Jing is a free tool that allows users to easily capture and share images and videos. It has a user-friendly interface and automatically uploads captures to a screencast account. In the classroom, teachers can use Jing to create instructional videos, record audio to accompany images, and make videos of student work and presentations. Students benefit by getting quick feedback from teachers, creating their own videos and images to teach others, and sharing their work with classmates.
2. Purpose of Jing
• Capture and share image/videos for free
• Record or take pictures of anything you want
• It is very easy to use
• Jing’s operating system is very user-friendly
• Automatically connect and upload it to the screencast
account
• Quicker and easier way to to access files
• Access videos and images anytime and anywhere with
internet connection
3. How to Use in the
Classroom
• Create videos for presentations or to view
• Share PowerPoint and use for instruction
• Record audio to use with images for
presentations
• Make videos of students’ work and
presentations
• Record feedback on students’ work
4. Students’ Benefits
• Students can…
• get quick feedback from teachers
• ask questions or answer questions as
desired
• create video, diagrams and images
• record a story
• Teach others how to do something
• Teach others about information
5. Students can also…
• Share videos and images with other
students
• Record themselves working on problems
• Record reflections or share their thoughts
• Upload documents and pictures
• Share what they learned
