Screencast

Information: As a team leader, I am often asked how to do certain things on the computer. One thing that is frequently asked by new teachers is how to upload lesson plans. So I thought, how awesome would it be to make a video about it? That way people can refer to the video as many times as they need to until they remember how to do it on their own.

Tool: The tool I chose to use was Screencast-O-Matic. There was an option for free screen recording or signing up for a subscription-I opted for the free option. This program allowed me to measure out the size of the screen I wanted record which was nice. It was difficult to stop the recording, but it was very easy to edit/cut the video (this feature didn't even require a subscription 😀).

Reflection: This was such a fun assignment! I have only used the screen recording function on my iPhone one time and it was fairly easy. I was worried about doing this project on my ThinkPad because it isn't an Apple product, but Screencast-O-Matic made it extremely easy! If privacy wasn't a concern, I would have made a screen recording of how to work on the referral, IEP, and reevaluation processes. However, I could not do that without a student name on the screen; that's why I chose to record this instead. The possibilities are endless with a tool like this because technology is so abundant in the classroom! I can definitely see myself using screen recording in the future to show my SPED department how to complete certain processes on SETs.