Screencast & Website

Screencast


This may be my favorite tool that we have looked at so far.  For my particular subject area, screencasts can be extremely valuable.  Again, I teach CAD classes, so it would be helpful to prepare my demonstrations for students in a screencast.  I could then make these available for students to access via the web, so that if they missed a class, or simply need to view it again, I can direct them to the screencast.  Perhaps at some point, I can have students create screencasts of tips and tricks that they discover and want to share with the rest of the class.  This might also tie in nicely with the idea I had of incorporating podcasts.  There are many podcast tutorials for CAD software, and if each student were to view a podcast as an assignment, a follow up to that assignment could be to master that skill, and document it via screencast.


Website


The website that I created is a resource for my students, and I would continuously add content to the website.  So far, I have created a page for each class that I will be teaching next year, and some links to important websites.  Over time, I could add embedded screencasts, prezis, my class calendar, worksheets, etc...


To play off of Dr. Peterson's idea of a webquest, I could transfer my "Engineering Internet Scavenger Hunt" and my "Architecture Internet Scavenger Hunt" to my website, adding a new page for each with links and instructions for all of the websites that I want them to visit as they gather information about Engineering and Architecture careers.  In the past, I have done this activity with students, but all of the information is printed on paper for them.  This way, it would all be available electronically.


Here is the link to my Google Site!