Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Mango Language - Language Learning Center
Jing_Video_for_Pirate_Language
Jing is a great tool! I loved using it and found it easy. Before creating my Jing video, I first needed to download Jing application to my laptop. The next step was to begin exploring how to operate Jing. I did this by opening the links posted in Module 7. After exploring Jing for a while, I began practicing, over and over until I got the feel of it. Similar to creating podcasts, getting it perfect is difficult. I have a couple of ooops in mine. Then I did several test runs on creating my screen cast video.
I think Jing screen casts are a great way to instruct patrons on a variety of library services including how to use the online catalog by visually walking them around the website.
Having the pause button while creating the video is important and I utilized it often. The first couple of attempts I found that I was narrating too slowly, but at least hearing my voice wasn’t as much of a shock for me as when I created my podcast. I selected a library program available at Sarasota Public library called Mango Online Language available from the Sarasota County Public Library’s electronic resources. Mango Languages online are a great free resource that include over a dozen different languages to explore. For this screencast I chose the “Pirate” language for fun. Ahoy Mattie!!
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As someone who grew up in Sarasota, it has been rather interesting to see all the things that the libraries I remember have been doing. You did an excellent job with the pacing of your video. It was quite easy to follow along with the actions on screen. It also served as an excellent introduction to something I could see being a very valuable resource. Learning a language is not something that is all that easy, so having extra tools available to help is not a bad thing at all.
ReplyDeleteNice and simple presentation. At Miami Dade Public Library we also offer Mango as a language program. I started a few months ago Italian as a refresher course. I had taken Italian in my first year of college and love the language and wanted to practice so decided to try out Mango and it is really fun and easy to use. Your presentation was really fun, I did not know there was such a language "Pirate" that was fun!
ReplyDeleteMango is a great type of software and it is very powerful. I like that you started from the beginning in your Jing and showed the potential patron every step of the way. I think Jing being used as a guide to show patrons about resources they did not know they had access to is probably the greatest use for Jing in libraries. I am going to learn Pirate as soon as finish this post!
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