Transform your Classroom into a Video Production Studio
Padcaster turns your iPad or phone into a video production powerhouse that teaches valuable skills while giving students the freedom to explore the world around them.
Padcaster uses the high-quality cameras on the devices you already know and love — your phones and iPads. Padcaster allows you to mount these devices to tripods and attach lenses, lights, microphones and more.
The Padcaster Parrot Teleprompter is a small yet mighty teleprompter powered by a phone or iPod Touch. Students of all ages love the professionalism of reading off a teleprompter. With Padcaster’s cost-effective tools, students can feel like the professionals they see on TV. The Padcaster Parrot Teleprompter is the perfect tool to create or enhance your own morning announcements broadcast.
With free green screen apps like DoInk and the Padcaster pop-up green screen, students can transport themselves anywhere in the world while producing professional-quality videos.
All of these accessories fit into the included backpack for a solution that is portable and easy to store.
Use Padcaster with your favorite filmmaking apps to shoot, edit and share videos, or livestream directly from the iPad or phone. Padcaster hardware integrates seamlessly with classroom management systems such as Google Classroom, so you can use it alongside the edtech tools you already love.
In addition to the traditional classroom, Padcaster can be a game-changing distance learning tool, allowing you to create instructional content for your students when you aren’t physically in the classroom.
Capture, create and share compelling digital content that enriches your entire educational ecosystem.
- Broadcast your own morning news & announcements
- Empower your students to create high-quality digital content
- Record instructional videos
- Livestream events such as graduation, plays and sports
- Connect with your students and their families through video
- Transport your students anywhere in the world with green screen technology
- Conduct virtual meetings with staff or parents

Padcaster In The Classroom
Case Study: Starting a School Media Program From Scratch
Starting with almost no resources, Media Specialist Erick Hanson founded EP Media and the EP Media YouTube channel, an almost entirely student-run media production program. In this program Mr. Hanson focuses on quality over quantity, giving students access to high-quality film tech, enabling them to learn from their mistakes and gain confidence by sharing their videos with the world.