Educreations....closer to flipping that classroom?

I have found an app that allows me to create videos that my students can watch anywhere! It is called Educreations and is FREE!! Educreations is a recordable interactive whiteboard that captures your voice and handwriting to produce amazing video lessons that you can share online. Students and colleagues can replay your lessons in any web browser, or from within the Educreations app on their iPads or phones. Educreations has allowed me to post quick review videos on my website for students who have either missed class, or need some extra support. These videos have been met with lots of praise from both parents and students themselves! Parents like that students can access the daily notes if they are absent from class, which allows students to stay current on the materials learned in class. Students have said that they like being about to go back through the new material at their own pace, and some have used the notes for test prep. In my classroom, I don't always use a direct method of teaching, especially when it comes to teaching grammar. The videos I make as more of that traditional direct instruction, more of the nuts and bolts of the grammar or concept we are learning. This also helps for students who need that direct instruction, a way to help various learning styles. Educreation videos are easy to make, and even easier to post. From start to finish, I can create a five minute instructional video and post it on my website in roughly six minutes! Not bad!! In the future, I se using this app to allow my students to do some story telling, or perhaps even some oral testing. Here is a link to some of the videos I have posted on my website: https://sites.google.com/a/isd77.k12.mn.us/west-deutsch-1/daily-notes Enjoy!!