Emerging Technology #2 - Jing

The second emerging technology I explored was jing. Jing is a computer software program used to share images or movies with others on the Internet. Jing users have the ability to create an image from an item that appears on their desktop, such as a photograph, a graph created in a spreadsheet program or a map. Jing also allows users to make animations or videos. This program is useful for instructing a series of steps to others. The cost of the program is free if you download the basic version. After trying this program out it eliminated phone and email time. When I tried out jing I took a snapshot of myself and shared it to my aunt on face book, because she hasn’t seen me in forever. I think this could be good for keeping in touch with family also. Some Bad things about jing would be sending uncalled pictures to people, and also same thing goes for videos . I think jing could be helpful because you can basically share anything you would like. The way I would use this in my classroom would be by making short videos of how to do certain lesson plans, and then send those videos to children that are struggling in those subjects. Here’s a link to jing so you can get started. http://www.techsmith.com/jing/