Explain Everything App

EXPLAIN EVERYTHING APP

EDUC 8841 Diffusion & Integration of Technology

Summer 2014

Tracy Nielson

Walden University

WHAT IS EXPLAIN EVERYTHING APP?FEATURES:

Screencasting Interactive whiteboard screen Record audio and video Write, narrate, and move

objects while recording Create pictures, videos, lesson

plans Upload content to Dropbox,

Google Drive, and YouTubeDemo of Explain Everything App:

http://edtechteacher.org/explain-everything-demonstrating-understanding-with-screen-casting-with-reshan-richards-from-jennifer-carey/

WHAT DOES EXPLAIN EVERYTHING APP PROVIDE TO

EDUCATORS? Economic feasibility and sustainability Upkeep, maintenance and initial purchase Easy-to-use on iPad Used in any grade level

Tutorialshttp://www.morriscooke.com/?p=1045

EXAMPLES OF WHAT YOU CAN

DO WITH EXPLAIN

EVERYTHING APP

Activities students created with the app:http://www.mrswideen.com/2013/03/using-explain-everything-in-primary.html

NEED

WHY EXPLAIN EVERYTHING APP? Cost effective solution Replacement for interactive

whiteboards iPad can be used as a

projector

Expensive – over $1,500

$2.99

RESEARCH

DEVELOPMENT OF APP: MorrisCooke

FINDINGS: Assessment tool Evaluate students academic performance Collaborating with other students'

RESEARCH

LEAD THINKER: Dr. Reshan Richards Created app Worked with MorrisCooke to develop app

Dr. Reshan Richards

DEVELOPMENT

PROBLEMS: Finding a company that would create the app

AUDIENCE: Teachers Students Parents Afterschool programs Community Learning

COMMERCIALIZATION

Production began in 2011 MorrisCooke help with the creation of manufacturing the app Packaging is in form of a basic app icon App is marketed on Facebook, Twitter, iTunes, and News Media Apple Corporation disturbed the app on their iPad

ADVANTAGES OF EXPLAIN EVERYTHING APP

• Multiple “slides” for ordering content prior to recording.

• Record and re-record voice over slides individually without starting over for the entire presentation.

• Import projects from Evernote, Dropbox or camera roll.

• Export options: directly to iPad, to DropBox, Evernote, YouTube or email.

• Slide sorter for re-organizing presentation.

• Re-order objects front-to-back within a stack.

• Control pen thickness, tip, transparency and color.

• Draw shapes and lines with separate control for borders and fill.

• Type text as an object.

• Undo button steps backwards through changes.

DISADVANTAGES OF EXPLAIN EVERYTHING APP

• Steeper learning curve than free options.

• No “punch-in” – to re-record over a portion of the presentation requires user to erase a slide’s previous audio track in its entirety and start over.

• No ability to duplicate slides, although the developer has this feature planned for a future release.

TIMELINE

2009

Dr. Reshan saw a need to create an app that would be

an alternate for using the

smartboard

The company MorrisCooke was

contacted to create and

develop the app

2010

Explain Everthing was published on

the Apple App Store by

MorrisCooke

2011

Adoption and implementation

began with teachers who used

the app for instruction

2012

Explain Everything has been

downloaded over 1 million times on the Apple App store and

continues to grow

2014

Explain Everything Timeline

Dr. Reshan conductedresearch to determine

if educators and students would use

this type of app in the classroom and at home

2009-2010

S-CURVE

2009 2011 2012 2014

Grow

th

Year

Explain Everything App S-Curve

Innovation

Published on the Apple App Store

App adopted by teachers in the

classroom

Over 1 mill ion downloads

KEY INNOVATORS AND EARLY ADOPTERS

KEY INNOVATORS: Teachers

EARLY ADOPTERS: Teachers Administrators Students

LAGGARDS

WHO ARE THEY? Teachers, administrators currently

rejecting technology Typically 15 years of experience or

more

HOW DO WE ENCOURAGE THEM? Direct assistance Demonstrations/Modeling Training Support Peer Pairing with Innovators &

Early Adopters

ATTRIBUTES TO ENCOURAGE CRITICAL MASS

WHAT IS CRITICAL MASS? “Critical mass occurs at the point at which enough individuals in a system

have adopted an innovation so that the innovation’s further rate of adoption becomes self-sustaining” (p. 363).

ATTRIBUTES “Relative advantage is the degree to which an innovation is perceived as

better than the idea it supersedes” (p. 265).

“Observability is the degree to which the results of an innovation are visible to other” (p. 266).

EXPLAIN EVERYTHING APP: DECENTRALIZED APPROACH

The use of technology with emphasis on the use of the Explain Everything App in education is best diffused through a decentralized diffusion system. This will happen when, “innovations originate from numerous local sources and then evolve as they diffuse through a horizontal network” (Rogers, 2003, p. 395).

LOCAL SOURCES AND NETWORKS Sharing of power and control among the

members of the diffusion system Client control by local systems, diffusion is

spontaneous and unplanned Peer diffusion of innovations through

horizontal networks Innovations come from experimentation by

non-experts, who often are users Created by locally perceived needs and

problems A high degree of local adaptation as they

diffuse among adopters Local units decide which innovations should

diffuse based on informal evaluations of the innovations

KEY CHANGE AGENTS

WHAT IS A CHANGE AGENT?

“It is an individual who influences clients’ innovation-decisions in a direction deemed desirable by a change agency” (Rogers, 2003, p. 400).

WHO ARE CHANGE AGENTS? Administrators, Teachers, &

Students

ROLES OF A CHANGE AGENT: Develop a need for change Establish an information exchange

relationship Diagnose problems Create an intent to change Translate an intent into action Stabilize adoption and prevent

discontinuance Achieve a terminal relationship

TEACHERS AS CHANGE AGENTS

Studies have indicated that when teachers believe technology uses are valuable, they are more likely to incorporate those uses into their practices.

TEACHERS AS CHANGE AGENTS

Research has shown that access to technology, a supportive school culture, and adequate time for teachers to explore educational use of technology are essential for successful technology integration.

These strategies, especially time, should help to involve those older teachers who may not be comfortable integrating technology through the quickly changing trends in educational technology.

CRITICAL MASS FOR EDUCATION

HAS CRITICAL MASS BEEN ACIEVED? Not reached yet

“A self-sustaining critical mass will occur when enough individuals adopt the innovation” (Rogers, 2003, p. 313).

HOW TO ACIEVE CRITICAL MASS? Incentives

ROLE OF THE CHAMPIONS

A champion is a charismatic individual who throws his or her weight behind an innovation, thus overcoming indifference or resistance that the new idea may provoke in an organization (Rogers, 2003, p. 414).

Champions of Explain Everything App

Board of Directors Administrators Teachers Students

CONCLUSION

Explain Everything is an inexpensive alternative to expense whiteboard that some schools cannot afford; however, it is more than just that. It is a way for students to collaborate with their peers while learning how to use technology. Students can download, record, display, and present their ideas on the Explain Everything App. It is a new way for students to learn and interact with one another and I believe this app will change the way students learning while having fun in the process.

VIDEO AND LINKS

• http://mattbgomez.com/explain-everything-app-101-quick-video-intro/

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cr9sZycBYLM

REFERENCE

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REFERENCE

Haan, Jac. (2011, September 12). Screencasting apps for the ipad. Retrieved

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Ottenbreit-Leftwich, A., Glazewski, K., Newby, T., & Ertmer, P. (2010). Teacher

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Rogers, E. M. (2003). Diffusion of innovations (5th ed.). New York, NY: Free Press.