Screencasting and Capturing What Happens in Class

If you’re going to share and interact with your students in the electronic and physical spaces (as you should), you must learn how to screencast.

Screencastomatic:

This is my go-to app. It’s free, but I pay a few dollars for the pro service because I love it, it gives advanced editing features, and I can download to Dropbox. You can see that my YouTube tutorials are recorded with this.

Camtasia: (recommended – pay)

This app is high quality, and the price shows it. But I highly recommend Camtasia if you can afford it.

Explain Everything:

This app, available from iTunes and Google Play, remains a top tablet app in the U.S. It’s perfect for math screencasting.

Swivl:

It’s a robotic stand for your iPad, iPhone, or Droid. When you use the iOS app, Swivl will film and capture everything. It can also follow you without an app, so you could set another device on record and then just put it in the stand. Swivl lets you record speeches, or helps you evaluate your own teaching. Having a Swivl in your classroom changes everything. You just put the controller in your pocket or around your neck, and it follows and records you (mic in controller). I’ve been demoing this for two weeks and can focus on teaching rather than recording.

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