I have recently become VERY addicted to screen casting and have been using ScreenCast-O-Matic. I have even taught my students how to use it, requiring them to create a screencast of a slide deck as the last assignment of the year. I really appreciated how easily it synced with Google Classroom. All my students had to do when they had completed their assignment was click a button and add it to their assignment!
Last week, however, I discovered Soapbox which is a free Chrome extension! It has some amazing aspects that other free screencasting programs lack -- the ability to edit! Soapbox not only allows you to edit your material, but even edit the view. You can start out with a shot that includes your screen, and a small webcam window in the corner, but then you can switch and have the web cam go full screen. You can also have the computer go full screen, and can even add an action statement at the end of your video. This is a tool that would be awesome for classroom instruction, and to introduce to students who in my classroom are working with Chromebooks. I love finding useful extensions that work well with what we already have. I tend to use Safari at home, as I have a MAC All in One, but have added Chrome as a choice so that I can play around with Soapbox this summer. I am really looking forward to working with it next week during curriculum development -- my favorite week to gear up for the next school year. I've seen it used and used it on a very limited basis to date, but loved its sophisticated look and ease of use. I think my students will be really excited about it. You can find it in the chrome extensions.
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