Recap
9/1/17- Recap helps foster curiosity and discussion in the classroom, by allowing teachers to post questions that students answer using video responses. The teacher can choose whether the responses are private or public, determining whether or not other students can view and comment on the submitted videos. Teachers can also post “Journeys”, which include a 60 second, teacher-created video asking an important question, and an accompanying video playlist. Lastly, Recap also helps facilitate discussion by allowing both teachers and students to post questions and comments.
Recap can work in an educational setting, but it isn’t recommended. One teacher who used it complained that Recap is very convoluted and difficult to use. He also complained that sometimes the microphone and camera aren’t recognized work, and that the videos can get stuck in processing and deleted if students close the app too early. Additionally, it is similar to Google Classroom for posting questions and comments, but students are unable to upload documents, images, pre-recorded videos, etc., unlike Google Classroom. Therefore, I believe that teachers can use this app if they want students to submit spontaneous videos, but that is the extent of its worth.
Recap can work in an educational setting, but it isn’t recommended. One teacher who used it complained that Recap is very convoluted and difficult to use. He also complained that sometimes the microphone and camera aren’t recognized work, and that the videos can get stuck in processing and deleted if students close the app too early. Additionally, it is similar to Google Classroom for posting questions and comments, but students are unable to upload documents, images, pre-recorded videos, etc., unlike Google Classroom. Therefore, I believe that teachers can use this app if they want students to submit spontaneous videos, but that is the extent of its worth.