Screen Capturing & Video Messaging

FYI - I am currently using a loaner computer due to my regular computer shutting down on me. While making my video, I discovered that the microphone on this loaner computer is busted. I apologized for this. I have to contact the Help Desk Monday morning to see if i can get another loaner computer sent to me.

Screencastify is a pretty cool tool to use for video messages. It's quick and easy to use. It is very Google friendly, which makes it easy for users to upload their videos straight to Google Classroom.

Screen capturing tools could easily be the most effective support tool for teaching and learning during this time of online learning - in my opinion. Students learn better when they see teachers delivering the instructions. The screen capturing tools allow student's to pause and rewind in order to better grasp the information.

I can see how teachers could us tools like Screencastify to teach their student's. Teacher's can record themselves teaching a lesson right from their living room, and upload it to Google Classroom for students to watch. Thinking like a football coach... I would recored myself drawing up plays on my whiteboard and teaching my players the plays from our playbook. I would talk through each play, breaking down everything for my position group. Instead of just sending them the playbook and having them learn the plays on their own, Screencastify allows me to teach them the plays through video.

My players benefit from this tool as well. I would have my position group record themselves giving a 2 minute summary of each coverage that was taught to them, and upload the video to our Google Classroom. This will allow my players to learn from each other.


Comments

  1. MelissaApril 20, 2020 at 4:11 PM

    Screencastify seems like a neat tool, I chose to use Screencast o matic on my iPad this week. It seems like they are similar though. I like the way you related using the tool to the classroom environment as well as to your football players. I am sure you were giving students a lot of cool information!

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  2. HMontgomeryApril 20, 2020 at 4:26 PM

    Nice way of using this video resource! The players will be able to look back on it and improve. They can also have it as a reference for a later date.

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  3. Rod CarnillApril 20, 2020 at 5:39 PM

    I like the explanation of how you would use the Screencastify tool to help support your players as learners. There are many many parallels between coaching and teaching from which you can draw examples from for applying educational technology applications.
    Good luck getting that microphone fixed!

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