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Find TechSmith at MACUL 2013!

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TechSmith is very excited to once again participate in MACUL’s 2013 Conference this week in Detroit, Michigan. MACUL (Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning) is a fantastic gathering of Michigan minds. TechSmith will be participating in the conference in several ways this year. You can find us at: Booth #321 is the TechSmith booth. Come introduce yourself to some of the new TechSmithies that will be there to chat! Session: Redesigning Schools with Flipped Learning, Thursday, Continue reading

Guest Post: You can teach an old teacher new tricks

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Guest post by teacher, Steve Kelly. It took a rude awakening for me to realize I had fallen behind as an educator.  I remember the day like I was hit by a lightning bolt.  I met 150 teachers at an NME conference that were so far ahead of me I didn’t know if I could catch up.  I thought I was a good teacher, but I forgot it wasn’t 1997 anymore.  I made a commitment on my drive home from the conference to get better and start that very day. How does a teacher in a solitary classroom learn Continue reading

Star Teacher Attracts National Recognition with Flipped Classroom

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If you think back to high school, there are usually a couple of teachers that stand out in your memory as having a lasting effect on you. Stacey Roshan is one of those teachers. A math teacher at the Bullis School in Potomac, Maryland, Stacey has been using Camtasia and Screencast.com to flip her classroom for the past two years to create a more relaxed and effective learning environment for her students. As a result, her AP Calculus students have been performing exceptionally well on the AP exam, Continue reading

Create Mathcasts Using Snagit

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Step One: Preparing Your Image To begin, open the Snagit Editor and create a new image. Make sure to create the image the same width as your video. For example, if you want your video size to be 1280x720 then the width of your image should be 1280 pixels. The dimensions for your video might be different based on the size of your video. If you have a long problem you will have to make your image long enough to include room to solve the entire problem. In this example, the image is 1280x2160, which Continue reading