Mathcasts are a fantastic way to engage students in the learning of Mathematics. A mathcast is simply a screencasts (screen movies of writing with voice) that has a focus on mathematics.

A mathcast is really a neat a tidy way of recording students doing a problem.They are primarily used by students to demonstrate how to do a problem. These can then be saved as part of a students blog or could also be a part of their concluding performance in an e-portfolio.

The following sites contain examples of how Jing and similar applications can be used to produce deep learning

http://math247.pbwiki.com/

http://math247.pbwiki.com/NECC2008

http://math247.pbwiki.com/Mathcasts+-+CMS

“Here is my progress and here is my thinking”

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Benefits of MathCasts for teachers
-See and Hear the Thinking
-Listen when you want, repeat it as often as you want
-See and hear each step
-Get the process and not just the result

flinders

Last Modified 10/29/08 3:33 PM

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