the save button. You could save it to your desktop, in your pictures, onto a flash drive, etc.
5. The video capture is saved in your history.
6. Jing screencast movies are SWF files.
7. The screencast button uploads your videos to the screencast website and creates a URL for it.
8. There are three prongs on the Jing "sun". One is Capture, which obviously captures the image you want. The second prong is your History where your saved captures are stored and can be viewed. The third prong is More which allows you to finish, send feedback, change preferences, get help, and exit Jing.
9. The address of your Jing screencast is copied to the clipboard when you press the screencast button while viewing your history.
10. To upload an item from your history to screencast.com just view it and hit share.
11. Screencast movies are stored at screencast.com.