Kent ICT Blog

Jing  is a fantastic and powerful program from TechSmith that can be downloaded for free.  Using Jing it is easy to capture still screen images or to create video screencasts (recordings of what is on your computer screen), and then share them. Images or videos can be saved to your computer and/or stored online for free.  

http://www.jingproject.com/

We can see this software having huge potential in the classroom. Its ease of use means that children can use it as well as staff

The video screencasts are taken with audio commentary and are a great way of recording tutorials  e.g. on how to use a particular piece of software. Why not get your students to record their instructions on how to use something on the computer like a game, software or website (Year 5 Literacy target)? 

Another idea is to use the  video screencast to create a digital story.  Click here for an example of a digital story screencast which I created in a couple of minutes (including uploading the video to the website to share it with you). Although my rushed example is not of high standard, I think you will agree that  the quality of both the audio and video on a Jing flash file is excellent.

 Please note: Jing is free to download at the moment, but it is very likely that it will not be so forever. Therefore any videos you upload onto the website should also be saved on a local drive as aa back up.