I am having a Screencastify meltdown right now. I have to digitally present a Google Slides presentation via Screencastify and as simple as that should be, I am losing my mind. I consider myself a competent presenter. As a music teacher, I never have any qualms about getting up in front of hundreds of people and speaking at our school events. Doesn't even faze me. I mean, I have a performing arts degree for crying out loud! I have spent my whole life performing in front of an audience. Why is it that pressing a simple button on my computer causes such distress? I think the problem is that it is just wayyyyy too easy to press stop and to start all over, whereas when you have to perform live it's "one and done." If you upgrade to the pay version of Screencastify you can stop and start your recording as needed, which would help me form my thoughts better between slides. But I'm cheap so I'm doomed to an endless loop of "Hi everyone, I will be presenting Makerspaces: Computer Science Coding Curricu.....fuuuuuuuudge!" Did I mention that every time you press stop it automatically archives to your Google Drive? Excuse me while I furiously delete some things....
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3/19/2017 02:21:05 am
That would be me (right down to the I'm too cheap to get the paid version). Those archives will haunt you until you delete them! I hope you got it done!
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Natalie
3/19/2017 03:04:52 pm
I totally understand. When I choreographed that dance last year for the talent show (that never got used...) I made a video both forward and backward facing. So that's TWO videos I had to get right. Just like you, there were A LOT of dancing great dancing great...fuuuuuudge... Okay let's do the same beginning AGAIN!!!
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