Screencasts
Once a teacher, always a teacher. I like to help people get their head around some of the tools that are useful to them, so I sometimes make short little tutorial-style screencasts. I can’t help myself.
The link below will take you to a number of short video tutorials of various software apps or web 2.0 tools. In these tutorials, (which are usually no more than 10 minutes long) I aim to get to the essence of what these tools are about and to help you grasp their essential features.I hope you find something in there useful…
If you would like to see something else added to this section, some app or tool that you would like a quick run-down on, please drop a note in the comments section and I’d be generally happy to oblige if I’m able.
The full list of screencasts tutorials are not here on the blog, they have been moved over to my wiki… Click here to go to them.
In the meantime, here’s a bit of a sample…
Ways of Working from Chris Betcher on Vimeo.
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Chris, thanks for these excellent tutorials. They are a handy little collection for introducing people to these tools, and teachers will enjoy being able to visit them as part of a PD program, or when they are ‘doing their own thing’. Cheers, Judy
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Hi Chris, your tutorials are excellent! I send out a regular e-Learning Newsletter and I often find it difficult to explain some Web 2.0 tools in a paragraph of text. I was going to tackle Twitter in my next newsletter…and then I came across your tutorial! Brilliant! I will point everyone to your tutorial as it explains it all really well. Thanks so much!
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Chris, thanks so much for the Twitter download – and here I find even more lovely how-to’s! I’m loving the Voicethread and I can’t wait to try Skitch on my home computer (I hate my work PC…the dark side)
I’ll be linking at least the Voicethread one here http://drakepond.pbwiki.com for our staff development. I’m demonstrating Voicethread in the session today, but the ability to leave tutorials for those who didn’t catch it first time around is just *so* valuable.
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Chris, this is wonderful! I creating a wiki for a lunch and learn series I am starting with our teachers and will certainly link to your blog. Thanks so much for sharing! This is super!
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Great tutorials for a newbie. We are in Erie PA and just starting to look into infusing more web2.0 into our classrooms. I will be sure to use this.
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The Tweet video helped this novice. I just downloaded twhirl form twhirl.org to tweet on my desktop. I am still learning.
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Thanks very much for taking the time to reply to my question Chris. I was very relieved to hear that it wasn’t me – I felt fairly confident that I had followed all instructions. I agree, that there are definitely many advantages with the upgrade to edublogs. Looking forward to seeing your tutorial on how to embed a voicethread in the new version – I may even give it a go myself!! Thanks again.
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