A few weeks ago I wrote an article about the educational benefits of screencasting in the classroom. I admit that I was inspired by the high quality screencast videos my middle school students were creating using Snagit and TechSmith Relay, and wanted to share this awesomeness with other educators out there who may have considered dabbling a bit with video creation in the classroom.
Since I'm a huge believer in putting kids "in the driver's seat" when it comes to learning, it was a natural fit for me to shift how I deliver content to students via screencast videos that I (and they) create, like this example about using Google Forms to Reduce Paperwork.
Read more in my article that was recently published in eSchool News:
http://www.eschoolnews.com/2014/05/19/students-driving-retaining-234/?