Screencasts, Instagram, and Flipagram are different way for us to share or present information, as librarians they can be very important to help share information with teachers, administrators, and the community. As I reflect on all three of these visual medias I think that the one I enjoyed using the most was Screencast-O-Matic. It was something I was not familiar with, once I logged in and began to use it I was very surprised on how easy it is to use. I was so excited using it and I shared my excitement with my coworkers. Screencast-O-Matic is something I will definitely continue to use as a teacher and also when I become a school librarian. With Instagram I was already familiar with it and I have to say I really enjoy using it, but Flipagram was not as easy to use and was my least favorite. I do plan to continue to use Flipagram even if it's a little more difficult to navigate because I like the end product. Overall all three of these visual medias are great and I enjoyed using them, I think it is a great way to share or present information and I have to say my absolute favorite from these three visual medias is Screencast-O-Matic
A Screencast is a website where we can record what we see on the computer screen, our voices are integrated into the recording. Screencast-O-Matic is the website I used to create a screencast, this website is very user-friendly and I was able to create a screencast with no problems at all. This website is great for presenting how to create, login, or demonstrate something on a website, it allows you to show step-by-step how you would do something. I created a screencast on Screen-O-Matic teaching students how to login to an AR quiz, as a librarian I would be able to share this screencast with teachers and students at the beginning to the year when students are learning how to use AR. I was so impressed with the short amount of time I spent creating it, it allowed me to edit the screencast and share it. Screencast-O-Matic allows us to create something that will allow us to present or share information quickly and easily.
Instagram is a social media app that I am familiar with, I do have it on my smart phone. I enjoy sharing pictures, Instagram allows you to request followers and view the pictures your followers post. There are people you follow and followers, you can choose to keep it private or public and it can be linked to your Facebook account so what is posted on your Instagram can also be posted on your Facebook instantly. I created a new Instagram account for the purpose of this class and think it would be a great idea to have an account as a librarian. It would be a great way to share pictures or information of great things happening in the library. Followers could be the teachers, students, administrators, and other librarians/libraries and of course everything that is posted has hastags. https://www.instagram.com/mdg054/
Flipagram is an app that can be downloaded to smartphones and used to create videos with many pictures and music integrated into the video. I found it a little more difficult to use, I did not find it to be user-friendly. When you log in to Flipagram I found it a bit overwhelming to look at and use, I did not feel comfortable using it. Overall the end result is great, we can create great videos, but I did not feel it something I would like to use often. I do think that creating videos in Flipagram is a great way to share great things that happen in the library with the teachers, administrators, students, and the community. I created a video on our Pumpkin character contest that the library had at our school, the students and parents did a great job creating their pumpkins.
Resources:
Instagram.com
Screencastomatic.com
Flipagram.com
youtube.com
Maria,
ReplyDeleteLet me begin to say that I truly enjoyed your flipagram of your pumpkin projects. I felt jealous of the pretty decorated pumpkins. Last year I had to help my son with his book report and he chose Puss in Boots. So i had to draw Puss and let me tell you that the idea I had in my head did not directly project into the actual project. For this year's project, Nathan chose Green Eggs and Ham and again, the execution didn't come out as I hoped! Lol.
Like you, I was NOT familiar with Screencast-O-Matic at all and I was nervous to explore it but I also found it to be extremely easy to use. I am not proud of my execution because you can clearly hear how nervous I am, but I even created a second video. I do feel that of the three this one is the most helpful for teachers to use as a teaching tool. The other two are also great, especially Flipagram for students to use, but like I said, this one definitely helps us in creating tutorials for our kids.
Great job!
I also enjoyed Screencast-O-Matic the best out of all three video media options. It was easy to use, which was helpful. I, too, was confused with Flipagram. I had to redo my video several times. After the final video, I was proud of the end product as well. This is definitely something students would enjoy. I loved your Flipagram movie, though. How fun to see all the pumpkins?! I wasn’t able to see the Instagram post until I clicked your account.
ReplyDeleteI love using Twitter to stay informed about all the great books coming out and what books got awarded. The only problem is now I have soooo many books I want to read. My list keeps getting bigger and bigger. I know using social media in this way is going to be an asset in my future library.
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