Flipped Classroom and Mathematics

This week I have engaged a bit with Flipping Classrooms and using technology during math instruction.
For readers who may not know already, a flipped classroom is a method of teaching that takes the traditional formula of
1. Teach a whole group lesson/deliver content.
2. Give students some classwork activity.
3. Follow up with a homework assignment.

and flip that around! You create your delivery of content or whole group lesson on a digital screencasting platform and give it to your students to watch BEFORE they come to class as their 'homework'. They watch and learn, then come to class ready to dive immediately into collaborative work, allowing the teacher to rove and support 1 on 1 as needed.

I was curious about how some of these screencasting sites would work so I tried one out on
www.educreations.com
It was quick and simple to sign up, taking me about 2 mins. Finding the 'create a lesson' took a bit of clicking, but when found it was super easy to figure out how to create it. I hit the record button and started drawing and talking. That's it. Super easy. I wouldn't actually use THIS example for instruction, because I would have taken a different approach if my audience was students. However, my intent on this creation was to show you how easy it is.
Check out my creation here.

https://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/representation-of-partial-sums-algorithm/32376023/

I would love to take this to a student and say, "Here's a problem, solve it and explain what you are doing while you solve it so I can watch later!" and see what they do! What a great way to get the kids to express their mathematical thinking.