1. Screencast-O-Matic

2.  Offers opportunities for Differentiated Instruction …Another way to differentiate content is simply to permit the apt student to accelerate their rate of progress. They can work ahead independently on some projects, i.e. they cover the content faster than their peers. --Priscilla Theroux, Teacher Alberta, Canada

3.  Offers opportunities for learning in various modalities (visual, auditory, kinesthetic)  Text and images accompany audio  students may select to stop the screencast and write down what they need to remember  Students may choose to listen as they complete the task being explained

4.  Substitute Teacher Assistance

5.  Absent students  Important portions of lessons may be recorded so that students hear what what was discussed and view an audio playback in addition to written directions, examples or slides

6. Product NameNo DownloadAudio & VideoWeb CamMulti-platform

7.  Why Screencast-O-Matic  Can be saved in.mov,.avi,.mp4,.flv or as an html link or YouTube video to be embedded  Free  Easy to Use  Lots of support tutorials online

8. Window opened in S.O.M. Frame around a minimized document on my desktop

9. The buttons on the bottom of the frame allow you to record, pause and play back your screencast. The gray bar at the bottom allows you to grab and move your frame to the area of your desktop you want to display.

10. When you click “Done” you will see a preview screen. Find a format to publish your screencast.

11. Choose a format Select how much of your screen action you want audience to see Enter any necessary notes to find information easily

12. SAVED AS FLVUPLOADED TO S.O.M.

14.  Have a written script before you begin recording  Keep screencast to under 5 minutes  Use the notes function to help you and users easily navigate to topics within the screencast