● Screenr is a free, simple, easy-to-use tool for creating screencast videos. You can record
your screen up to 5 minutes.
your screen up to 5 minutes.
● You need a Twitter account to publish your screencast videos. And once you Tweet your
screencast, you get a URL link, and you can see it in Screenr. You can also publish it to
YouTube, download the MP4 file, or embed it in your own website or blog.
● You can save your screencasts in the Screenr website once you have a Screenr account.
screencast, you get a URL link, and you can see it in Screenr. You can also publish it to
YouTube, download the MP4 file, or embed it in your own website or blog.
● You can save your screencasts in the Screenr website once you have a Screenr account.
Why is the content good for language learning?
● Like Screecast-o-Matic, Screenr is good for teachers to give individual students
feedback. 5-minute video means teachers would make the feedback concise.
● The visual and audio characteristics make the teacher's feedback clearer and easier
for students to follow.
● The feedback from teachers are authentic English. Students can practice their listening
skill.
● Learners can use this tool to present their work, too, e.g. practice their speech, describe
a picture or comment on a video, or tell a short story ( storybook they create).
● The video can be embedded and shared. Learners can keep their works or the teacher's
feedback in their blog, or export it to their computers. It could be students' e-portfolio.
feedback. 5-minute video means teachers would make the feedback concise.
● The visual and audio characteristics make the teacher's feedback clearer and easier
for students to follow.
● The feedback from teachers are authentic English. Students can practice their listening
skill.
● Learners can use this tool to present their work, too, e.g. practice their speech, describe
a picture or comment on a video, or tell a short story ( storybook they create).
● The video can be embedded and shared. Learners can keep their works or the teacher's
feedback in their blog, or export it to their computers. It could be students' e-portfolio.
How might you use it in a language teaching context?
● Teachers can use Screencast to correct students' writing, pronunciation, or explain
the common errors students make when learning English. It can also be used to give
students feedback and instructions as their visual notebooks.
● Students can use this tool to do film-dubbing, video commenting, picture describing,
or story-telling. Since the visual and audio are the main characteristics of this tools, the
teacher can have students work collaboratively using Mixbook, YUDU, Issuu (publishing
tool) or Powerpoint to briefly introduce their works, and share them with their peers,
friends and their family.
● Before students present their works on the screen, the teacher has to give students
some instructions, have them practice, and make sure that students are ready to record
and present their work.
Limitations~
● Need sufficient computers and Internet. Headphones are needed, too.
● When students work collaboratively, it might be very noisy when all of the groups are
talking simultaneously. A computer with only one headphone makes it difficult for several
students to talk in turn.
● If there are too many students in a class, it might take the teacher lots of time to give
individual students feedback.
● You can only record 5-minute screencast, so the teachers have to adapt the task to the
time limit. Perhaps they can have students divide the task into several parts (videos).
● Even though learners can save their screencasts in their own Screenr accounts, it is
difficult for other students to search for their works from Screenr website. The teachers
might have to embed students' works in the class website or download them.
● When students work collaboratively, it might be very noisy when all of the groups are
talking simultaneously. A computer with only one headphone makes it difficult for several
students to talk in turn.
● If there are too many students in a class, it might take the teacher lots of time to give
individual students feedback.
● You can only record 5-minute screencast, so the teachers have to adapt the task to the
time limit. Perhaps they can have students divide the task into several parts (videos).
● Even though learners can save their screencasts in their own Screenr accounts, it is
difficult for other students to search for their works from Screenr website. The teachers
might have to embed students' works in the class website or download them.
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Example~
● Here is the tutorial of how to use Screenr.
1. Click on "Record" button.
2. Put and resize the recording frame needed.
3. Click on the red button to record (everything you say and do on the screen).
4. When you finish, click "Done", add your message, and tweet it.
5. You will get a short URL, and click on the link, you will see your screencast.
6. You can share it by embedding it in your blog, publish to YouTube., or just download
the MP4 file. (You can see "SHARE THIS SCREENCAST
your screencast video).
How to Use Screenr
