Tool # 9 Jing & Skype

1. Discuss how the screencast could help your students and how you might have students use Jing.

In the school setting, Jing could be used to make a presentation of how to log in to the computer or how to get to a specific website, without having to repeat the directions over and over again. In order for that to materialize, the teacher could make a movie of several screens together containing the specific information. Also, Jing could be used in web dialogues, such as IM or Skype to share information between teachers, and among students.

If you are wondering how I used Jing, please take a look at Tool # 4. The picture of the Google Doc was taken using Jing.

2. Discuss how you might use Skype with your students and share across the district, the state, the nation, or the world!

There are endless uses for Skype in the classroom. One that comes to mind is to interview authors when doing an author study. Another way is to share learning experiences with another classroom in the same grade level, in another school in the district or across the country.

One of my colleagues have sent Flat Stanley overseas to other schools. Skype could be used for students to interact with their international counterparts in exchanging what they have learned in different content and subject areas, or even to talk about the same Flat Stanley that they have received.