Blog #4- Educreations- Kelli Holden
What is Educreations?
Educreations is an online tool that allows you to create using a blank canvas and record your voice as you go. The saying used on the webpage is "Teach anything to anyone from anywhere" which sums up what educreations is all about. It allows you to create video tutorials for access at anytime. You can use images saved to any platform you may have or even screenshot things from the web to use as apart of your video. Once you record your videos, you are able to share them through email, post to YouTube, Twitter, on your Website , or even save to your camera roll, dropbox, or Google Drive.
Educational Value
Pros:
- Allows educational videos to easily be created.
- Videos can be played or replayed anytime.
- Can be instantly shared to various platforms
- Gives you familiar whiteboard tools to use.
- Can import images and backgrounds
- Can manage privacy
- Can view videos on Ipad and on Web
- Voice recording
Cons:
- Limited whiteboard tools on free version
- Have to record on an Ipad
- Can only import images and backgrounds on the free version
How can it be used in the Classroom?
- Teachers could create recorded lessons for math for students who need extra support on a particular skill.
- Teachers could create flipped math or science lessons for students to watch prior to class. This will allow more practice time/hands on learning time during normal class time.
- Teachers could record and outline the parts of different science diagrams for students to reference.
- Students could record a video outlining parts of different science diagrams as like an exit ticket.
- Students could create tutorial math videos for other students.
- Students could record videos showing their understanding of a particular math skill.
Educreations is an online tool that allows you to create using a blank canvas and record your voice as you go. The saying used on the webpage is "Teach anything to anyone from anywhere" which sums up what educreations is all about. It allows you to create video tutorials for access at anytime. You can use images saved to any platform you may have or even screenshot things from the web to use as apart of your video. Once you record your videos, you are able to share them through email, post to YouTube, Twitter, on your Website , or even save to your camera roll, dropbox, or Google Drive.
Pros:
- Allows educational videos to easily be created.
- Videos can be played or replayed anytime.
- Can be instantly shared to various platforms
- Gives you familiar whiteboard tools to use.
- Can import images and backgrounds
- Can manage privacy
- Can view videos on Ipad and on Web
- Voice recording
Cons:
- Limited whiteboard tools on free version
- Have to record on an Ipad
- Can only import images and backgrounds on the free version
How can it be used in the Classroom?
- Teachers could create recorded lessons for math for students who need extra support on a particular skill.
- Teachers could create flipped math or science lessons for students to watch prior to class. This will allow more practice time/hands on learning time during normal class time.
- Teachers could record and outline the parts of different science diagrams for students to reference.
- Students could record a video outlining parts of different science diagrams as like an exit ticket.
- Students could create tutorial math videos for other students.
- Students could record videos showing their understanding of a particular math skill.
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