John Udell writes:
… the possibilities of the screencast medium continue to fascinate me. Movies communicate so much more than the obligatory static screenshots you typically find on product websites. I've mostly done long-form screencasts so far. But today's exercise makes me realize that the short film -- which highlights one specific thing and takes no time at all to produce -- is a useful form as well.
This from his post, Linky in action — about his 90 second introduction to Linky, the very useful Firefox extension which 'opens a set of links found on a web page into a corresponding set of browser tabs'.
Screencasting looks interesting. Scott Rosenberg writes that John Udell 'has been pioneering what he calls "screencasting," an unusual sort of online journalism that involves taking over your browser screen with screengrabs and animations while he narrates via the audio track'. I write about Udell's screencast on Wikipedia above (next post). John Udell's guidelines for screencasting (intended to guide those about to work with him on some screencasts) go under these headings: show, don't tell; make it real; keep it interactive. 'I'm still making this up as I go along, but from my perspective these are the key guidelines.'
More screencasts from John Udell promised this year. I would like to explore their use in teaching.
