Instructional+Media+Screencast

=Instructional Media Screencast - Outline Structure= This project is a small peace of the Structured External Assignment of EDT 6020. The larger assignment is creating an online unit of instruction using Black Board. The screencast assigned here was to describe a process or idea relevant to one of the online lessons. The screen cast was produced using Jing and published using Screencast.com. Jing is software downloaded to your computer. This software allows you to capture images of video of your computer screen. In video capture mode, audio can be added in real time. Screencast.com is an online service which allows you to store and and share any type of file, but best used for pictures and video.



Creating the Outline Structure Screencast
I started this project having missed a class which explained the detail of the parameters of the assignment. I understood the screen capture and downloaded the software, but I missed the need to be relevant to the SEA assignment. I messed around with Jing and the video editor which works with Jing files and finally produced an irrelevant video. Fortunately, this misdirected experiment showed me the strengths and limitations of Jing. When I finally got the correct assignment description, The decision was easy. The purpose of the unit is to show what content needs to be included in the structure, but the lessons also need to show the structure of the outline. The process is relatively simple if there is both a visual reference and an audio explanation. The perfect candidate for Jing. I considered typing it into MS Word and explain as I type. Unfortunately, I don't type very fast and my keyboard is one that clicks as you type. My students would be able to see and hear how slow I type. I finally decided to pre produce the content in PowerPoint and captured the slide show.



Reflection
I liked this assignment. Jing is what it is, but once you get used to the limitations of the software, it proves to be handy at what it does sxtremely well.I'm reminded of an issue I had during my student teaching days. The unit I taught centered on the dreaded 11th grade research paper. Among other things, students had to properly format their works cited page properly. There were only a coup[le computers in the room and they were both Mac's. Most of my students had PC's at home and the instructions are different. You can format an entire page of bibliographic references in less than five steps with a mouse. Explaining it verbally without reference to a screen is extremely difficult. A screencast with voiceover link could have been emailed to everyone and solved an overblown complication. In the case of the on-line unit being created, Jing was once again the perfect tool to help explain a simple but complicated task.



[|Outline Structure Screencast]