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Jing is a free screencasting tool that captures images from the Internet. This type of software easily downloads to a Mac or a Windows PC.
 * 1. What is JING?**

Once this user friendly program is downloaded, users can conveniently take screen shots of information on a particular website, narrate family photos, or collaborate on ideas and turn these into a five-minute screencast. The Jing icon, which is a sun, sits at the top of the computer screen and is always ready to take a screen shot when selected. Jing allows users to add text boxes, arrows, and highlighting boxes to bring attention to main ideas on a page. Also, instead of taking a screen shot of the whole page, Jing allows you to simply crop the section of information you want the viewer to see. Jing can be used in a variety of ways in the educational setting. For instance, students can take pictures of themselves conducting a science experiment at school and upload the images. Then, the children can select the images they prefer and add captions to each slide. These slides can be saved to “Screencast.com” where the images can be made into a small “movie”. Students may also want to use Jing for group projects. Any information found on the computer for the project can be shared through Jing. The student would copy the section of information, using Jing, and send the link to the group members. Collaboration couldn’t get any easier!
 * 2. What are some of the amenities of JING that make it popular. **
 * 3. What are the educational implications of JING. **

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