Educreations is an interactive whiteboard that has an easy, interactive
platform and is straightforward to use. It allows you and your students to do screenshots, record video/audio clips, embed websites/images and share what you have created with others immediately. Educreations is only available for iPads and web browsers, and basic features are free.
The features include:
- Capture your ideas
- Use your content
- Share instantly
- Cloud sync
Educreations is a good tool to help you create a digital classroom or work with a flipped classroom model. On the one hand, it is straightforward to use, so you can focus on your content instead of spending time learning about the technologies. With it, you can easily save your drafted work on your iPad, and share it with your students and co-workers whenever you want. What’s more, all of its basic features are free.
On the other hand, Educreations can be used as a multimedia model to help your students with their learning and communication. Students can choose their own format to capture their ideas (video, audio recording, drawing, typing, inserting website or take a picture, etc.) and to communicate with others. They can also control their own pace while learning new content. Educreations is a platform that helps you to create an equal accessible environment for all your students.
Here is an example of what you can do with Educreations:
https://cdn1.educreations.com/static/examples/paul-groves-accuracy-and-precision.mp4
You can get started with Educreations in a few steps:
1. Download the app from your iTunes store on your iPad or to your laptop web browser.
2. Sign up as an educator (or student) and log in.
3. As shown in the screenshot, you can choose to click on the audio icon to record your lecture, use the pens/brushes to draw/mark on the screen, use the eraser to erase your typos, or click on the “+” icon to add websites’ URLs, videos, images, etc., to your screen.
4. Play to explore different features!
