This year at ISTE, I had the pleasure of reconnecting with TechSmith Education. TechSmith is the creator of popular apps such as Snagit and Camtasia. This year a brand new, full featured version of Snagit was launched to pretty awesome reviews. I recently started using Snagit for my screen capturing. I must admit, it's pretty easy to use on both my Macbook and Surface tablet. It allows you to choose exactly what part of the screen you with to copy and provides two amazing screen capturing options in it's Scrolling Capture (capturing full pages) and it's Panoramic Capture (capturing wide, horizontal websites). One of the most interesting, and well throughout features of the new Snagit is the ability o capture Animated GIFs. These have become pretty popular in for teachers as they can be inserted into presentation slides and websites without heavy loading or the need to hit the play button on a robust movie. Another great feature to Snagit are it's image markups. Not only can you easily capture the exact image you want on your screen quickly, but you can edit and customize it using Snagit stamps, and other special effects to make your images stand out. Lastly, the feature that TechSmith was very proud to showcase this year at the conference was it's ability to capture your webcam. These features include: Webcam recording - Toggle between webcam and screen recording during a video to add a personal touch with teammates or clients, no matter where they are. Video trimming - Quickly get rid of any unwanted sections from your screen recordings. Remove ums, ahs, coughs, extra time from the beginning, middle, end, or any mistakes you want to correct. Record audio - Include audio from either a microphone or your computer’s system audio. How Can I Get Snagit? You can download a free 15 day trial at this link or you can take advantage of a very low price of only $49.95 on through their website. How can I contact TechSmith for more info? Techsmith Official Website Camtasia Snagit Follow on Facebook Follow on Twitter