One of the common gripes for teachers at large with ready made content is that it is not apt for their class. Reasons range from accent of the speaker to level of complexity and context. Capability to customize audio/visuals to suit one’s context is a “wish” many of them have. Mostly due to high technology barriers and paucity of time they don’t get around to doing this often.
So when we designed a product for the teachers - RazorBee, we added a unique feature by which a teacher can choose to add text annotations on an image that she adds in her playlist, using a few clicks of a remote. If the question was of context or localization of content, she can also add her own voice over images and videos to make the content local. This can help increase the understanding of the students to a larger extent than any flashy animation can, because studies reveal that students can relate to and understand a concept much better if explained in the native language.
Teachers have found very interesting use cases for this feature. One of them decided to use this feature to record and explain the complete lesson to slow learners so they can learn at their own pace. While the children were listening to the lesson and taking notes, the teacher walked around and started looking at the way they formulated their thoughts on paper. This gave her immense insight into the areas to focus on for the children to learn/understand better in her regular class itself.
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