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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 dylanpyle »

Congrats Nick and David, I'm thoroughly amazed by how much progress you guys have made. For those who didn't realize, this is the Thiel-funded team behind OPEN (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2582803), who have done a huge amount of work since their initial splash page launched on HN.

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

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Post by 54mf »

Before even digging in to the site, love the name.

Looks like a fantastic idea, would love to see how educators take advantage of it. A word of advice: I have FlashBlock on, and I had no idea how to use the interactive lesson. Plus, a giant Flash element appeared at the bottom of the page. Might want to add some kind of info for users without Flash so they understand what they need to use the site.

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

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Post by nicklovescode »

54mf wrote: post #3

Before even digging in to the site, love the name. Looks like a fantastic idea, would love to see how educators take advantage of it. A word of advice: I have FlashBlock on, and I had no idea how to use the interactive lesson. Plus, a giant Flash element appeared at the bottom of the page. Might want to add some kind of info for users without Flash so they understand what they need to use the site.

Good idea. Until HTML5 Device steps up it's game, Flash is the only way to record audio, leading to some very strange bugs and that annoying dialog box.

Nick, Cofounder

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

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Post by jeffdechambeau »

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-teach) some concept that the audience is likely to remember.

Fantastic job.

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

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Post by nicklovescode »

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.

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

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Post by boazsender »

nicklovescode wrote: post #4
54mf wrote: post #3

Before even digging in to the site, love the name. Looks like a fantastic idea, would love to see how educators take advantage of it. A word of advice: I have FlashBlock on, and I had no idea how to use the interactive lesson. Plus, a giant Flash element appeared at the bottom of the page. Might want to add some kind of info for users without Flash so they understand what they need to use the site.

Good idea. Until HTML5 Device steps up it's game, Flash is the only way to record audio, leading to some very strange bugs and that annoying dialog box. Nick, Cofounder

http://www.webrtc.org/blog/webrtcnowavailableinthechromedevc...

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

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Post by ivansavz »

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.

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