Have you ever wanted to teach students about something or how to do something through a video tutorial but didn't have the software or the money to purchase the software? Now there is a free web-based screencasting application that makes sharing short screencasts painless; Screenr.
I found this great tool when I found a site listing video tutorials for Moodle. I wondered how the teacher who produced the videos made them (what tool did he use?) and eventually found out that he used Screenr.
Screenr was basically made to use with Twitter (microblogging tool), allowing users to automatically "Tweet" their videos to their followers. You can still use Screenr even if you don't actively use Twitter. If you decide to not publish the screencast on Twitter you can download it as an MP4 (to be viewed in iTunes), upload it to YouTube, embed the screencast on to a blog or web page, or simply share the URL via email or IM.
I used Screenr to produce the video in my previous blog post "Showing YouTube Videos Without the Distractions." It was very easy to use and does a great job, which is not always the case when dealing with "Free" online tools.
Take a look at this 1-minute tour of Screenr.
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