The Savvy Technologist » atomic learning http://technosavvy.org Great teaching and learning with technology Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:31:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 I need to try more screencasting http://technosavvy.org/2006/01/03/i-need-to-try-more-screencasting/ http://technosavvy.org/2006/01/03/i-need-to-try-more-screencasting/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2006 06:05:09 +0000 Tim Wilson http://technosavvy.org/?p=361 I used a traditional CGI approach and MySQL to build my recent idea sharing Web application. After listening to the last episode of Inside the Net which discussed, in part, the Ruby on Rails Web development framework, I decided to check out some alternatives for future development work. Ruby on Rails is getting all kinds of well-deserved buzz these days, but being a Python programmer I looked around and found Django and TurboGears, two Rails-like frameworks for Python.

That leads to the real message of this post which is to point out how prevalent the “screencast” has become as a tool for promoting and teaching about these tools. Both the Ruby on Rails screencasts and the TurboGears Devcasts are great ways to get a feel for how these tools work in real life. I should be using tools like Snapz Pro more often to help spread the word in my district about creative uses of technology. (I certainly have the gear for recording.) My district has been an Atomic Learning customer for years, but I’m thinking of a longer form screencast. Possible screencasts:

Maybe we should just buy all of our teachers new iPods and subscribe them to screencast podcasts. (I’m only half joking. What great professional development potential!)

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