Teaching the World through Open Learning

Michael Busby is working hard to teach the world about geography through open, online learning. Michael has a degree in Geography from Central Missouri State University and a master’s degree from Murray State University with a specialty in Geographic Information Systems (GIS). He now teaches multiple geography classes and is an administrator at Murray State’s GIS lab. “I was working for Murray State when a faculty member had serious health complications,” said Michael. “Due to his condition, Continue reading

Designing a PowerPoint Screencast Using Camtasia

Guest post by Michael F. Ruffini, Ed.D. Screencasts are an effective teaching tool that offer instructors greater versatility in developing lesson plans. Their many instructional applications include step-by-step process, demonstrations, tutorials, and presentations. Students can watch a screencast video at their convenience, pausing and reviewing as often as needed.1 Screencasts can be designed to let students personalize their learning and highlight important information as they proceed at Continue reading

Sharing is Caring – Download new Snagit stamps and Camtasia Studio theme sets for free!

Woah! It's already February? Time flies when you're having fun! Here at TechSmith, we've been having fun the past few months creating brand new digital media assets such as Snagit stamp sets, Camtasia Studio theme sets, and Camtasia Studio music tracks for our newsletter subscribers. While brainstorming new digital media assets for this month, it hit us. Why aren't we giving these awesome freebies to everyone? And the only thing that came to mind was, we've got to share the wealth! That's Continue reading

Camtasia Studio Brings Math to the Masses

Remember that math class you hated back in high school? The one where no matter how hard you focused in class or how organized you thought your notes were, everything looked like hieroglyphics the minute you got home? Well, you certainly weren’t alone. But, fear not! An awesome TechSmith customer across the pond has been hard at work making videos with Camtasia Studio to help people just like you! Stuart Sidders is a math teacher based outside of London who taught publicly for five years and Continue reading