The video tool I am going to discuss is not merely a video tool, and if you were to just look at it without diving deep into it, you may not notice that it can make videos as well. But it is a tool that I use in my classroom daily and I also have made videos to help my students when they miss class. The tool I am referring to is Doceri. It is an interactive whiteboard app when used on a tablet alone but it is a mobile whiteboard that connects directly to your laptop when they are used in conjunction. I can move about my classroom, ensuring students are on task instead of being stuck at the front of my room by the whiteboard having to turn my back to them. This means it is also a classroom management tool. I use a stylus typically but an Apple Pencil works just as fine and I have been using one as of late.
As mentioned, I like to use it to record videos too. This can be done by just hitting a couple of buttons and you are recording your screen as well as your voice. I use my videos to help students that were absent for class that day, for remediation, or I have also used them for classes when the teacher is out for whatever reason, maternity leave, or a few years ago one of our geometry teachers quit so I helped out the substitute in that room with the videos. The ISTE standards that apply here are 1c, 2c, 2d, 3d, 6a, 6b, 6c, and 6d.
At a basic level, this tool can help combine several teaching techniques into one (Silverberg, Tierney, & Bodek, 2014). And with the addition of an Apple TV, the Apple Classroom application, and a class set of iPads, it can really be a game changer.