{"id":7047,"date":"2018-03-16T15:53:57","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T15:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.animaker.com\/blog?p=7047"},"modified":"2018-06-28T07:29:55","modified_gmt":"2018-06-28T07:29:55","slug":"introducing-animaker-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.animaker.com\/blog\/introducing-animaker-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Animaker Class – a Creative Toolkit for Classrooms around the world"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We just launched Animaker Class – the Swiss Army knife of Creativity<\/strong> for Schools and Colleges!<\/p>\n

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Animaker was launched to take video creation to the masses, to democratize studio quality<\/b> animations. With Animaker Class – we are gearing up to fuel the Creative Clubs<\/strong> of schools around the world!<\/p>\n

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Behind the scenes of how we created Animaker Class!<\/p>\n

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Recently, Animaker\u2019s user base crossed 1 million<\/b>. More than 200,000<\/strong> of these were from the Education community.<\/p>\n

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We also interact with many teachers on a regular basis thanks to the Education workshops<\/strong> we conduct. The consistent feedback we receive from is one of the main reason why Animaker is what it is today.<\/p>\n

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Last year alone, we organized more than 20+ meetups<\/strong> in many schools across the world. While the students were excited to explore Animaker, we were excited to be back in school again!<\/p>\n

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One of the biggest pain points we hear all the time is the lack of creative exposure<\/strong> for students. During a meetup which took place in one of India\u2019s most reputed Fashion Design Institutes, a teacher shared the challenges she was facing:<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s very tough to engage students in the classroom, while also making them understand concepts. A Student who graduated last year is still not able to get a job because he is not able to think creatively.<\/span><\/div>\n
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This struck a chord within me as it reminded me of a meeting I had with my HR team two weeks ago. During the meeting, our HR head said that it\u2019s tough to get candidates these days who think creatively<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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After the meetup, I decided to do more research<\/b> on the issue.<\/p>\n

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To my surprise, I found from a survey conducted by Adobe that a whopping 82% of American adults<\/b> wished that they had more exposure to creative thinking<\/strong> when they were students.<\/p>\n

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This data showed that there was a HUGE creativity gap<\/b> in our society. The damage seems to have been already done for the current generation. So can we at least save the future generations? Is there a way to nurture their creativity and not kill it?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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After all, every human is born creative<\/b>!<\/p>\n

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I decided to interact more with educators and students within the Animaker community. Many of them conveyed many of their concerns and also suggested solutions. But one solution that united them all was Creative Assignments<\/strong>. Whenever teachers introduced a creative game<\/b> or gave a creative assignment<\/b>, students just loved it!<\/p>\n

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Then I reached out to many students to understand why they loved creative assignments so much! The answer was plain simple: it\u2019s fun!<\/strong> They feel it\u2019s natural. Parents didn\u2019t have to force<\/b> them to do it!<\/p>\n

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After this revelation, I thought – Why not scale things up?<\/b> What if every school had a Creative Club<\/strong>? I discussed this idea with 100+ teachers<\/b>. Almost everyone agreed. While many teachers were already using Animaker<\/strong> to make the curriculum more engaging, they suggested a lot of additional features<\/b> to take things to the next level.<\/p>\n

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These inputs led to the creation of Animaker Class:<\/p>\n