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Screencasts
toc -allow students to show their thinking, share their work and/or watch interactive mini-lessons. Once the screencast is created, consider posting on a student blog or eportfolio, so that other students may comment, question and discuss the content. The power is in the conversation and critical thinking. November Learning: Making Learning Visible with Screencasting

Online Screencasting sites/ tools
Free Options
 * Camtasia ( [|__http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.html__] )
 * Snagit ( [|__http://www.techsmith.com/snagit.html__] )
 * Adobe Captivate ( [|__http://www.adobe.com/products/captivate.html__] )
 * Screencast-o-matic) – Web-based
 * Jing ( [|__http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html__] ) – Cross platform

Screencasting & Simple Storytelling Apps
Educreations Screenchomp Doceri Explain Everything Doodlecast Pro Storytelling/ Creation Apps Puppet Pals Toontastic - Teacher Blog: Toontastic as Speech Therapy Tool

PixNtell (free for 5 photow)/ PixNTellEdu

Powtoon- Whiteboard Animation (free) Powtoon review media type="custom" key="23337914"

More! Google Doc of Creation Apps
Skitch: screenshot app Great app to snap a photo and add annotations, text, or map a journey I often use Skitch first and then use the annotated pics in other apps and projects

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