Screenr is a great screencasting application. It lets you make videos of your computer screen that you can share with others. Here’s what I like about Screenr:
- It’s free
- Doesn’t require a download
- Easy to share via Twitter or Youtube
- Looks great on the iPhone or iPod Touch
PowerPoint and Screenr are a great combination. I like to frame the screencast border around a blank PowerPoint slide to give me a virtual whiteboard. Then I can use all of PowerPoint’s features as I explain a topic or present a lecture.
This works really well with a tablet PC (which you can see below) because it looks more like a real whiteboard. It’s a great way to do math lessons, for example.
Check out the screencasts below. In the first one, I show a demo of how it looks with a tablet PC (although it that demo I used OneNote).
Example of a Virtual Whiteboard
Click here to view the Screenr demo.
Here’s another example of Screenr and PowerPoint.
How to Frame the Screenr Window
In this next example, I explain how I frame the Screenr window around the blank PowerPoint slide.
Click here to view the Screenr demo.
One other thing I really like about Screenr is that the full screen of HD view mode gives you a really clear and crisp image. Most of those video sites give you a full screen image which tends to make the video blurry because it stretches the video to fit your screen.
Give it a try, I’m sure that you’ll find that the combination of Screenr and PowerPoint is a winner.
PS. If you’re not familiar with OneNote, check out Microsoft’s OneNote site. It’s one of my favorite applications.
