Jing

http://www.screencast.com/users/mhallen/folders/Jing/media/8c7a919d-0d79-419b-af0c-953daa2e2558

I really enjoyed this program. At first I found it a little awkward and hard to use, but then after playing with it a few minutes, it became easier. I was able to do a tutorial on making a digital book. It is neat to hear me giving the directions and having my mouse go over the powerpoint page to give step by step instructions. I would highly recommend using this program to create a tutorial to introduce activities using technology or non technology. Saving and retrieving so I could post the link took longer than I realized but with patience, it is not bad. The downside is downloading Jing and saving the program to use the link because it is time comsuming.

I will use this program to introduce digital books to another class at the end of the year. I plan on having my students be the "experts" to help while the other class in the lab but I will begin with the tutorial I made with Jing. Also the tech asst. wants to use Jing to create tutorials this summer to help with teaching how to use different programs that our school has available.