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My feedback as a father of 3 in 1st grade, kinder, and preschool is that I could not figure out what was different about this then other things out there. Good

My feedback as a father of 3 in 1st grade, kinder, and preschool is that I could not figure out what was different about this then other things out there. Good luck!

Anisa_Mirza 5y ago
Thanks for your feedback. Might I ask what you are using currently when you refer to “other things out there”? Epic? AR? I ask because I am unfamiliar with any reading program that live streams actors and teachers into the classroom, re-enacts the books into episodes with live actors in addition to lesson plans and ebook library.
subpixel 5y ago
This is Reading Rainbow, the subscription version. As a parent of a very young reader, here are my thoughts. - a video component to a reading program is a distraction, not a value-add, until around grade 4. young kids are mesmerized (this should be in all caps) by video, and before around grade 4 video will create a contest for kids' attention that reading will lose. they won't think "I want to read more so I can follow these programs" they will instead think "I want to watch tv". - to teach kids to read, and to encourage them to enjoy reading, you need to read with them. there is no substitute for this. talking to them about reading, watching videos about reading, etc. are time wasted that could be spent patiently reading, together.
- Anisa_Mirza 5y ago
  Hey there! Thank for comment. I believe some of what we do did not come across? We are not just a video subscription tool. We literally lead 'read out loud' in the classroom while the teacher/actor is acting out the main character in the book. We have a weekly designated Litnerd period in the schools/classes we serve and we live-stream in our teachers/actors for an interactive session (the students participate and read live with the actor as well as complete written lesson plans, phonetic exercises etc). We are currently serving 14,000 students in this manner.
  - Anisa_Mirza 5y ago
    I should also add, the format of our program is such that if you don't complete the assigned reading and worksheets, you will feel like you are missing out on what is happening in proceeding episodes. In this way, reading is layered in as a fundamental core to the program.
  - fudged71 5y ago
    This did not come across at all for me either, until I watched the Loom. Personally I would love to see a short example of each teaching style supported in an actual classroom (reading out loud, recording, and live stream). Questions I had include: are the live streams interactive in any way? what features does the ebook contain (animations, background sounds, other effects)? and what level of quality are the recordings (do they have closed captioning available, how are the actors, etc)?
    - Anisa_Mirza 5y ago
      we cannot share the interactive video calls (aka livestream) because it is illegal for us to share/showcase minors from our interactive classes sin the classroom. But yes, the live stream - think of it as a video conference where the artist is in character and the students go through the lessons, answer questions based on the episode they watched earlier, read out loud, do the craft activity etc. As for the ebook - no special effect (yet!) but working on that! No close caption yet. We are 5 months old so definitely a lot of this will be what we look to add as our product offering grows. For now, we've been focussed on curriculum, episode content with actors, and scaling out our interactive teachers streamed into classrooms.
      - fudged71 5y ago
        >we cannot share the interactive video calls (aka livestream) because it is illegal for us to share/showcase minors from our interactive classes sin the classroom. Of course. But can you mock a session? Can you get volunteer children to participate? >As for the ebook - no special effect (yet!) but working on that! No close caption yet. Both of these are fine of course. But again a product demonstration showing the student experience would answer what is or isn't in the product :)

My feedback as a father of 3 in 1st grade, kinder, and preschool is that I could not figure out what was different about this then other things out there. Good luck!

Anisa_Mirza 5y ago

Thanks for your feedback. Might I ask what you are using currently when you refer to “other things out there”? Epic? AR? I ask because I am unfamiliar with any reading program that live streams actors and teachers into the classroom, re-enacts the books into episodes with live actors in addition to lesson plans and ebook library.

subpixel 5y ago

This is Reading Rainbow, the subscription version. As a parent of a very young reader, here are my thoughts. - a video component to a reading program is a distraction, not a value-add, until around grade 4. young kids are mesmerized (this should be in all caps) by video, and before around grade 4 video will create a contest for kids' attention that reading will lose. they won't think "I want to read more so I can follow these programs" they will instead think "I want to watch tv". - to teach kids to read, and to encourage them to enjoy reading, you need to read with them. there is no substitute for this. talking to them about reading, watching videos about reading, etc. are time wasted that could be spent patiently reading, together.

Anisa_Mirza 5y ago
Hey there! Thank for comment. I believe some of what we do did not come across? We are not just a video subscription tool. We literally lead 'read out loud' in the classroom while the teacher/actor is acting out the main character in the book. We have a weekly designated Litnerd period in the schools/classes we serve and we live-stream in our teachers/actors for an interactive session (the students participate and read live with the actor as well as complete written lesson plans, phonetic exercises etc). We are currently serving 14,000 students in this manner.
- Anisa_Mirza 5y ago
  I should also add, the format of our program is such that if you don't complete the assigned reading and worksheets, you will feel like you are missing out on what is happening in proceeding episodes. In this way, reading is layered in as a fundamental core to the program.
- fudged71 5y ago
  This did not come across at all for me either, until I watched the Loom. Personally I would love to see a short example of each teaching style supported in an actual classroom (reading out loud, recording, and live stream). Questions I had include: are the live streams interactive in any way? what features does the ebook contain (animations, background sounds, other effects)? and what level of quality are the recordings (do they have closed captioning available, how are the actors, etc)?
  - Anisa_Mirza 5y ago
    we cannot share the interactive video calls (aka livestream) because it is illegal for us to share/showcase minors from our interactive classes sin the classroom. But yes, the live stream - think of it as a video conference where the artist is in character and the students go through the lessons, answer questions based on the episode they watched earlier, read out loud, do the craft activity etc. As for the ebook - no special effect (yet!) but working on that! No close caption yet. We are 5 months old so definitely a lot of this will be what we look to add as our product offering grows. For now, we've been focussed on curriculum, episode content with actors, and scaling out our interactive teachers streamed into classrooms.
    - fudged71 5y ago
      >we cannot share the interactive video calls (aka livestream) because it is illegal for us to share/showcase minors from our interactive classes sin the classroom. Of course. But can you mock a session? Can you get volunteer children to participate? >As for the ebook - no special effect (yet!) but working on that! No close caption yet. Both of these are fine of course. But again a product demonstration showing the student experience would answer what is or isn't in the product :)