For my final emerging technology for education web 200, I decided I wanted to incorporate screen capture and online recording into my assignment. I did not know a lot about the topic before hand that is why I chose it.
The website that I chose to learn about this topic is called jingproject. It is the first on the list from our wiki page. Even though I had little background on my topic of interest, Jing gave great descriptions of what this software could be used for in the future. The Jing software is powered by TechSmith. In this software one can create their own instructional message, picture, or video and send it to their friend online. A good example used on the website, is say you and your friend want to meet up for lunch, but he does not know where the restaurant is located. You can Jing the directions that you get from say MapQuest, and send it in a link to him with the exact information that your friend would need to get to the place. If you are like me, and are bad with directions and are a visual kind of person, than Jing is perfect software to use for things like directions or instructions. It can be uploaded to most computers, and even your cell phones.
I would like to incorporate Jing software into my classrooms so I can post different lectures or slideshows that I feel would be influential for my students or friends. I made my Jing from a YouTube video that I found. Now, I want to warn you the video is cropped from a George Carlin HBO scene, and it is a little confrontational. He uses some strong language, but I felt that his message was important, and that it would be cool to upload.
The website gives a great tutorial on how to set up, use, and download the program to your computer. After you follow the simple tutorial, you’re ready to explore the internet and find cool things that you can crop and send to your friends or associates. After you find your topic all you have to do is crop it, save it, and upload it to your screenshot account. From there on you can download your crop, so that others can view it on screenshot. Screenshot is a seperate account that is a partner with Jing. Screenshot also gives a simple tutorial to watch so one can learn how to download their Jing crops to the cite.
In the end, Jing is a fast and simple program to use when you need some quick directions or if you find something cool on the web and you want to share it with others. Below I will post my Jing crop of the video I found of George Carlin, I hope you enjoy, and finish the rest of his speech.

http://www.screencast.com/t/MGQzMjcyNDgt