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I saw Jennifer's link to the Screen-o-matic web site, and decided to try it out for the Module 9 activity. I think this is quite an amazing tool, much like Jing, except everything is transacted on the cloud, whereas Jing requires part of the application be installed on your local computer. Also, like Jing, the price is right (free!), although you can opt for a more developed version of the program for $9 per year, which isn't bad. I'm also a big fan of Photoshop Express, another free online tool that lets you edit images on the Web - which is why I did a short tutorial about a couple of its features. My biggest complaint about Screen-o-matic is that the audio is somewhat muddy - although this seems to be a petty complaint, considering how powerful and easy to use this tool is. Screen-o-Matic lets you save to their server, to YouTube, or as a video file to your local hard drive. You can find another account of this Screen-o-Matic trial run on my Web20Chronicle blog.

I just tried the Screen-o-matic and I also liked that there isn't the need to save in screencast, as it is saved on YouTube or in video format you can save.

This is a jing.video of a 10 Best Practice Assessment for the on-line tutoring class I am teaching. I decided on this portfolio activity because: 1. I wanted experience with jing. Jennifer indicated she uses it all the time for screen capture and I agree with her - an awesome tool! (I felt like I was "on-stage" making a jing-case, knowing everything I was saying and doing on the screen was being recorded.) 2. I wanted to understand Best Practices better by applying them to a good yardstick. 3. I wanted to share my experience as an on-line teacher. As a note, I found jing, easy to install and use, although there were a few "operator" issues - like finding the sun/icon on my desktop. I did not do the tutorials they offered, but it was easy to figure everything out. Also, after you save the jing, to have others be able to view it, you need to save it on screencast. (I downloaded it my computer and then uploaded it to screencast.)

Looked at your Jing presentation...very interesting how the tutoring works. Also, shows great use of the tool. Learning how to use the tools available to make the course material engaging for online classes takes time and patience. Thanks for showing how this tool can be used. I intend to download and begin to learn how to use.

I reviewed your Jing presentation and got a clearer idea of how you interact with students to problem solve math problems in real time on your class white board along with ongoing chat sessions. Thanks for a peek into your online classroom!