Why do I love Educreations for use in the classroom? So many reasons! Educreations is a web-based collection of teacher-created lessons. How do those teachers create those lessons you ask? Well, if you are lucky enough to have an iPad, you can download the Educreations app (for FREE). The iPad app allows you, the teacher, to record everything you say and everything you write/draw on the iPad. It then saves what you created as a lesson. You can make lessons available publicly or keep them private for your own use. The app allows you to draw in 4 colors and you can import images (like the one on the left) from the web to aid in illustrating your lesson. When you finish your lesson, the lessons are saved to a .url on educreations site. You can then share the link with others, or play it back (just like a video) in the classroom.
If you don't own an iPad, you can still use the lessons created by other teachers by searching the Educreations library of lessons. There are some really great lessons. I've used these as tutorials for students, in-class demonstrations, or as bell work. I've even used them for lesson supports when I had to be absent and had a substitute play the lessons for my classes. Some students said it was like I was in the room even though I was absent. How awesome is that?
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