Cool Tools Screencast

•How much effort did you exert preparing for the screencast?

As with any task in this class, a great amount of effort was exerted in preparing for my screencast. I spent a lot of time analyzing my "cool tool" Livemocha.com so that I could develop a good quality script covering the essentials of the program that make it a great tool, the pitfalls, the risks involved in using it in a classroom, and ways that it would be a great tool for my students. In order to make a smooth delivery, I had to practice my script and screen run through multiple times to ensure smooth transitions and professional language.

•How does creating and sharing a screencast with your peers impact your future teaching?

Creating and sharing a screencast with my peers impacts my future teaching by giving new knowledge and resources to better teach my students. Now I don't have to waste my students' time by repeating the same instructions over and over, they can have access to a screencast to learn how to use a tool better or if they forget it's right at their fingertips to review. I believe screencasting is a really neat tool that definitely has a place in the classroom, and I'm glad to say that I can bring it my classroom for my students to use not only my screencasts, but also by allowing them the opportunity to learn and use it in their own learning for projects.