How screencasting has helped one student feel more prepared for college

Guest post by Tiana Kadkhoda Milo of Croton, the early Olympian, was renowned for his legendary strength. Every day Milo would carry a calf on his back up a large mountain. As the calf matured into a full-grown bull, so did Milo’s strength. Mathtrain.tv, a website that encourages kids to learn through teaching, was my calf. Starting with the first video I made while in sixth grade, as mathtrain.tv developed, I thrived. Can't see the video? Watch it on Mathtrain.tv Any sixth grader Continue reading

Create Mathcasts Using Snagit

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