Getting Jing-y With It

My frustrated battle with technology continues on. The thing that I have noticed most about working with various types of technology is that, for the most part they are created to make a task easier. However, they take several hours to find, register for, confirm, and figure out before you can even start using them. I have created so many new combinations of user names and passwords, my head is spinning. Ultimately, the programs do prove to be useful or time effective, but it always seems to take a lot of trail and error before reaching that point.

I have been playing around with a program called Jing. This is an online screen capture that allows you to take real time pictures or videos of your computer screen as you work on it. The purpose is to create short tutorials or explanations while using certain programs. One really interesting feature that not many other free online programs have is the ability to add a voice narrative as you work.

I found this program incredibly visually appealing and easy to use at first. It's pretty straight-forward because it doesn't perform a huge range of functions. That being said, I was really disappointed when it came time to save and attempt to export the video I had made. Even after watching several tutorials and trying several different things, I was unable to figure out where my projects were saving and how to get them into a usable format. One tutorial gave an explanation for how to embed a file, which I got very excited about. After signing up for yet another program that was meant to house my work in between Jing and it's final destination, I found out there is a size restriction on uploads. The video is of me simply opening Firefox and finding a website. Overall i think this could be a really interesting tool but I can't see there being many instances for use in a classroom.