Teaching Trends

Creating interactive lesson materials is a great solution for a remote class, especially in asynchronous learning models.

Creating interactive lesson materials is a great solution for a remote class, especially in asynchronous learning models.

Explain Everything is an impressive and versatile tool, but as the people who created it, we know that the sheer amount of possibilities it offers can feel a little intimidating […]

In the upcoming school year, a large portion of materials will be provided remotely in the form of instructional videos. Good thing you can use Explain Everything’s recordable whiteboard for […]

When we invented Explain Everything 9 years ago, the main aim was to give people the ability to easily create whiteboard videos. But we couldn’t stop there, it wasn’t enough. […]

Communicating with another person from a distance may make you feel somewhat handicapped. Especially if you’re trying to be understood, not merely listened to. To use an old cybernetics metaphor, this situation may make you feel like you are speaking to a black box.

Let’s explore the power of videos and recordings in education and online schools.

In March the whole world had to face a great interruption to our everyday lives. It’s been an intense time for all of us, and technology has proven to be our greatest asset but at the same time — a great challenge. How have teachers and students survived the time, and what have we all learnt from it? Were we able to keep it together, what with social distancing and all the sudden changes to our frame of work?

We are learning to trust technology more and more every day, and with countless aspects of our lives. Adapting to today’s rapidly-changing reality pays off. Especially when the tech you’re using was created based on decades of solid research.

In 1961, Terry Gilliam and David Sibbet met at Occidental College. Their meeting, though they could not have known it at the time, would have a profound impact on visual […]

Interactivity and immediacy are traits we associate with up close and personal, face-to-face situations. Countless teachers we have talked to say that’s what they miss most about lessons in the […]

During lockdowns, the sudden demand for remote learning is stress-testing new ways of communicating. More importantly, it is creating unprecedented challenges for educators. A completely new set of skills and […]