Jing Image

     For my Jing Image, and likely for my video, I have chosen how to begin a game of solitare on Windows. I used the program Jing by Techsmith. It is a free download for Windows and MACs. I downloaded the program and decided what I could use as a basis for the project. Solitare was on my mother's computer's desktop, so I decided to use it. The program is very easy and fool-proof, as the installation includes a short tutorial on how to use it.
     As you can see, Blogger really scaled the image down, if you would like to see a better (larger) picture of it, you can view it on Screencast.
     I like the program, as it is very sleek, and easy to understand both from the user and the audience's point of view. I can use this in so many situations, like how to show a concept, like I did here. I could also use it to edit pictures of famous composers, or a piece of music, and input commentary or captions to teach concepts to students. with the highlighting tool, I can highlight a part of music and add an explanation with the text tool, as well as with the arrow tool.
     This activity would go along with standards 3c. 'Communicate relevant information and ideas effectively to students, parents, and peers using a variety of digital age media and formats.' and d. 'Model and facilitate effective use of current and emerging digital tools to locate, analyze, evaluate, and use information resources to support research and learning.' As such, I feel this program is more of a teacher's tool than a teaching tool for students to use.

     I really liked this program, with its sleek design and helpful, good looking websites.

Michael