Screencasting

I first became samiliar with screencasting when I bought the Microsoft Visio software. In an effort to learn just exactly how to use it and what it's capabilities are, I did the tutorial offered at the Microsoft website. In doing so, I had my first encounter with screencasting. More than just screenshots and pictures, a screencast is much like having a totor sitting next to you who can talk you through how something is done, while doing it by example for you. It takes away the vagueness of written instruction and adds the precision of video showing EXACTLY how something can be done. Of course, screencasting is not just limited to tutorials and instructional videos, they just happen to be the more popular uses for this media. It is such an easy way to disseminate information that most computers come equipped with the necessary software to produce, capture, save, and edit your own screencasts. For my next blog, I will attempt to make my own screencast and give you a rundown of how exactly I did it. Wish me luck!

Until next time,

Eric

Welcome!

Welcome to my first venture into the world that is weblogging, or, as we so commonly refer to it as, blogging. Although the title of this is "The Id of Eric", this will be far less id than it is ego, but I thought "The Ego of Eric" would send the wrong message :-) The purpose of this blog will be two-fold; one: it is for a class I am taking, and two: To help others understand emerging technology in the world of education as I familiarize myself with one of said technologies. Over the course of the next few weeks I will be looking into several of these mediums, but for right now I will stop short of anything other than tell you the first topic we will be looking into is: screencasting. Take some time and click on several the following link to better familiaize yourself with what screencasting is exactly, I know the link helped me immensely.

http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2005/11/16/what-is-screencasting.html