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By: Coleen Stanley

Coleen Stanley — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:37:26 +0000

A very valuable lesson for students to learn is what to do when they make mistakes. By deleting our mistakes, we steal those moments from them! Great advice!
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By: Wayne John

Wayne John — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:28:57 +0000

Wonderful stuff, subscribed too. I need to get more into “multimedia” stuff, I’ve been at the bit level for too long. Time to come out of that and have some fun and make some things.
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By: David Anderson

David Anderson — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:19:55 +0000

@Jon Peltier Interesting point about “students thinking you’re making mistakes on purpose”. I guess that’s an advantage of mixing up our teaching approach. If we keep them guessing enough, they’ll focus more on their answers and less on our intentions:-)

For me the challenge is exercising patience when including mistakes. Too often my instinct is to rush to correct the mistake rather than providing the time for reflection.

By: Jon Peltier

Jon Peltier — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:35:20 +0000

This is great advice.

I often teach programming classes, and part of it is writing and running code. Well, I can’t always remember every last thing I need, so I get errors during the class. This is helpful, because people in the class see how I track down the errors and fix them.

Often the students think I make mistakes on purpose as a learning tool. I never protest.

By: What Troy McClure Can Teach You About Creating Awesome Screencasts | Dave Mozealous

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:00:02 +0000

[...] or “why did you choose that option,” and that can kill an otherwise great screencast. David Anderson also points out that by rolling with mistakes in your screencast, and using the “Yes, and…” principle to your screencasts you can address common [...]

By: David Anderson

David Anderson — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:52:18 +0000

Thanks Monica! If there’s one thing we can take away from the success of “user generated content” is that value is more important than quality.

By: Monica Rysavy

Monica Rysavy — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:08:00 +0000

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gotten started with a screencast only to start over again because I messed up what I was trying to say or clicked the wrong button. When I’m teaching in person I just correct myself and use it as a learning opportunity for my students so it makes sense that I should try the same thing with my screencasts. Great post!
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By: Dave Mozealous

Dave Mozealous — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:04:48 +0000

Great post David!
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By: David Anderson

David Anderson — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:49:20 +0000

Thanks Greg. I think the tendency for many people is to treat each screencast like it IS training a bomb technician. I think you hit on the key issue: “authenticity” which is sometimes lost when a screencast is too polished and rehearsed.

By: Greg Friese

Greg Friese — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:18:03 +0000

I have rarely deleted a Screenr recording. I like the single take for lots of reason, but the most important as I think some small miscues and corrections make the presentation more authentic. If I was teaching bomb technicians I might be more likely to make sure I got it right, but when teaching most software skills I think it is important to look around until you find what you need to do.
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