Jing

As I prepare for the 21st Century Learning Conference hosted by St. Clair County RESA I want to share with you a great tool that I heard about @ the conference 2 years ago. It's called Jing. It's a web capturing tool that you can download FREE from http://www.jingproject.com. As with many of the tools that I love, my time is too limited to try all of the great features available. It's actually a great screencasting softward that enhances online conversations. However, I use the screen capture feature to create visual tutorials. Save the screen, add visual highlighs and instructions and save to presentation software. Using Google presentations or saving a PPT presentation to slider sharer allows you to easily link and share your help tools. How will you use this tool? How can your students use this tool? The application possibilities will be fun to watch unfold!

Here is an example I created to show teachers and students how to create and iGoogle page:



One word of caution with this tool. Unless you have adminstrative rights on your network you will not be able to download the software. At this time I am forced to use it from my home computer, but many tech departments are willing to add software for teachers and students if getting some time.