Today's Digital Tool Tuesday is on Screencastify. If you are unfamiliar with screencasting, it is a way for you to record what is happening on your computer screen and/or record yourself through the webcam. For example, the Canva directions I sent out were done on Screencastify. This tool is great to have on the Chromebooks for student and teacher use!
Screencastify operates as an extension and interacts with your Google Drive. To install, you can go here. So how can you use Screencastify? A couple of examples include differentiation and having students show what they know by integrating Screencastify and Google Slides. To differentiate, the teacher can record different lessons with Screencastify and then post them in Google Classroom. Classroom allows you to select which students you assign things to, so you can select which students get what lesson, or you can let them choose. The great thing is that it frees you up during class to help all students with questions, and you are not stuck trying to clone yourself so you can be working with different groups of students. As far as students' use of Screencastify goes, there are endless opportunities for learning. An easy way to use it is to have them create a Google Slides presentation about a topic, and then they can record themselves narrating the slideshow. When designed smartly, an activity can really take students to Depth of Knowledge Level 3 by having them explain, interpret, and come to conclusions. Want more ideas? Matt Miller of Ditch that Textbook has some great ones here. Tech Specs:
If you are interested in using Screencastify for the first time and would like some help, let me know. Any other great ways to use Screencastify? Comment below!
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Randi Stones
8/22/2017 02:44:08 pm
I love this tool! I recorded a lesson on how to log into the typing program using screencastify. It allowed me to stop and help the kids who got stuck in the logon process without holding up everyone else's progress. It was great! Would be great for subs, too. Definitely something I will use again!
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