Kristin, one of my TL colleagues, wondered about screencast uses for students, and I thought screencasts might be a great way to have students discuss/explain their coding to the teacher or fellow students.
As an example, here is a 90 second explanation of the code behind DinoClick. This link uses 'Stream', Microsoft's video streaming application. You will need to use your Queen's Office 365 account (same credentials as your Outlook email login) to view the video:
If the video doesn't play in your browser, use this link:
https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/03d72d42-393b-4b21-8bfb-9c0f85d0d871
'Stream' lets you share with people, groups, or an entire organization, and it has been a useful tool in our district for sharing video files and tutorials without stepping out into the 'world wide' web. Stream also has a screen recording option built in, although I used the Windows 10 'Game Bar' to create the video above. Has anyone else used these Microsoft products? Is there a screen recording option inside the Google universe?
If you want to play a round of DinoClick, here it is again:
Hi Jeff,
ReplyDeleteThis is Disha. No troubles accessing your video. It's really neat that your screen cast idea was inspired by Kristin's questions: that really is at the heart of learning through collaboration. I think using screeen cast to explain coding is an excellent idea because it really encourages students to explain their choices. Watching your screen cast also helped me better understand how Scratch works; well done!
Thanks for the feedback, Disha! I'm glad that the video worked at several levels. Students could also record conceptual ideas in coding and then a class could create a mini library of recorded tutorials. Microsoft Stream has built in screen recording as well, so if you are using this platform with your district, you already have the tools you need and the videos are stored 'in house'.
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ReplyDeleteThanks Jeff,
I appreciate you using Microsoft Stream - I never knew it existed - I am so deep down the Google Rabbit hole, it is good to get dragged out once and a while to check out other (great) tools.
Hey Curtis. It makes perfect sense that you would stick to the platform you use with your students. While at Queen's, we have a license for the full Office suite so this is a great time for you to 'kick the tires'. You can explore the suite of apps next time you log in to check your Outlook account with Queen's. However, it is another rabbit hole and it is deep. Getting back to Google, is YouTube the only video platform? Is there an education version that restricts viewership to your district, and can your video platform perform screen recording? Screen recording was a recent addition to 'Stream' and I was pleased to have this tool at our disposal. Thanks for the feedback!
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ReplyDeleteI think that screen casting as a way for students to demonstrate their learning could be a very useful tool! Thanks for demonstrating! With some of my reluctant student in mind, I might prepare some prompts or questions for them to answer and provide them with an example (such as yours). I find that many of my students struggle with orally expressing their decisions (they don't know how to start or what to say). But with some pre-teaching and prompting, I think that screencasts would be a great way to: practice oral expression, reflect on their learning, and demonstrate their understanding. It can hit a few targets at once!
In response to your second question, I think Microsoft has Google beat when it comes to "Stream" and "screencasting". I have not found an in house way for us to post videos without going out into the world wide web. I normally default to using Youtube with the Private setting so only people with the link may view. And as for screencasting, there is also no great tool available (that I am aware of). There is the google chrome extension Screencastify, and I have used Google Meet (similar to Microsoft Teams) where I start a video meeting with myself and record my own screen. I believe that Google has some catching up to do in terms of these two tools!
Myra - this is a great screencast example of how a student could show their learning though coding. I haven't used Microsoft very much at all, but I can see the advantages with everything together. I also liked that I was able to play the dinosaur game myself at the end, it demonstrated the loops you were talking about within the coding.
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