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Carolyn McCarthy, [email protected]

http://www.educreations.com by Educreations, Inc. Educreations app to teach anyone almost anything Free from iTunes

This handout briefly covers: About it (basic features, cost…), teaching ideas, examples, getting started, sharing and tips

What is it?

1. an app for a mobile device that letsyou record and share (like arecordable whiteboard) one or morepages of information

2. Also a web site tool you can use tocreate the same, but requires flashplayer installed

iOS Version required, no Android yet

Software required: iOS device, iPad or Flash-‐enabled computer browser

Students need to register once to gain access (subscribe) to available courses Students can register with Version 1.2.6 or newer to register via the iPad app

Teacher managed: Teachers can create an account, and a course. Then provide the course code to students to use when they register to join the course.

An app currently for the iPad (and/or for a flash-‐based web browser) that lets you

• record the screen• record your voice• record your digital ink

writing/drawingCreate and edit

• tutorials• lessons• demonstrations• subject-‐area lessons

Elements you can include • images, videos, audio, drawings, and

text Showcase your creation on their hosted site

• with an account on Educreations• and you can embed your creation on

a web site (if you select the “public”option setting)

• 9 compatible languagesAnnotate screenshots, record your steps in a process, track events in a timeline, show routes or paths for geography and history.

How to share a lesson? Student lessons are stored privately and only visible to the class and teacher. To share work with others you must use a “Copy Lesson Link” option to get the URL.

How to email a lesson? Click on “My lessons” screen, tap the share button (top-‐right) and tap the email icon on the lesson to share.

Download or export? Not available at this time. You can do a screen-‐recording of your lesson.

Image formats? You can use JPEG, PNG, GIF and a few others. You can add images from Dropbox.

Animation? Click one of your images and drag it, resize or rotate it around to animate it while recording.


Some teaching ideas with educreations All levels Elementary Secondary

• Create “flipped”classroom resources

• Work math problemsthen have them do it

• Note-‐taking for specialneeds access

• How to tutorials• Showing step-‐by-‐

step procedures• Have students

demonstrateunderstanding

• Can use a coordinategrid while showinghow to solve mathproblems

Some examples Educreations Lessons page http://www.educreations.com/browse/

Carolyn’s badger story (http://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/badger/564906/)

Lower El – Solving a classroom

mystery(http://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/our-‐class-‐mystery-‐alessandro-‐and-‐audrey/5144467/?ref=link )

Subtracting with unlike denominators

(http://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/subtracting-‐with-‐unlike-‐denominators-‐final/381109/?ref=link )

Photosynthesis -‐ HS

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=n6qItMBNAJo )

8 Literary Devices great example

(http://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/8-‐literary-‐devices/293405/ )

Counting coins

(http://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/counting-‐coins-‐educreations-‐demo-‐lesson/6281336/?ref=link )

Kindergarten math lesson: compare attributes Nice lesson example

(http://www.iteachwithtechnology.com/2013/10/ipad-‐lesson-‐educreations-‐math-‐for.html )


Getting Started

1. Go to www.educreations.com and signup (free) as a new user2. Select TEACHER for your account – if your school doesn’t appear on the list, you will

be asked to add it to the database.3. You’re ready to go to create a new course

On the iPad 1. Go to the Apple App store and search for educreations2. Download the application (free) and open it3. Tap the gear at the top of the screen to see a menu of settings

a. You can connect it with your Dropbox account, Facebook or Twitter accountsb. Dropbox is handy for adding images which you upload to your Dropbox account and

then easily access with the iPad4. Tap on the New Lesson button to get started

a. Add imagesb. Image formatting toolsc. Text formatting toolsd. Text box toolse. Pen tools to annotate imagesf. Add a backgroundg. New Screen and Record buttonh. Done – to save your lessoni. Share – choose an option: Private, Public, My Students, My School

5. Adding your lesson to your coursea. On your iPad (or computer) log into your accountb. View all of your lessonsc. Locate any lesson you want to add to your course and select EDIT Lessond. Then add it to any of your courses

Tips before recording your video: 1. Once you have decided what your presentation will cover, prepare a couple of slides for

practice so that you can edit or change them. 2. Record your video and PAUSE throughout to set up the next slides, to annotate the images,

or for a breather. 3. Preview your video before saving.

Sharing your lessons • You can share your lessons through the settings (Privacy setting)• On the iPad go to the “My Lessons” page after clicking Done. Click on the Share button which

opens 4 options (bottom left of the screen)o Email or direct students to the link. They will need to sign up to watch the lessons. If

you have allowed comments, they can ask questions for a discussion within thecourse

• Embed your lesson on a webpage, wiki, blog…o To display all the lessons on the iPad, click on the top right tab which says “Hello

yourname” to display your lessons (they won’t appear in course categories)o Click on the course to share and choose the option desired (bottom right)

• Post the URL on a webpage• Email the link to someone• Students can ONLY share lessons by copying the URL or by sending it by email

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