How+to+teach+your+students+asynchronously.

=Do you ever need to teach your students outside of the classroom time? = =Maybe they were absent from a lecture or you need to provide project instructions in a verbal manner that they can access from home or perhaps you nee to provide a links of possible examples to the students at home or to their parents. For these concerns, try one of the following ideas.=

1. Voicethread -
 Voicethread is a free service that allows you to upload Powerpoint slides as jpeg files and then easily record a narration to go with each slide. You record and edit the narration as you go so it is not necessary to predetermine how long each slide's segment will be. This is a perfect tool to use with students who have missed class. They can create a voicethread account and listen to your lecture. The next best thing to being in class! To see an example of a voicethread I made, follow [|THIS LINK]. To find out how to make a voicethread choose the following link: [|What can I do with Voicethread?]

2. Jing -
The great thing about Jing is that you can show t he students your screen and walk them through what you are doing. As with the other sites, Jing is free. The downside to Jing is that each clip is cab only be approximately 5 minutes long. But when you think about it, how long are our student's attention spans anyway? Follow this Jing to see how it works! [|Jing How-To]  Give this video a moment to load. I know it is for foreign language teachers but any subject could easily use it. You can use it to explain anything online to anyone!!!

3. You Tube Videos -
 Teachers are forever finding wonderful videos to use with our classrooms but they are blocked by the district's filtering program. Follow this link to find out how to get around this problem. [|Zamzar File Conversion] Make sure you convert your file as an "wmv" file under the video section so you can use your Windows Media Player later to play the file. Once you have downloaded your video to your computer, you can then easily save it to any source you want! Need an easy way to communicate information to your students? Make a You Tube Video - it is easy!!! Follow these instructions: [|To Upload a Video to Youtube] or [|How to capture a video with a webcam]