There are many educational uses for Screencast-o-Matic. One way that I have decided to use it is in conjunction with the Time for Kids (TFK) website. Recently, my students had a debate in class based on the presidential candidates. During the debate they stated that Obama is promoting ending The War in Iraq and McCain is promoting sending more troops. After the debate, the students started to ask me why we are at war in Iraq. I could have answered their question but I thought, "What a great topic to research!" I realized that I've read many Time for Kids articles with students over that past couple of years that have been based on this topic. I then remembered that on the TFK website, it is possible to search previous articles. It would be easy for students to get lost in the sea of information located on the site. With that in mind, I decided to use Screencast-o-Matic to capture my tutorial of navigating through the site to find articles based on The War in Iraq. To see my tutorial click TFK and The War in Iraq.
Once my students finish their research, based on why we are at war in Iraq, my class can partner with a class at another school that is studying the war. Students in both classes can use a blog to communicate back in forth about what they have learned. The initial post in their blog can be a link to a narrated video, about the war, that they've created using Screencast-o-Matic.
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