Technology Integration Form PRESENTATION

GENERAL INFORMATION
Selected Technology/Resource Name:

Age/Grade
Level:

Technology/Resource Type:

Educreations

Application

16/Junior
Source: (Web address, company name, etc.)
www.Educreations.com

Associated Learning Standard(s): The resource may be generally applicable, if so, simply state that.
List any ISTE-S standards that seem to naturally align with the selected resource.
This resource is generally applicable, but it also aligns well with Innovative Designer and Global
Collaborator.

RESOURCE DESCRIPTION
Give a brief description of the technology/resource.

Educreations is an app that allows you to have a sort of digital whiteboard that records your voice and
handwriting. It also allows you to insert photos and videos to make a recordable lesson that is interactive
and personalizable.

INTEGRATION IDEA - PRESENTATION

How might you use this resource in a lesson plan to promote students
presentation/speaking/communication skills?
I would use this resource in two ways. One, I would record my own lesson on it that would be posted
online so that students could revisit a lesson that they either missed or didnt understand. But the
second and best way I would use this is by allowing students to use it in a small group to present a
portion of a lesson and teach it to the class. For example, when I teach the lesson on matrices I would
have one group make an Educreation on finding the inverse matrix, one group on finding the addition of
matrices, one group on finding the multiplication of matrices, and etc.

Value-Added Rating Scale

3

The integration idea described:

The integration idea

described:

The integration idea described:

aligns to content standards

transforms a lesson in a way that
would be impossible or very

aligns to content standards

enhances a lesson; likely to

aligns to content standards

serves as a nice supplement to
a lesson but wouldnt necessarily

difficult without it; very likely to

increase student engagement and
contribute to mastery of the
concept(s)
optimal in a student-centered
environment where students are
active and engaged in learning
content

increase student
engagement and support
mastery of the concept(s)
will most likely be used by
the students directly

play a critical role within the

lesson
will most likely be used by the
teacher during a lesson (e.g., a
demonstration)

VALUE-ADDED EXPLANATION

Based on the value-added rating scale above, how would you rate the technology integration
you described, using the selected resource?
3
Explain your rating based on the rubric indicators.
The lesson hinges on the Educreation. Not only will it become part of the class overall because
the students will be able to access lessons at home, but for this and other specific lessons it will
allow the students to collaborate with one another and teach each other. This will increase
students engagement and keeps them active.

This template has been adapted from the following resources:

Christie, A., (2007). Dr. Alice Christies 6C Model for Evaluating Apps. Retrieved from
http://www.kathyschrock.net/uploads/3/9/2/2/392267/evalipad_content.pdf
ISTE, (2012). iste.netss Advancing Digital Age Learning. Retrieved from
http://www.iste.org/docs/pdfs/nets-s-standards.pdf?sfvrsn=2.
LearnZillion, Inc. (July 2014). TeachFest Guide | Mathematics. Retrieved from
http://ctcorestandards.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Math_TeachFest_SA_Guidebook.pdf.
Schrock, K., (2011-14). Critical Evaluation of a Content-Based IPAD/IPOD APP. Retrieved from
http://alicechristie.org/6C/6C.pdf.