Though the focus of this page is to show the advantages of using ScreenFlow, the writer offers great arguments for the implementation and use of screencasting as part of the e-learning concept of the 21st century education.
These same several steps are enumerated in other articles as well. This site gives a fairly detailed overview detailing how to create top-notch screencasts.
Here's how to use snagit to start the process of making the video livelier to the viewer. This team explains how to add 3D to screencasts too. It's a resource that will not be used for every screencast because it demands time, but could add a nice touch to special topics.
A recent blog post detailing the author's use of Explain Everything in her kindergarten classroom. The basics of good screencasting (which extend into other arenas as well) can be taught beginning at a young age!
This is a nice overview of screencasting, which lists downsides and implications for teaching and learning as well. It's also nicely organized for the e-reader.
This page offers great information for beginners, including the "7 steps to screencasting" and important tricks. I especially like how the text is arranged to make reading easier.
This is a free resource on edmodo from a teacher whose project was on digital storytelling, but which can be adapted to virtually any educational screencasting purpose.
This article explores the use of screencasting in higher education. It suggests that "[...] with the adoption of [video] techniques it is anticipated that the University of the Future will cater for a blended learning environment where students can choose the amount of virtual as opposed to direct contact they wish to have with their lecturer," and that "student reaction suggests that the provision of such mobile learning is preferred in many cases to compulsory direct interaction."
Another page of this site was bookmarked earlier. This one presents a new look at Bloom's Taxonomy, and presents a series of app evaluations sorted according to level. Screencasting has the potential to fit into a number of categories.
Augmented reality is going to inhabit every screencast in the near future. It's a great way to call attention to small details while presenting a topic.
Not directly related to screencasting, but an excellent review of seven key ideas in education. Many of these "essentials" can be met through the use of screencasts, whether teacher- or student-created.