Let’s face it, you can’t always use the pause button in a classroom.  But that’s what screencasts allow students to do…pause, rewind, and re-watch teacher or student created videos until they “get it”.  Screencasting is a video of what’s happening on your computer.  It allows students to have access to information 24/7 and refer back to it later and not just when they’re in class.

Here are some examples of teacher created screencasts:

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The examples above were created using Jing, a free Web 2.0 tool for capturing not only video recordings of your screen, but editable stills as well.

Jing is a great way to start screencasting, but if you’re looking for tools that have more features, Mashable put together a great list of tools which can be found here.

Are you screencasting in your classroom?  What’s your favorite screencasting tool?