Screencasting again... the not so quick and dirty edition

Ooooh, I completely forgot that it was time for ray diagrams. It's one of my favourite things to teach - part physics, part technical drawing, part maths, it's the one topic I can be sure that (nearly) everyone can do.

Of course, it's also one of the topics that requires PRACTICE. Lots and lots and lots of it. Of course, that means that I have to repeat the same demonstrations again and again and again. So I am working on a screencast right now. I'll post it soon.

The quick and dirty screencast of junketing learnings

So. Still can't use Jing and am exhausting both my patience and possible reasons. But I did find screencast-o-matic, which is the quick and dirty screencast maker of my dreams.

This is what I made to illustrate my learning from my visit to Andrew Douch last week. It is exceedingly quick and dirty, in the sense that it took maybe 30 minutes from start to finish (including taking the photos, making the powerpoint and learning to drive screencast-o-matic) and the sense that I kind of threw the information into it.



Things I learned from this? Well, screencasting is pretty easy if your standards are not professional. Big check yes here. Am I going to use this again? Yep. I liked making it, it was easy to make and talk through, and simple to upload and share. Am I going to do it again? Yep, though I am getting annoyed with Jing. But I shall triumph eventually.