Capturing those Voices & Moments

As we have held our staff meetings this term and used Screencastify and Flipgrid to capture and share teacher's instructions on video, it is amazing how anxious and reluctant teachers are in making a video using their voice to give instructions. Teachers need to get used to using their voice outside the classroom walls. AI and voice recognition is a growing area of technology. Here is a blog post about voice recognition with summaries from a variety of experts.

In our staff meetings we have got teachers to make a Screencastify tutorial on how to use Google Voice Search. They then shared their tutorial on a Flipgrid (embedded below).

Screencastify is an efficient tool that teachers should be harnessing to use in their class. Teachers can quickly make tutorials to support student learning. Students can use Screencastify to record proof of their learning. More junior classes can use it to read and check for fluency.

There are many sites that give teachers ideas on how to use Screencastify. Here is a starter list from Matt Miller of "Ditch That textbook" fame.

Flipgrid is a tool that can capture voices in the classroom quickly and efficiently. It also enables replying. This badge popped up in my email today. Love the gamification aspect as well. This would hook students in.

Making "How To" Videos

This week I wanted to give oral instructions on how to use Voice Typing in Slides. I had experienced Screencastify a wee while back so dived in to record the instructions. I found it interesting that I was a tiny bit nervous about recording myself and then putting myself out there. This is how our teachers and learners will feel as well I think. Always good to be in the position of a learner.

Part of this learning for me was about how to embed it in blogs. The Manaiakalani protocol is to save the video to Drive and to embed video content from Drive. Screencastify saves videos automatically to Drive so all I had to do was to find out how to get the embed code.

As usual, there are complete instructions on the Manakalani Cybersmart site here.

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So here goes with my first Screencastify video on how to use Voice Typing in Slides...