Agree with all points. It does not help with anything beyond the most rudimentary understanding of a topic (and the compulsory "Women in <Topic>: Breaking Gender Norms"). It does not seem to add any substance.
I very much respect this as a tech demo, as it obviously has sooo many moving parts and was hard to build.
But from an educational perspective: nah.
Maybe if you add in depth lecture notes, source material, etc.?
Appreciate the feedback. I built it for k-12 educators and I've used it extensively in my own classroom. I can assure you that the tool is very useful and kids love the interactives a lot.
>most rudimentary understanding of a topic
This is exactly what a year 4 student needs!
It's easy to dismiss the content as obvious, but remember that a 9 year old is learning it for the first time!
> in depth lecture notes, source material, etc.?
Hehe I'm not sure a year 6 student is ready for all that :)
Appreciate the follow-up.
> in depth lecture notes, source material, etc.?
> Hehe I don't think Timmy in year 6 history is ready for all that :)
That's exactly what we did where I grew up... Starting from grade 5.
In history class: Analysing contradictory sources and observing how history gets made. In physics: Doing our own experiments and deriving formulas from that. In politics: Debating and negotiating resolutions, UN-style. In Latin: reading (simple excerpts) from De Bello Gallico.
<insert rant about US school system>
Please rememeber that a slideshow is just one tiny piece of the teaching puzzle and SlideHero is not trying to be everything for everyone.
All those things you mention are good, and necessary (adjusted for audience age of course) and a good teacher will add all that value too and that can and should happen outside of SlideHero.
My goal is to reduce teacher load by just enough that teachers see the value in paying me $7/month :)
Yeah, I'm totally being too hard on you. Apologies if it comes off too harsh.
All the power to you & good luck with the project! Teachers deserve every help they can get.