Tool 9

Jing could be very beneficial to both teachers and students.

For the classroom teacher, he/she could present the lesson once (put it on Jing), and not have to keep repeating the same lesson class after class. Of course, students would still require classroom instruction from the teacher, but the Jing Video would save repetition. Teacher who are goign to be absent, could record their lecture and have the substitute play it (while learning the subject at the same time!).

Students could use the Jing video at home to reinforce/relearn what was said in the classroom.

Perhaps, the greatest benefit (for both teacher and student) would be when a student is absent. Teachers would not have to repeat over and over. Even while having textbooks and (hopefully) notes, one can never have too many resources or diiferent types of presentations of a topic.

 Skype is a web based program that lets people communicate with audio and even video (if people have the technology available to them). I have seen this program use mostly with people communicating with poeple overseas (like Iraq and Afghanistan), in place of paying international telephone rates.

For student use, they could communicate with other students in the district/state/county to ask questions, get opinions, see differing points of view. Perhaps worldwide it would be most effective in helping our students see differing poiint of view and getting a taste of different cultures from around the world.