For my master's program, I had to create a lesson for my students where they had to apply something they learned and create something using an online tool.
I find it is sometimes hard to come up with "real-world application" style projects in English Language Arts. If I had my students going around and correcting people's grammar, they would probably land in hot water. So, what I did come up with (and will do if I have time at the end of the year) was a project where the students become the teacher. They pick a topic or skill we learned during the year, do a little extra research on it, create a lesson that includes an online component, and teach it to their classmates.
One of the required components of my assignment was to create a "student" example using an online tool I'd never used before. I decided to make a video using Screencast-o-matic on Jane Schaffer's Chunk Paragraphs. This way, I can actually use the video in class if I need to.
Because I use Chrome for my browser, there was an issue with using the Screencast-o-matic webpage recorder, but there was an option to download a free application to my Mac, which is what I did. It. Was. So. Easy.
I could capture any part of my screen, and pause the recording and restart the recording and not have to start all over again from the beginning.
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