Educreations – Teach what you know. Learn what you don’t. via TechCrunch.

…Roberts says, he was frustrated with the fact that the brightest minds of younger generations were focused on building ads and photo-sharing apps, so he and Streeter decided to take their experience building viral apps and bring a more engaging and intuitive user experience to the underserved education market.

… Educreations focused on enabling teachers to use a simple, interactive whiteboard to create their own video lessons and hosts those lessons online (helpful for K-12 schools that block YouTube), where teachers can share them publicly or within a private group. Students and teachers can replay lessons in any web browser or from within its iPad app. With its mobile version, Educreations has attempted to distinguish itself from competitors by offering more features than the rest while maintaining simplicity of its interface and user experience.