Cool Tools Screencast- BrainPop

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I did my screencast on BrainPop.  Overall I put quite a bit of effort into my screencast.  There is so much on BrainPop that I spent a couple hours just exploring the site and ended up watching quite a few of the videos!  They are very informative videos and I learned quite a bit from them.  But, after I explored the site and signed up for a free trial, I started working on my S.W.O.T. analysis.  Once I completed the analysis, I went through what I wanted to say during my screencast, made notes and decided what I wanted to click on and through to show.  Once I felt prepared, I made my first screencast.  The first one I had a few mistakes I wasn't happy with and I also ran out of time.  So, I redid it two more times and was finally satisfied with my third attempt. 

At first when we were told about what we had to do for the screencast, I was not liking what I was going to have to do and wasn't looking forward to doing it, but now that I have done it, it wasn't bad at all!!  I didn't think I would be able to fill up 5 minutes, but actually, I could have used more time! 
By making this screencast, I now know how to do it and could create more for my students or others.  I also think this helped me get over the nerves of "talking into a microphone to myself" and then having to share it with peers.  Now that I have done it once, the next time won't be so bad.  Creating this screencast also made me familiar with a resource I could use with my class (both BrainPop and Jing).  By sharing with ppers, I also get to see a lot of other great resources that I can use in the future.