Activity 1. Make your own screencast (tutorial videos, Educreations – Creating a Lesson and Screencast-O-Matic).

·         Working in teams, choose one of the apps or web-based tools listed on the online agenda.

·         Create a 1 – 2 minute screencast about any topic. Please include:

o   a title slide

o   a slide with at least one image

o   a blank slide for annotations

o   annotations on the slide with an image and on the blank slide

o   voice narration

·         Save your screencast. Add the URL to this Google Sheet.

Activity 2a. Review 2 lessons in the screencast library in Show Me or Educreations.

        Working in teams:

·         Open the ShowMe app*, click on the globe Explore button, search/select a lesson to review OR explore the Show Me web site (*you may have to exit the initial recording screen that shows up when you launch the app)

·         Open the Educreations app, click on the star on the left  side, explore the Features Lessons OR explore the Educreations web site

·         Select and review two existing screencasts. Discuss the screencasts with team members. What works? What doesn’t work? What can you learn from these about making screencasts of your own?

·         Be prepared to share with the whole group.

Activity 2b. Working in teams, review 2 student-created tutorials posted at one of the links below.       

·         Mathtrain.TV

·         Is It Worth It? Student Created Tutorials - scroll down to access examples

·         StudentCreated.TV