There are several good options for capturing screenshots and recording video screencasts. Techsmith sells two fantastic programs, Snagit and Camtasia. I have purchased both of them, but for those that don’t need that level of horsepower, Techsmith Capture is a great choice, which borrows some seasoned basic elements from Snagit and Camtasia. It can be mastered in minutes, captures both images and video (even your webcam), and then easily shares them to your free screencast.com account.
Highly recommended! Here’s a brief diddy on how to use it.
For 99% of the image editing tasks, GIMP and Photoshop can do the same thing. Of course, GIMP is much-lesser known as it is a free open-source program that does not have Adobe’s multimillion-dollar advertising campaign, but nevertheless, it gets the job done and more!
When I started planning this project, I was asking myself what could be fun for kids, have supporting media, and be short/easy. I think I hit the first two perfectly, but I kept wanting to introduce new skills. Before I was done, I realized I had created a monster, but a fun monster indeed.
This is a series of video screencast tutorials that demonstrate how to create a pencil using SketchUp. It is a great introductory activity.
The screencast is indexed giving students the advantage of quickly find out where they left off from the day before or go back and rewatch a segment for better understanding.
The screencast is indexed giving students the advantage of quickly find out where they left off from the day before or go back and rewatch a segment for better understanding.