I have never used Jing or Skype personally or in my classroom. I thought of a lot of uses for Jing for older students. Teachers can share a narrated video of how to do something on the computer rather than having to teach the same thing over and over. This would save teachers from having to re-teach students who did not understand something the first time it was taught. An example would be video tutorials on things such as how to create a blog, how to save, store, or find information on the web. I think technology teachers would be able to find Jing extremely useful. I really couldn't think of any instances on how I would use Jing in my pre-k classroom.
Skype would be great to use in the classroom for all ages. It makes it easy for children to connect with people from other cultures and countries. Skype could literally bring field trips right into your classroom. This would be especially useful to schools that have limited budgets for field trips. Children could also have the opportunity to talk to and see pen pals from other countries they may be communicating with.
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