Today in class we learned about making a VidCast. There are many options that you can use like using a video camera or flip video, using photostory or using jing.
I think that Photostory is a really great tool for teachers to use. You have the ability to upload any pictures that you might want to use in your VidCast that has to do with your lesson. You can add music or make your own music, you can add effects so that when the picture changes it has a cool effect that goes from one picture to the other. You can also change the effect of the actual picture, so if you have a regular colored picture you can change it to black and white or sepia. You can rearrange the pictures after you watch the video and a few other things. Its a really great tool and very easy to use!
I don't know if I will always use this option in my classroom, but I think its a great, fun and different idea to introduce new units. I don't think that I will use this one my classroom website, but I think that I will use it in the classroom. I think its a lot like power point, and I think that I'd probably use power point in my classroom more then photostory. But I do think that it is a fun thing to have as an option.
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