For my second educational tool "share," I decided to feature another online tool that my school, district, and I utilize frequently amongst ourselves and our students. Screencastify is a free Google extension that allows you to create and share an interactive video. This is different from other video creation tools in that you can record yourself while teaching a lesson or giving instructions on how to use an online tool. Our school started using this extension when having to do virtual lessons during our COVID shutdown, but I still frequently use it to share a lesson or model a skill for my students. I've included a quick informal video tutorial below.
As this is a Google extension, your videos will save directly to your Google Drive in a folder labeled "Screencastify," so they are easily accessible to you later if you don't have time to upload or edit your video right away. As you are connected to your Google account, there is an export feature to YouTube, which will make your videos accessible to those who do not have a Google account. I use this particular export feature to share my video when posting to my website, so parents or guardians have outside access. I've included some articles and another helpful video below about Screencastify and how to utilize it in the classroom.
- Screencastify Recording and Sharing - A little more extensive video tutorial on how to record and share your video with Screencastify (this YouTube channel also has a TON of great educational technology tutorials- a great resource).
- Screencastify: How to Use it For Teaching - There are some great keyboard shortcuts in this article to help streamline your Screencastify video recording process.
- 24 Ways to Create Great Classroom Videos with Screencastify - Some innovative ways to use Screencastify in the classroom.
Hey Clare,
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your blogpost! Thank you so much for sharing the article, 24 Ways to Create Great Classroom Video with Screencastify. Honestly, I have never thought to use this tool with my students! I have always relied on it as a teacher, but after reading the article I am excited to see my students use it now. I also liked the idea of using it for subplans...there is nothing I hate more than writing out subplans. Using screencastify would make sub plans much easier by being able to explicitly show and tell my students what I expected of them while I was out. I could upload it to their Google Classroom and then all students would have easy access to it.
Thank you for sharing this tool! I had never heard of it, but I love most things Google so I can't wait to try it out. You did a great jjob with the video that you created and I can envision older students doing the same thing. I also appreciate the short cuts that you provided. I am always looking up ways to do things on different apps and software and they will be a great resource to reference to be more efficient. Great idea also to record essential lessons for your students to be able` to go back and reference. As difficult as Covid was, it did force use to learn about and use many tools that are still useful afterward. Thanks again for sharing your post!
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