Monday, January 27, 2014

Flipped: JING January 30th Reflections

JING

Is a free tool that allows anyone to create a short video.  

1) If you have already used this tool in your classrooms what affordances and/or constraints did you find with it?
OR
1) If you have not used this tool before what can you see doing that you could not do before and/or what constraints do you see using this tool?

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Additional Resources found on Twitter about FlippingConsider following: @FlippingClass @EyeOnTheFlipped


3 comments:

  1. Jing is an amazing tool with endless possibilities in my eyes. I have used it before and even got a new, great idea in our cohort on Thursday. Randy suggested using it for writing conferencing. What a great way to put your voice to editing work so that students can move forward independently with your guidance. I am definitely going to try that moving forward with my essays! The biggest constraint I have found is the small amount of time you have. I have been known to be very verbose so that was my biggest learning curve. Ultimately it was a good problem because it forced me to pare things down, keep it simple, and break apart larger pieces of content. A video still may take me a few tries, but I learn from each recording and that is a great thing!
    I also just recently used it with my students as a display of what they have learned. They created videos in small groups around Partial Products in math. They had to showcase what the algorithm was and how to use it. This created a very clear picture for me on who knew it and who didn’t and the students LOVED getting to be a part of that creative process. They worked on scripts, re-wrote things that didn’t work, and got to experience their own frustrations with Jing as well. It gave them a better picture of what I did for videos and that was a nice bonus for me. I can’t wait to use it with my students more!!

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  2. I have not used Jing previously. Constraints to using Jing include having the time to learn to use the program. I wish I had time to use it and then compare the process to other strategies I have been using. I did not have opportunity to practice the day the cohort met.
    Affordances to using Jing are similar to the other strategies I have used. I can post the videos for all students to see whether they were in class or absent. Students needing extra time can review the video even after they have been in class. Parents wanting to help students at home have an idea of what students are learning and the teaching strategies used to reinforce the concepts.

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  3. 1) If you have already used this tool in your classrooms what affordances and/or constraints did you find with it?
    OR
    1) If you have not used this tool before what can you see doing that you could not do before and/or what constraints do you see using this tool?

    I have not tried using Jing for my classroom. I have been using other recording formats including Show Me on iPad, SmartBoard recording and the document camera recording capability. I also have a Vado recording camera available. I need to use my time with the items I currently have instead of trying to try another video format.

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    Additional Resources found on Twitter about FlippingConsider following:
    @FlippingClass
    @EyeOnTheFlipped

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