ShowMe

SHOWME

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dezSts90XA4

http://www.showme.com/learn

OVERVIEW: ShowMe allows you to record voice-over whiteboard tutorials and share them online. You could record a process that you have taught and email it to your students to review at home. Or they could use it to demo how they came up with an answer.

I recently read (http://www.showme.com/blog/category/how-to/) about two math teachers who assigned topics to students to have the students create short clips to demonstrate their understanding to others in preparation of a test:

This project required that students create a short instructional video supplemented by a video guide document to lead the viewer through the content and a quiz to assess the viewer’s knowledge over the skills that were taught in the video. The topics ranged widely from specific objectives from the state exam to specific Algebra 2 and Pre-Calculus concepts. Though the concepts were quite specific, it was interesting to observe the unique ways in which the students decided to present the topics in their videos. Using ShowMe as a medium allowed for creativity and individuality while still guiding students to accomplish the overarching video creation task.

EASE of USE: IINTUITIVE AND POWERFUL

- Record your ShowMe tutorial right away — no manuals or complicated menus needed

- Drop in images onto the whiteboard

- Easily switch between drawing and erasing (as well as pausing and playing) to make your ShowMe flow from concept to concept

- You can make your ShowMe as long or as short as it needs to be, and record as many ShowMe’s as you want. Go nuts!

- Once you’re finished recording, upload your ShowMe to share with the community (or keep it private if you prefer)

- Discover tutorials created by other members of the ShowMe community

VARIETY of USE:

1. Easily explain a range of topics from math to chemistry to music theory to basket weaving.
2. Add ShowMe’s to your Do-It-Yourself blog
3. Attach a personal message to any travel photos you want to share
4. Diagram offensive and defensive strategies for sports
5. Grade student work with commentary explaining the reasoning behind their performance
6. Use ShowMe as an interactive whiteboard substitute
7. Implement a “flipped classroom”
8. Showcase your ShowMes online and share your knowledge with your students, friends, family, or the world!