JIng (Photo credit: blogpocket)

The always-ready program that allows you to instantly capture images and record video on your computer—then share them with anyone through a variety of web 2 tools. The video below gives a nice introduction to Jing and how easy it is to use.

Good points

• It’s easy to use
• it’s free
• It captures both picture and movie from your screen
• it’s very easy to link with other web 2 tools i.e. twitter, facebook etc
• You can download the movie onto your computer to edit if you have an editing program

Bad points

• You are limited to five minutes recording
• you have to install the program on your PC/Mac

If you like what you have just seen but don’t want to download it yet –  Try an interactive Jing Tutorial

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• TechSmith Announces Changes to Jing Pro (freetech4teachers.com)
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