Jing Video!

Flarg! I have been meaning to post about this, but it has been such a busy summer, time has gotten away from me!  As you know, we have already talked about Jing for capturing images but you can also use it to capture video too. In fact, the instructor for this course has been a big help by creating screencasts of things we might need help on.  I made a screencast to share with you, but have been having some difficultly making things work. I create the video just fine, save ok, and when I go to play it, it says it is saved in a format not recognized by my computer. By now I have made several videos and the problems I have been having with them have just been getting put on the back burner!  I just tried again and am having no luck. When I click help, it says I need flash, but then says that Chrome already has flash installed... So, I'm stuck. And sad I am having trouble showing you my screencasts! I know I was able to do this just fine a couple of summers ago!!  Just so you don't miss out, I was talking about a website called Kuler. My husband showed me this website and it is really great for looking at color schemes for your home or office. What I like it for is that there is a little tab under the main color scheme being shown at the top that looks like a bunch of lines-click it and it will tell you more about the colors being shown. I use it to teach about different color harmonies and where they are located on the color wheel. It is also fun to click through the gallery, as there are thousands of color schemes!  Maybe you'll be inspired to take on a painting job this summer!

I wanted to have something up about the screencasts. Check back in a few days to see if I got it working!!

I think I got it! It's not great.. but here is my screencast!




Here are some essential questions and answers for Jing.
1) How do you determine and control the recording area of your screen capture?
-You simply click on the cross hair arm, and drag the lines around the area you wish to capture. If you want to do a screencast, fill the whole screen with your cross hairs.
2) What are the options for saving a screen capture?
-I'm not completely certain about this one. I know mine were saving as a shockwave file, which Chrome was having problems opening. I tried to look for other options, but could find none.
3) Where is the screencapture on your computer and how to you retrieve it?
-Mine were saved in the documents. I had to take special measures to open mine and simply copied and pasted the address as a link. This worked much better for me two summers ago, and I'm not sure what is different!
4) How do you push it to the internet and share with others?
-I copied and pasted the link into this blog! If there is a web address, you can send it that way.
5) What type of file is a Jing screencast?
-Shockwave
6) The Jing "sun" has three prongs what does each one do?
-One is your capture button, the middle is your history and third is help and other options.

NETS T standards associated with this assignment are:
3) Model digital age work and learning
5) Engage in professional growth and leadership

Jing video is a good way to "demonstrate technological fluency"  and the "transfer of current knowledge to new technologies and situations." It is also good for creative applications of information sharing. Jing video is good for incorporating tutorials for different learning types. Since you can incorporate both moving images and sound, you can reach both visual and aural learners. I can't tell you how valuable Jing video has been for me in this class! Try it today!