An interesting article recently ran in ExplorerNews.com about how a couple of high school chemistry teachers in Arizona are using screencasting in their classrooms with huge impact. They are “flipping” their class. Flipping means that what students would have done in class, they do as homework, and what they would have done as homework, they [...]

David Besozzi is a National Board Certified secondary social studies teacher with the Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake High School in central New York state who uses screencasting as an fundamental part of his curriculum. He recently contacted us to let us know how much it has changed his teaching.

He has created screencasts to help him with his daily instruction, and has found that students are responding positively to his initiative. He says, “I have been tracking student use of screencasting for the last two years. The data indicates that students find screencasting a worthwhile endeavor. As educators become more willing to embrace technology as a resource for enhancing instruction, software such as ScreenFlow will help to make the development of those enhanced resources easier to achieve.”

Bravo, David, for embracing screencasting! Read all about what he’s doing and how he’s doing it below.