Jing

= Jing: Screencasting Software =

Jing is a Social Web tool that captures what you see on your computer's screen. With this software, you can create presentations and videos that you can share instantly with your friends by sending them an URL generated by an associated video edition program. The URL is posted directly on your Facebook, Instant message, or Blogs. This is the reason this program is known as an enhancer of online conversations. This software is an excellent educational tool to describe processes, to present videos, and deliver presentations.

TechSmith's Video Introduction to Jing:  "Elegant in its simplicity, Jing's minimal feature set keeps the focus on instant sharing. We think it's the perfect companion to the casual, fast-paced online conversations we all have every day.

 Capture what you see: Initiate a capture by clicking Jing's happy, always-ready "sun" icon...or pressing a hotkey of your choice. You can capture a window, pane, or region. Make a point: Need to emphasize or explain? Mark up your screenshot with a basic text box, arrow, highlight, or rectangle. Share instantly: Just tell Jing where to send the screenshot and—BAM!—it's there and ready to share. When you send to a destination like Screencast.com or Flickr, Jing even places a hyperlink on your clipboard. No need to wait: imply paste (ctrl-v or command-v) the link into an IM chat, email, forum post, Twitter, anywhere...and when the person clicks it they see your freshly-uploaded screenshot. Like magic.

 Record what you see (and do): Select a window or region and Jing will record a video of everything that appears in that area. Point to things with your mouse, scroll, flip through photos, click around in a website or application...Jing captures it all. Narrate on the fly: If your computer has a microphone, Jing can record your sparkling commentary at the same time. Since everyone prefers short and pithy, recording time is capped at 5 minutes. Share at the speed of conversation: The moment you're done recording, your little screencast movie is ready to upload. The moment it's on Screencast.com, you've got a link ready to paste and share. No waiting."


 * Here is TechSmith's Video Introduction to Jing:

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= Resource Links =
 * [|Training Videos: Getting Started with Jing]
 * [|Training Videos: Capture Your Screen with Jing]
 * [|Training Videos: Share Your Jing Capture]
 * [|Training Test: Advanced Tips and Tricks for Jing]
 * [|The Jing Project Home Page]
 * [|The Jing Project Blog]
 * [|TechSmith's Homepage (Creators of Jing)]
 * [|MacApper "How to use Jing" YouTube Video]
 * <span style="font-family: Symbol,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Smashing Magazine: Screencasting Article]
 * <span style="font-family: Symbol,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Wikipedia Jing Article]
 * <span style="font-family: Symbol,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Wikipedia Screencasting Article]
 * <span style="font-family: Symbol,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Wikipedia List of Screencasting Software]
 * <span style="font-family: Symbol,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Wikipedia Side by Side Comparison of Selected Screencasting Software Titles]
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__Strengths__

 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Very easy to use so even young children can use it
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Record screencasts and capture screenshots quickly
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Share screencasts and screenshots easily with anyone who has a high-speed Internet connection
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Annotate screenshots with text and arrows
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Pro version allows users to save recordings in mp4 format and post on YouTube as well as other video hosting services
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Pro version allows users to produce smaller files for faster downloading
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Reasonable monthly prices ($1.45 for 3000MB, $3.00 for 10000MB, $5.65 for 265000MB)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Daily backup
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Live help 24/7
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__Weaknesses__

 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Need powerful computer with lots of RAM (at least 1GB, but 2 is better)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Jing is no longer free.
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__Opportunities__

 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Computers and Internet connections will continue to improve, making screencasting easier and faster
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Human nature is likely to stay the same: i.e. People often learn more efficiently when they see how something is done in addition to hearing the verbal explanation of how to do it
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Many parents/students do not know how to use various school-based software applications, and they don't have time/desire to read manuals or "figure things out," so the demand for screencasting is likely to be high
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__Threats__

 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Schools may not have many (or any) computers that are powerful enough to use Jing, nor the budget to upgrade hardware very quickly
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Schools may not have money in the budget to pay for subscriptions to a secure video host
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= Ideas for the Classroom = <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Communication and Productivity
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Rather than using "whole group" to train students to use (insert name of software here), record screen-casts that explain each function. Then let students view each screencast at their own pace (and repeatedly if necessary). Then help students who are still struggling on an individual basis. Students can also train each other by recording their own explanations of how to use (insert the name of software here).
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Language Arts
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">When evaluating student compositions (that have already been typed by them), use a screen-cast to record compliments and to explain how things could be improved. Also, allow students to use screencasts in a similar manner for peer review.
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Math
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Students can record their work line by line on a problem by making a new PowerPoint slide for each line of work and advancing sequentially through the slides. They can then upload their work and share the link with the class.
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Science
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">The teacher can provide an example of a science experiment using jing so that during the science class if students forget a part of the instructions, they can go to the computer and watch the demonstration again- JH

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Social Studies
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Visual and Performing Arts
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Technology (Nicole T.)
 * You can create Jing videos to teach your students about how to read URL addresses in order to begin confirming the validity of a site.
 * Jing videos created by you can show your students EXACTLY what you want them to do...and by seeing it...they usually 'get' it immediately
 * It is a highly engaging way to teach students about technology instead of only teaching content with technology
 * Jing videos can be used to teach Copyright & Fair Use Law (regarding technology)

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**My Experience With Jing:** (Cassie Bell) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">I have used Jing in one of my Educational Technology course, and I really enjoyed it. I thought that it was a very cool tool and I can think of several ways which it can be incorporated in to the classroom. I believe students would be required to have more than basic knowledge of the internet however, so this would probably be a better fit for students of a more advanced age (fourth and fifth grade). <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> I have seen this program used in my own educational technology course to provide tutorials on how to make games, and it was very useful. Not only was the instructor able to provide a detailed list of instructions on how to complete the steps of the project but the students were also able to see exactly what to do as well, which was a great help. I was convenient because I was able to "rewind and fastforward" through the parts that i either needed more help with or the ones which i understood already.

This is how I currently use Jing: (Nicole T.)

 * ====I create Jing videos (and upload them to screencast.com) to show my colleagues how I am using my private classroom blog====
 * ====I use the feature to communicate specific steps that I want my students to follow and then I post the link on our blog====
 * ====I create Jing videos to show possible project ideas to my colleagues, fellow UF students, and my elementary students====
 * ====I share my current PLE tiles on Symbaloo using Jing with my colleagues====
 * ====I taught my students how to be REAL on the internet by creating a Glogster poster with links (one for each letter in 'REAL') to Jing videos that show each step in the process-- the link to the Glogster digital poster is on our private blog for the students (and parents) to access as many times as needed.====
 * ====Jing is the single most important tool that I have learned to use, with the exception of creating and using a private classroom blog...which is the PERFECT platform for using and sharing my Jing videos with my students.====
 * ====It is worth every penny I spend with TechSmith/Screencast.com-- which isn't much anyway!====