Sometimes when you searching through this world of Web 2.0 tools you come across a tool while researching another tool. You just have to say peek-a-boo and when you open your eyes... surprise you have found an amazing tool that you didn't even know you were evalualting. I found this great little Web 2.0 tool called Jing, jingproject.com, while watching the how to video for another completely different tool. I was going to blog about that tool which will now remain nameless and forever hold it's peace. I saw the ad for Jing, an app similar to ScreenFlow, appear at the end of the how to video. I was curious about another app used for screen captures and videos and when I found out it was free I was thrilled. I could use this app with my students and teach them how to make tutorials. The students could use this as a way to demonstrate how to use a website or how they work through a math problem on an online program. I see the possibilities as endless. Students could create and share their screen capture videos and really start to get their feet wet in this wonderful Web 2.0 world.
An app like Jing is a great tool that due to it's free nature opens up a wide range of uses. The need to capture videos of your screen can arise at anytime and having a free tool that you can use is great. I really feel that this is the way Web 2.0 tools should be used; freely and openly for us all to benefit from. Jing is set up in a manner that allows for great opportunity for sharing.
Mr. Sapp reviewed an interesting product that is as he said virtually free of cost. It allows you to snag things off the internet. I downloaded it and tried it out for myself. Students can download it at home and make collages of information they glean off the internet. I think this is a great tool for students to make visual presentations of what they are studying. This week I am going into the cell and I will be taking pictures on the computer with my digital microscope. Jing will allow me to take some shots of what well be seen inside of the microscope. The students can then send the photos to Flickr for posting.
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The best things in life are free. This is one of those great things! I like that you talked about the students making tutorials. Students really love to share their knowledge with their peers. This would be a really cool way for students to show off their skills and learn Jing. Very cool app!!!
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