Student Projects with Screencastify Presentation
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3 Screencastify Features You (Probably) Didn’t Know About
Screencastify is my favorite “lightweight” screen recording tool. I prefer it because 1) it works on Chromebooks, 2) it syncs to Drive and 3) it has all 3 important options (webcam, screen and webcam + screen). Recently, I discovered 3 features that I hadn’t realized were there – and I’m guessing you hadn’t either. So, … Continue reading 3 Screencastify Features You (Probably) Didn’t Know About
Screencastify for Feedback
I’ve done a number of posts about Screencastify, but recently I was reading a blog post that presented an idea that I had not previously thought of. In it, the author talks about using a screencasting tool to give both visual and auditory feedback on a student’s work. It seems to me that this would … Continue reading Screencastify for Feedback
Screencastify to FlipGrid
This post by Meghan Zigmund calls App Smashing “The art of imaginatively using multiple apps to create an enhanced project.” Two of my favorite edtech tools right now are Screencastify and FlipGrid. One missing feature in Screencastify is an easy platform for students seeing each other’s recordings. One missing feature in FlipGrid is including screen … Continue reading Screencastify to FlipGrid
Screencastify, Paper & Math: Spin It Around, Write It Down, Explain with Sound!
This post originally appeared on the Screencastify blog, here. We all know how important it is for students to demonstrate their understanding of a particular subject or problem by “showing their work.” If your students are using tablets, there are a number of great interactive whiteboard recording apps that allow students to write with a … Continue reading Screencastify, Paper & Math: Spin It Around, Write It Down, Explain with Sound!
Practice Speeches in Screencastify
Giving speeches or presentations in front of their peers can be a really nerve-wrecking activity for students. We often encourage them to practice, but . . . what’s practice without reflection and self-assessment? Students can use the free Google Chrome extension Screencastify to record themselves giving their speech or presentation. Then, they can view that recording … Continue reading Practice Speeches in Screencastify
My Top 5 Lessons Learned in 2019
Over the last few days, I’ve shared some of my most popular content from 2019 (top posts, top Instagram posts, top tweets, top retweets & top podcast episodes). However, it’s important to own the things that weren’t popular or successful. It’s also important to learn from those things! Here are my top 5 Lessons Learned in … Continue reading My Top 5 Lessons Learned in 2019
15+ Tools for Student Voice
In episode 28 of the Educational Duct Tape Podcast, Mike Mohammad joined me for a chit-chat. One of the topics that we discussed was student voice. I posed the question, “How can educators provide opportunities for student voice?” Mike promptly made the distinction between student voice and student choice. While both are powerful things to leverage in the classroom, … Continue reading 15+ Tools for Student Voice
Sessions List
Please let me know if you have any questions about these sessions! You can reach me at JakeMillerTech [at] gmail.com. Educational Duct Tape Description – In a multi-session, content-rich, idea-filled conference like this one, educators can fall into the trap of “paradox of choice,” which often keeps educators from integrating *any* of their newly learned … Continue reading Sessions List
A Google Slides Hack to Replace ChatterPix or Blabberize
This idea–a true moment of educational duct tape (using technology to solve a classroom problem or goal)–actually came to me while recording an episode of my Educational Duct Tape Podcast! In Episode 5, I played a question that Linda Hummer shared to the Educational Duct Tape Community FlipGrid along with Abbey Thomas’ answer. Linda’s question was, essentially, … Continue reading A Google Slides Hack to Replace ChatterPix or Blabberize