Snag it

Video casting was awesome and nerve raking. This tool can give all sorts of directions covering a visual, audio learners and it can be replayed over and over again catching any instructions that were missed. What i really enjoyed about this new tool is that many people specially adults are intimidated by the new technology, using Snag-it can offer them a piece of mind.

Some of the ways a teacher can incorporate Snag-it in the classroom are endless.

Here are 5 ways this can be incorporated.

• In a third grade classroom, teaching a lesson on multiplications can be done on a power point. This can incorporate how addition and multiplication are similar using visual animation. This can help the student get introduced to the new concept being taught, they can write out any questions for homework and use the same video to help out with homework.
• In a 5th grade classroom, teaching a lesson on the earth water system can incorporate a lesson on the water cycle and the process of it. have them digest the new concept, then add a project with 3-5 students using google docs as a sharing document tool. The students can separate the project work and develop a video where they can in detail display the individual stages water goes thru.
• In a 7th grade classroom, teaching a lesson on geometry can be easier to show a video on a relative activity for the students. For example a video on pool and how angles can be made. Going thru all the type of angles using the concept of a pool table game. This video can be viewed for homework, then when the lesson is done and all the questions are answered a game of pool can be played on the iPad or computer incorporating a worksheet to assist with the comprehension.
• In a 10th grade wood shop class, teaching a new project can be done on a video where an introduction can incorporate all the procedures beginning to end. giving the students a visualization of what they can expect to do. Also another way would be teaching the students how to use the machines also answering common questions at the end of the video and inviting any other questions that were not answered in the video in to the classroom.
• In a 12th grade english classroom, teaching a sonnet can be easier with a Snag It video on what is a sonnet and the composition of it. The students can get into groups of 4 and make a video on youtube where they can play out a Shakespeare poem.

The video i made on Snag it is on defragmenting a PC. This was nerve raking but very empowering. A lesson can be made around this tool and be used over and over again. not only in the same school year but for more to come. Eventually i would have to run in to updating the video, but then that video will preserve its importance. I hope you enjoy the video. Happy Snagging!!