Using Screencasting in the Classroom

 

I remember hearing about screencasting when I reached my first year virtually in a public school in 2020. When we first shut down, we thought it would only be two weeks, but I’m sure you were in the same boat as me. It just kept going! As a team, we decided how teaching would continue. So we each took a subject and made uploaded assignments to our district’s platform Schoology. I remember being so overwhelmed, I’m not tech-savvy, and this was all new. Screencast wrote,” as educators scrambled for tools to make distance learning and hybrid classrooms less burdensome.” The parents had many questions, and I needed to be more helpful. How am I going to teach first graders how to read through zoom?
Each week I could feel myself getting more confident. There are benefits to using screencasting for students. I know my district used it to help students from falling behind. Using screencasting, the students could continue accessing learning materials, watch at their own pace and catch up to their in-person peers. Screen casting allows students to communicate in a safe, comfortable environment. It was good practice using their speaking skills and a chance for me to share using feedback. I have used modeling instructions for parents, especially for virtual learning. As I looked through the ten ways to use screencast, I noticed parent conferences. I feel that meetings are essential for a student’s success and let parents know important information and ways to help at home and allow them to ask questions. That piqued my interest, I have them next week and only have about 5 out of 20 students signed up, so I think I might make these and send them out.