Hello everyone!

I am back to show you how I was able to improve with my learning project during the week. Most importantly, I am very happy to have integrated a Screencasting tool into it. I tried to practice a lot of the single, double and triple paradiddle that I learned from the videos of my previous post. You can see me here in action.

I sing the first song in recognition of the coming National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (September 30). In the next video, I tried to reproduce a song commonly called “Kougang” in Cameroon.  People dance it with masks and the materials I shared in my previous post. Please, note that I am only playing one part of the “Kougang” song. In the last video, I was trying to drum and sing at the same time. The third song is generally played at funerals in Cameroon.

Overall, these videos used a paradiddle which is a drumming rudiment that combines single stroke with precisely placed double strokes. I found it to be very amazing and I am happy with that.

SCREENCASTIFY OVERVIEW AND REVIEW

Screencastify is an extension for Google Chrome used to record the screen of your desktop, browser tab and webcam.

Printscreen of the tool.

It is free to use, and you can record video freely for a maximum of 5 min. However, the unlimited versions are payable from $7 (Starter) to $10 (Pro) per month and per person, both for unlimited video creation and video length.

I realize that the teacher and the students can use this tool in the classroom to explain an activity. Of particular interest, it can help make student voices heard and thinking visible by means of activities such as comprehension exercises and interactive slide presentations.

When considering the SAMR (Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, and Redefinition) model, it appears that the Screencastify tool falls under Augmentation and Modification. This is because this tool can substitute face-to-face contact which is the traditional method of  learning (Augmentation), and can be used to create your own unique graphic organizer for the class or change your actual lesson’s design and its learning outcome.