Wikipedia defines a screencast as 'a digital recording of computer screen output, also known as video screen capture, often containing audio narration.' Using this simple tool and some sound effects from YouTube, students created a screencast of their book review.

This extension allows students to create a screencast. In the mean time, I added an extension on each of their Chromebooks called Screencastify. These particular students had already created a few Google Presentations before, and got right to work. All of Screencastifys tools are intuitive, and clearly designed to be as such, and theyre more reliable than some other competitors. The second slide (and third, if necessary) would have 3-5 bullets explaining what the book was about and whether or not they would recommend it to their classmates. The first slide would have the student's name and the title of the book they were reviewing. We decided to have students complete a simple 'Powerpoint' presentation using Google Presentation.

Recently a teacher asked me for advice on how to have students share a book review using their Chromebooks. Screencastify is a Chrome extension that allows users to record, edit.

Screencastify reviews