Jing

Several of the classes I took for my masters required making ten-minute videos or 5-minute presentations over the ICN. I always thought these were TOO LONG! I could "Name that tune in three notes" as it were. Therefore, I was really surprised as I began creating my Jing at how quickly 5 minutes flew by. My original plan was to demonstrate my entire library website and show all the links and pages. HA! The Jing kept telling me I had run out of time. It limits each presentation to 5 minutes.

I purchased a cheap little microphone to attach to my computer. When I finally got my lesson down to five minutes and went to review it, there was no sound! I was sure I had purchased a bad mike, but after some quality time spent "trying everything" I realized that I had the mute button on in the Jing program. Worked real well after I figured that out!

My presentation became "Using the online catalog" and I could have rambled on much longer than 5 minutes about that, too. I'm getting to be quite the chatterbox!

Jings are very easy and useful for quick directions that a teacher needs to give again and again. They are useful to have in a file, so if a student is absent, they can watch the Jing and have the same experience as the rest of the class. One of the math teachers at my school uses them frequently and students use them to review information and instructions. They are not meant to be polished lectures - instead of editing a user must begin again if a mistake is made. They ar useful for short snippets of information or direction. I think they would come in handy for subs to use, also.