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Blended Learning: Not your Mother’s, Grandmother’s, or Possibly Even Older Sibling’s Training

Association eLearning

Remember the days when you looked forward to field trips to the planetarium, hovering over a formaldehyde preserved frog with your lab team, or seeing the movie version of Lord of the Rings on a Friday afternoon? Make no mistake, today blended learning goes beyond merely tagging on a movie or performing a Web Quest on the internet.

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Going from 0 to 60 - 6 Jing Videos in 60 Minutes

TechSmith Camtasia

Ah, one of my favorite quotes from the movie, Top Gun. which led me to thinking about Top Gun and then got me thinking about one of my favorite topics, screencapture and screencasting (yes, that's how my brain works)! ;-) It occurred to me that Jing is like the racecar of screencaptures and screencasting! "I feel the need.

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Individualized instruction with Citelighter and TechSmith

TechSmith Camtasia

They loved being able to capture content from websites to use as sources in their essays. But it wasn’t just Citelighter that was transforming my classroom, it was the inclusion of TechSmith tools – Snagit and Jing – that rounded out our expertly exercised process. My students began engaging with Citelighter immediately.

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Something new under the hood

TechSmith Camtasia

First, by making your content look better than ever. Any high-motion content you capture will look smoother. High motion content being things like PowerPoint or Keynote animations, a Flash game, a movie trailer (for educational or journalistic purposes, please), and even everyday screen recordings that have lots of activity going on.

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Using screencasting in training: What? Why? How?

Matrix

It can be very simple or very elaborate, ranging from a whiteboard presentation to a slideshow to a movie-like video. Jing is simple screen sharing without any intricate additions that can complicate the activity. HOW to screencast? As for available apps there are a lot out there. Here’s a small sampler.

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Congratulations ScreenChamps!

TechSmith Camtasia

Teach viewers how to recreate popular digital effects from their favorite movies, TV shows, and videogames. Mix of live action and screencast content helped me engage with the people and content. Really liked technique of framing content within devices. Tools Used. Watch on Vimeo Judges' Comments. So gross; I loved it.

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Become Better at Screencasting: Tips from Anton Bollen

TechSmith Camtasia

You might even recognize his voice from the Jing Project tutorials. Use real world content in your screencasts to mix things up and create more opportunities to engage with your audience. Anton mentioned he watches other people’s tutorials, videos, and even movies to find ideas and inspiration.