Screencast-O-Matic: Saving teacher in an ESL classroom

💡 Screencast-O-Matic💡 gives students a blended language learning course. Meanwhile, Banados (2006:534) agrees it is a flexible learning approach which ‘can improve learning outcomes and/or save costs’.

How does Screencast-O-Matic work?

 

(Source: YouTube)

Friendly reminder: Press FULL SCREEN before watching the clip 😉

 

Interesting Pedagogical Facts / Comments on Screencast-O-Matic

Very often, many teachers are struggling for how to strike a balance between rushing the tight teaching schedule and students' all-round development. Personally, I think Screencast-O-Matic is a gift to every English teacher - in a sense that time-saving in providing scaffolding to students who were absent in class that day (e.g., giving homework guidance), reading storybooks to students and updating parents about the learning performance of their kids.

Limitations

 

1.  Each recording is within 15 minutes. If you are absence from teaching and want to give a follow-up lecture, you may need to upgrade from free to pay.

2. Fail to download to computer like me. 

Reference:

Banados, E. (2006). A blended-learning pedagogical model for teaching and learning EFL successfully through an online interactive multimedia environment. CALICO Journal 17(2): 269-306.

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