Screencast, Instagram, and Flipagram(Vigo Video)

I started with a Screencast because I had never made one before and I thought it was going to be the most challenging.  I have watched a lot throughout our program, but never made one myself.  I have always thought they were very helpful, so I was excited to create my own.  I made this one as if I was going to share it with my own students.  I used Toondoo because I thought it was a really cool site for my 2nd graders to use.  I watched the tutorial Screencast provided and it was very helpful.  I did not think it was hard to navigate at all.  I think you could use this in the classroom by explaining how to navigate different websites or programs.  You could also use this for parents, so they could access different educational websites at home for their kids.

If you like listening to books on audio then this book is a must! It is a quick one, but different actors play the different characters. You are sitting at the edge of your seat the whole time! #walterdeanmyers

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I have a personal Instagramm, so I was pretty familiar with it.  I really enjoy Instagram because you can see what everyone is doing, really cool trips they have taken, cool things they have seen and so on.  I think this works the same way for you as a teacher or a librarian.  You can share things you are doing in the classroom, in the school or library, and different things that are going on in the community.  I thought Instagram would be a great way to share different books you are reading with your students and parents.  You can upload a picture of the book and then share a little bit about it in the caption.  Something else that I thought was really cool is that you can hashtag the authors name.  When you click on the hashtag it takes you to other post that have that same author hashtag.  Now you are seeing more books by that same author.  It's a neat way to share what different books you are reading, new books you get in the library, and books the students are reading.  Overall, I think Instagram is a great way to reach our and share with your community, parents, and students.  

The last one I worked on was the Flipagram, now known as Vigo Video.  I thought this was similar to Instagram, but with a lot more features.  I think this app would be a really great one to share what is going on in your school, classroom and library as well.  I decided to upload a little video from Dr.Seuss' birthday.  I was able to play a birthday song in the background which was really neat.  This app took me a little time to play around with and figure out, but once I did it was pretty easy to navigate.  You could also add stickers and different things to your video if you wanted.  You could use this in the classroom by having your students create different ones to show their parents.  This would be a great motivator for students because they would get excited to create a video with music. 

I personally enjoyed all of them.  I would have to say screencast was the coolest for me because I can see it being very beneficial in the future.  I think Instagram and Vigo Video are great apps to reach out and share what is going on at your school with the community.