Jing

Jing was very easy and quick to download and the sun icon makes it very easy to jump right in and use. The image capture application was extremely easy to use. It was very similar to Snag It, which I used a lot for capturing graphics when I was creating math common assessments for my county. A teacher friend that I was working with on that project told me about it and I used a free 30 day trial version. I saw something about Snag It on the Jing web-site, so I assume they are similar.

The video capture took a little more getting used to, but it was fairly easy once you got the hang of it (somewhat complicated by three children running around me). I was not able to take advantage of the voice annotation, because I do not have those capabilities. I definitely see the power in the video with voice annotation after I watched and listened to Dr. Luck's video directions.

As a curriculum coordinator at the present time and as a future administrator, I will definitely share this resource and its possible applications with the teachers at my school. I can also see using Jing, as an administrator, to demonstrate the use of various programs or web-site resources to both teachers and parents. The only disadvantage that I can see is the cost of providing the equipment necessary to include voice annotation with videos. The hardest part of the process for me was inserting the link into the blog, but the videos helped a lot!

http://screencast.com/t/MmM0N2Qx