App of the Week: Educreations

Educreations

What is it?

Educreations turns your iPad into a recordable whiteboard. Creating a great video tutorial is as simple as touching, tapping and talking. Explain a math formula... Create an animated lesson... Add commentary to your photos... Diagram a sports play... With voice recording, realistic digital ink, photos and text, and simple sharing through email, now you can broadcast your ideas from anywhere.

Who is it good for?

This app can be used at all grade levels AND subject areas... in various different ways.

 TEACH WHAT YOU KNOW

• Help students with homework by working through an example problem.
• Put your lessons on the web so students can watch them before and after class.
• Tutor someone from afar.
• Showcase your video tutorials on educreations.com and share your knowledge with the world.
• Add your commentary to famous works of art.
• Diagram football plays, John Madden style.

FEATURES

• Record and replay your voice, handwriting and drawings

• Add text to any page

• Add photos from the iPad camera, Photo Albums, Dropbox or the Web

• Animate images by dragging them around while recording

• Pause and resume recording anytime

• Create multiple whiteboard pages

• Undo and redo your actions

• Choose from 10 different ink colors 

CCSS ties

This app would be great a great way for students of all ages to work on their Mathematical Practices in relation  to the various standards for their grade level. 

Click here for the Student Friendly Version of the Mathematical Practices.