Review for ScreenR

This week I will be reviewing a technology application called Screenr for the purposes of giving feedback to students' writing online.

I recorded my initial review using the screencapture/audio recording. You can listen to me verbally fumble with this technology here.


Overall Review:

Platforms?
Mac and PC
Smartphone compatible

Lag?
Not that I could tell--I recorded the capture with 4 bars of wireless Internet access. I would not even try this kind of recording in my office, where I usually have only 1-2 bars.

Video Quality?
While the preview is not in HD, the final published versions of casts are automatically formatted into HD.

Length of Recording?
Sorry ScreenR, but 5 minutes just isn't enough for me. Please put out an expanded version!

Methods of Sharing?

• "Like" through Facebook
• Tweet through Twitter
• Embed HTML code
• URL Address
• Download as an .mp4 file
• Publish to YouTube

My Preference for Sharing?
I would probably prefer to post these to a teacher channel on YouTube, but for me, that brings up questions of student privacy--even though it isn't sharing a grade. I'm thinking about directly emailing links to students instead.

So all in all, I am still considering this application, but I want to do more research before I marry it.

My First Blog (sort of)

I signed up for an online 5-week workshop on teaching in digital environments and this blog is designed to help me think through the materials I will be reading/viewing for the next few weeks. I'm not sure if this blog will have a life after the workshop ends, but I'll worry about that when I get there.

About Me: Right now, I teach writing at the University of Hawai'i and Honolulu Community College. When I'm not teaching, I'm writing for a Veagan blog and working as the Head Editor for the Zombie Research Society. I graduated from the University of Maine with a dual degree in English Literature and Secondary Education Studies. From Maine, I came to grad school in Hawai'i to pursue my MA in English Composition & Rhetoric. I completed my MA in 2012 with a project about meta-ethics in the videogame Portal, which I find funny because when I started college in 2003, I couldn't program my DVD player. I'm happy to say my technological skills have come a long way since then.

My hope for this blog is that I will be able to document my learning in this workshop and maybe provide further resources to my peers on the Internet.

Gracias por su tiempo :)