Using Audio and Graphics in Communication & Collaboration

To prepare for this week's class, students read about how to support student communication, the second performance indicator in the ISTE Educational Technology Standards for Students
Last week they tried audio communication. This week I had planned to introduce graphic communication by having the students download and use Jing, an excellent (and free) screen capture application. If you haven't heard of Jing, take a look at the handout from my "Cool Tools" presentation at the NETT conference this past August
Since last week's class didn't go as planned and students were not able to convert their audio files, I decided to slow it down a bit and have them create their Jing accounts and just take a screen capture instead of trying to cover screen captures and video captures all at once. This way students can spend part of next class on creating their video tutorial in Jing. and then those students whose audio files didn't come out so great can try again.

All went well for this class, especially since students could immediately see how they could use this application in their teaching. This week I will have them tag their creations as edu102jings in >delicious.com this way they will be able to share their tutorials and understand how easy it can be to collaborate with those who have similar interests.