Sketchcast – a great tool for creating math tutorials
As I continue my quest to find web 2.o tools that enhance teaching and learning, I found Sketchcast, a site that allows you to create tutorials on any topic by simply using a mouse or a graphics tablet to draw as you speak. I thought this tool would be perfect for a blog project I am working on for my district involving creating math tutorials for students and parents. When we have it up and running, I’ll post a link. I hope to convince an upper grade teacher teach have his/her class create some content for us soon.
On the Sketchcast site I came across an example for lattice mutliplication, a topic that eludes most parents since they learned to solve multiplication problems much differently.
I decided to sign up for a free account at http://www.sketchcast.com/ and created my own. It was pretty easy to do. I played with it for a couple of minutes. I couldn’t figure out how to change colors, but I will continue to explore. My sample shows a corny example for solving a problem using the Pythagorean Theorem. The link appears below:
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November 29th, 2008 at 8:36 pm
Well, this is a nice information. I’ll give it a try to make swf vieo in my site. But it seem your example above is not working for me. I don’t know if it is a browser issue (mine is firefox).
Anyway thanks for the info.
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April 28th, 2009 at 6:32 pm
Sketchcast? It is my first time to know about this thing. I think i will read more information first before starting to use it. I think it is a powerful tool for math tutorials. Thanks for sharing the information.
June 9th, 2009 at 5:02 pm
Hi, Betty,
Sketchcast is new to me as well. Thanks so much for sharing.
My teaching experience is mainly secondary. You mentioned the possibility of having a secondary-level colleague join the discussion. That would be wonderful. I’d love to hear how other secondary teachers are using technology to engage students.
Thanks!
June 16th, 2009 at 10:15 pm
Well, to soon to say if it’s good, but at least it’s well designed.
I mean I thought I would be blocked after adding some interests, but the site helps you to add more.
Cheers