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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While lot of attention has been paid to the technology for bringing the children on board (eg., OLPC) , most have missed out the bigger picture of knowledge delivery hierarchy and the web of exams and evaluations that holds it together today. So if any solid change in the view towards technology needs to happen, it needs to start at the point of delivery while parallely working at getting a sympathetic ear from the system. Alan Kay in the last portion of his talk (starting at 18.25min) at TED points out how they can make 5 million of the $100 laptops to give away but to explore the depths of the learning software loaded on it, they won’t be able to produce a 1000 mentors over the same period. It is the same problem that we are facing today. The children born in today’s world are “digital natives” and the teachers are “digital immigrants”. If we are to lead the children through depth and ingenuity, there needs to be a platform to empower the teachers. That is exactly where Ariem is going.

At Ariem we strongly believe in simplifying the access to information for all, including the teachers.Using our product, RazorBee Teacher’s Aid, the teachers can access information available on the internet and use it in their classrooms to deliver audio/video content.

We attempt to overcome several barriers in the process of technology adoption in the teaching process ranging from complex operating systems to non-intuitive user interface while accessing information on the internet to the level of technological know-how required to deliver audio/visual content in a classroom.

Keep reading this blog, we will be uploading glimpses of how we empower teachers to create engaging learning experiences.

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