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My favorite digital storytelling tool has been Jing. It is extremely easy to use. No matter what application you are running on your computer, you can capture it. I used Flickr to tell a story in 5 frames and digital version of “The Giving Tree” for my book talk. Although there is a five minute time limit, it is great for creating any web tutorial that does not exceed that time.
My computer is approximately six years old so the processing speeds are pretty low compared to the new laptops on the market. I am proud of how well this computer has handled all of this new software. Jing has run especially smooth. With regard to system requirements, a broadband connection is recommended for both windows and Mac systems. Windows requires XP, Vista, or Windows 7, and Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0. The Mac System Requirements are Mac OS X 10.4.11, or 10.5.5 or later and QuickTime 7.5.5 or later.

My Logitech Webcam Pro 9000 has worked impressively as well. The resolution is outstanding and the software was very easy to install- as soon as I plugged the camera into a USB port I was prompted to install the software and everything worked without any problems. The system requirements for the camera are as follows:
Windows® XP (SP2 or higher), 1 GHz (2.0 GHz recommended), 256 MB RAM (512 MB RAM recommended)
Windows Vista® or Windows® 7 (32-bit or 64-bit)
1 GHz (2.0 GHz recommended)
512 MB RAM or more
200 MB hard-drive space
CD-ROM drive
OS-compatible sound card and speakers
Hi-Speed Certified USB 2.0 recommended
And if you want to use video calling they suggest:
Dual-core CPU with 1 GB RAM
Broadband Internet with 256 kbps upload or higher
Because of Jing and my webcam, I feel like I could teach an online PE class to elementary school kids! While it may be a few years before this situation arises, I do look forward to potentially using some of this technology in my classes. Students, especially young ones, will love to see themselves onscreen after they have been filmed. After each child had been filmed performing a particular skill, the video can be uploaded to the school’s server. I can use Jing to create a screen cast to walk the students through the steps of opening their video from the school server and then add narration to their video using a media program (such as windows movie maker). The narration would be identifying and describing the parts of a skill (perhaps the video is in slow motion); upper grades can describe biomechanical principles that determine why a skill is performed the way it is. For example, we start with our side to a target to allow for sequential body rotation. Then the final projects could be uploaded to TeacherTube, YouTube, or Vimeo so that the parents could see!