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Tablo: A new tool for teachers to create and share lessons

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Re: Tablo: A new tool for teachers to create and share lessons

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Post by yarone »

Hi guys, Congrats!

I co-founded Academy123 (2003). We licensed our product to AOL and we were acquired by Discovery Education (2006).

We did the very same thing: an online education platform for the rapid development and delivery of multimedia content.

In about 18 months, we enabled hundreds of math teachers to work from home and record 50,000 mini-videos (2-3 minutes in length) aligned with the most commonly-used textbooks in the U.S.

See demo content and screenshots, here: http://home.nutshellmath.com/en-us/applications_homework_hel...

I've got a lot of ideas in the space - would love to chat if you're interested.

Re: Tablo: A new tool for teachers to create and share lessons

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Post by jimrandomh »

ivansavz wrote: post #9

Very cool. Feature idea: The Stanford ML class videos ( http://www.ml-class.org/course/video/preview_list ) had a really cool feature -- superspeed viewing, which allows you to watch the video lesson at 1.2x or 1.5x speed. This is great if you want to quickly skim through the content.

I second this. Video time dilation is a very important and underused feature. Students can make it work themselves if they can download the videos to play in VLC player, but it'd be better if it was built in. I had a hard time staying engaged with Khan Academy at 1x - he goes too slowly for me - but 1.8x was perfect. High speeds are also good for review and for checking over videos after they're made. Depending on the speaker, the student and the subject, the ideal speed can be anywhere from 0.5x-2.5x, so allowing continuous adjustment is important.

Re: Tablo: A new tool for teachers to create and share lessons

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Post by jimrandomh »

nicklovescode wrote: post #18
hartleybrody wrote: post #14

Looks great. One comment on your marketing copy: "Students can watch Tablo lessons at home. No need to lecture in the classroom." I'm not a teacher, but I imagine some portion of them would be offended by the "no need to lecture" bit. I know exactly what you mean, having watched the Khan Academy TED talk, but it might not come off the way you meant it to.

You're right. Do you have any other suggestions? Unilateral information exchange doesn't quite have the same ring to it.

Teachers don't want to hear that their classroom teaching time is or could be made unnecessary. Instead, emphasize good things they can do with classroom time that's freed up: More time for discussion, activities, and individual attention.

Re: Tablo: A new tool for teachers to create and share lessons

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Post by drostie »

jimrandomh wrote: post #22
ivansavz wrote: post #9

Very cool. Feature idea: The Stanford ML class videos ( http://www.ml-class.org/course/video/preview_list ) had a really cool feature -- superspeed viewing, which allows you to watch the video lesson at 1.2x or 1.5x speed. This is great if you want to quickly skim through the content.

I second this. Video time dilation is a very important and underused feature. Students can make it work themselves if they can download the videos to play in VLC player, but it'd be better if it was built in. I had a hard time staying engaged with Khan Academy at 1x - he goes too slowly for me - but 1.8x was perfect. High speeds are also good for review and for checking over videos after they're made. Depending on th…

Same here. One of the core reasons that I still download the Daily Show with BitTorrent, even though the episodes are freely available on the Daily Show's web site, is that I've gotten used to getting Jon Stewart's jokes at 1.25x speed, and the web site doesn't let me speed it up.

Re: Tablo: A new tool for teachers to create and share lessons

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Post by docgnome »

baltcode wrote: post #25

I actually had trouble watching the terminal velocity video on the front page. On an OSX 10.7.2. The video won't start. Could be something on the video though.

It's also loud as hell. Bad idea to post a video with out a way to adjust the volume. Nearly blew my head off.

Re: Tablo: A new tool for teachers to create and share lessons

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Post by sumukh1 »

nicklovescode wrote: post #6
jeffdechambeau wrote: post #5

This is an outstanding product. I can easily see it letting non-technical teachers have their own Kahn Academy. Any plans to let teachers share or sell lessons/lectures with one another? I experienced some bugginess submitting forms with the unit name clearing my entry. Is it possible to embed videos on external sites? Only thing I dislike is how dull and drab the sample lesson is. I'd actually use it to teach (or re…

We're working on both public(Youtube-esque) and embeddable(for blogs) lessons. Should be pushed later this week.

What's the best way to find out when you do that? Twitter?

Re: Tablo: A new tool for teachers to create and share lessons

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Post by dmerfield »

sumukh1 wrote: post #28
nicklovescode wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We're working on both public(Youtube-esque) and embeddable(for blogs) lessons. Should be pushed later this week.

What's the best way to find out when you do that? Twitter?

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