I used to subscribe to Jon Udell’s blog and for some reason I stopped. I think I’m going to start again. Jon isn’t a librarian on paper, but you may remember from a nifty little tool called Library Lookup.
I just learned that he’s starting to push a concept he’s dubbed as "Screencasts", which seems to me to be a generic term for these Viewlets and Captivate projects I’ve been going on about for so long. In a nutshell, he says, "show, don’t tell". And he’s got 22 of these things up here to prove his point. No, they’re not all library-related, but you will learn something by watching them, and they will convince you you should be considering this form of instruction to reach your distance students!
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3 Responses to “You say Potato… Jon Udell: Screencast guidelines”
Great stuff. I love his casual nature. I’ve attempted a tutorial or two using Captivate. I provided my own voice over. Lets just say, the Terminator may have spoken with more emotion. Now, I’m getting some of our Comm. students to provide voice-overs and sound effects. I’ll let you know how it goes.
Greg
Greg, that’s a great idea to use the Comm students – please do let us know when you’ve got something you’re ready to share; I haven’t seen any library-world examples of Captivate yet…
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