by Alyson Shontell
Two and a half years ago, San Kim presented a startup called Easel on stage at DreamIt Ventures Demo Day in Philadelphia.
The former high school math and science teacher presented interactive workbooks for the iPad alongside 14 other startups; he hoped to land $300,000 in financing.
He and his cofounder bootstrapped Easel without much success. The next two years, Kim tells us, were a series of pivots. Last summer, they finally created something that showed promise.
ShowMe is a simple iPad app that acts like a teacher’s whiteboard. It’s a blank white screen with a few colors for drawing and built-in audio.
If you want to create a quick lesson, like teaching someone how to solve X+4 =7, create a title, press play, draw, and talk. When you’re finished, the lesson will automatically be uploaded to ShowMe’s site, which students can peruse.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/showme-adding-500000-lessons-per-month-2012-5#ixzz1tjAWgR5V
