Utilizing Video: How to use Screencasting and Video Editing Software for Engaging Announcements and Instruction

1. Presented by Amanda Lima NC Virtual Public Schools amanda.lima@ncpublicschools.gov Utilizing Video: How to use Screencasting and Video Editing Software for Engaging Announcements and Instruction

2. Agenda • Overview of Video in Education • Ways to Create and Utilize Video • Additional Resources Q&A

3. Experience Level • (a) Beginner • (b) Intermediate (c) Advanced

4. Overview of Video in Education • How is video utilized? • How is Video Utilized? • Created by teacher, student, or third party • For instruction or assignments • Engagement • Creating (Bloom) • Reflection • Why is video utilized?

5. Overview of Video in Education • Advantages • Personalized • Engaging • Shareable • Time • Lack of production equipment • Lack of professional development • Disadvantages

6. Ways to Create Video • Screencasting • Jing, Camtasia • Windows Movie Maker, iMovie • Adobe Premiere Elements, Sony Vegas • Animoto, VoiceThread, SlideSix • Video Editing Software • Web 2.0 Tools

7. Screencasting Uses • Students • Teachers • Present a presentation • Record a speech, poem, conversation in another language, or recite the constitution • Teach a course concept • Make lecture or instruction more engaging • Give an oral history of an important person to the course • Announcements, test reviews, reminder messages • Tutorials

8. Screencasting • Final Product • Tutorial on Podcasting – Camtasia • Class Announcement – Jing • Record on PowerPoint – Camtasia

9. Powerful communication tools Screencasts • Use them to give better instructions • More engaging for audience • Easy to create & share

10. Using Jing • Free Version • http://www.techsmith.com/download/jing/ Capture More History

11. Using Jing - History History

12. Using Jing - More More Finish Exit Help Send Feedback Preferences

13. Using Jing - Capture Capture

14. Using Jing – Capture and Share

15. Jing Image Capture Tutorial • Windows PC • Mac OS X • http://www.techsmith.com/learn/jing/tutorials/interactive-pc/ • http://www.techsmith.com/learn/jing/tutorials/interactive-mac/

16. Video Editing Software • Record lectures, presentations, guest speakers • Create a How-To video of a class topic (how-to perform a chemistry experiment) • Give an oral history of a person’s life • Record mock election speeches/debates • Anchored Instruction – pose a question that students must solve • Storytelling • Public service announcement

17. Video Editing Examples • Examples: • Computer Troubleshooting • Oral History on Oprah (with still images only) • Public Service Announcement • Digital Story Telling (with figurines) • How-To on Dog Nutrition and Training

18. Additional Resources • Jing Tutorials • Taking Your First Capture • Capture an Image • Capture a Video • Share to Screencast.com • Camera Shots

19. Review • Overview of Video in Education • How, why, advantages and disadvantages • Creating a Screencast/Image Capture with Jing • Software available, uses, sharing • Introduction to Video Editing Software • Uses, examples

20. Q&A • Questions & Comments