Thursday, May 16, 2013

Screenbird an on-line screencasting tool

       I've tried screencasting tools such as jing and screencast-o-matic, these are good tools if you want to show what's going on in the screen of your laptop or computer.
      I found a new screencasting tool, it's called screenbird. Just go to screenbird.com
screenbird.com official website


and click "record now" and then  a java message  will pop to run the program.
click "run this time" to allow the control button to appear

 After clicking  "run this time", the screen tool will come out and ready to use.

The screen bird control button, click the red dot to record a video
       What I like about screenbird is that you don't need to sign-in an account, it's free, the video can be saved in your laptop or uploaded; and most of all, no need to install, just make sure you have an internet connection.
       Here's an example of a video I created using screenbird, never mind the singing part,  I'm not a singer. Just want to show how cool screenbird is. It's a new site in the web, so they're still improving; but so far, it works well for me.

       This tool is very useful for teachers in sharing an on-line presentation/discussion of a  topic/lesson. You can also add audio to your presentation and your students will download or view it on-line, specially for students who missed your class.

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