June 13, 2012

240 – Summer Software Showcase: Jing

45 minutes

This week on the WELSTech Podcast we take an in-depth look at Jing screencasting software.

The discussion:

Let me count the ways – Martin and Sallie kick off the 2012 Summer Software Showcase series with a look at free screencasting software Jing from TechSmith.

Free download for Windows & Mac

Screencast.com – Free image and video hosting (also from TechSmith)

Tutorials

Take Your First Capture

Ministry Uses

Web site tour

Internal software demonstrations

Flip your classroom

Have students produce video projects

Tech support

More ideas for using Jing

Picks of the week:

(18:07) FreeBibleImages.org

Yeti Blue USB Microphone

Of interest:

(25:36) Our next 7 Best list will be revealed on the 4th of July (how patriotic of us!), and listeners can be part of the list creation. Simply let us know your favorite Webmaster Resources.

FinalWeb training – This summer we’re offering online training on web site creation and maintenance using the FinalWeb system. And, for the first time, we’ll be using Google Hangouts. Hurry, registration closes July 24th!!

FinalWeb for Teachers – July 9 or 16 – bit.ly/fw4t2012

FinalWeb for Dummies – July 10-12 or July 17-19 – bit.ly/fw4d2012

Community feedback:

(29:53) Following up on our 7 Best Bookmarking Tools list, we heard from

Pastor Steve Daley from Petra in Saulk Rapids, MN who recommends Springpad, a cross between Pinterest and Evernote

Jimmy Pautz who uses a WordPress blog and the P2 theme to organize his favorite links

Cindy Krueger polled the WELSTech Listserve for bulletin art ideas

Liturgy Training Publications clip art for years A, B and C of the lectionary

Pitts Theology Library Digital Image Archive

Scholia

ChurchArt.com

Bible Illustrations from Distant Shores Media

Lesley Bergemann from Good Shepherd’s in West Allis, WI shared links to 2 articles from The Always Upward Blog about Facebook Page posts being hidden from fans feeds – Part 1 | Part 2

Via the WELSTech group on Diigo we discovered links to …

Facebook Allows Page Admins To Schedule Posts

What to Do if Your Gmail Username is Taken

Playfic

Mathematics Clip Art

My Cute Graphics

Become a certified flipped classroom teacher

Interactives

Perry Lund from Grace in Oskaloosa, IA pinned a MacUpdate 2012 video and Apple WWDC 2012 article to the WELSTech Pinterest Board

Coming up on WELSTech:

Episode 241 – Oops! We may not have announced it on the show, but next week the WELSTech Summer Software Showcase topic is Google Calendars. (Release date – 06/20/12)

The featured artist:

(50:30) This week we close with the instrumental music of flutist Jeannine Dennis – Sheep May Safely Graze

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