EduDo: Learn with short videos
More odd than relevant informational videos, some mature.
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EduDo: Learn with short videos
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The parents' guide to what's in this app.
What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that EduDo: Learn with short videos is a feed of supposedly user-generated videos with light educational content geared towards teens and adults. Unlike open social media video-based platforms like TikTok, the videos here seem semi-professionally produced and the app's developers approve all creators before they can post. Videos last up to several minutes and address a variety of topics from healthy eating to how to create an elevator pitch. Any user can send a request to become content creator, though the approval process for isn't at all clear. At the time of this review, some content creators are hard to understand. To use, kids need to sign in with an account from a third-party platform such as Apple, Google, Snapchat, or Twitter. Kids also need to indicate their birthday -- though the reason for this is unclear -- and choose how many notifications they want to receive. Users can share videos through direct links to a variety of social media platforms such Facebook or Reddit. Read the developer's privacy policy for details on how your (or your kids') information is collected, used, and shared and any choices you may have in the matter, and note that privacy policies and terms of service frequently change.
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What’s It About?
Sign in to EDUDO: LEARN WITH SHORT VIDEOS through a third party account, then choose your main interests from 13 options such as Arts and Culture, Business, Humanity, or Food. On the home screen, kids can swipe through a video feed that generates available videos based on the interests they've chosen. Kids can tap on the categories tab at any time to browse other topics as well. Each video is divided into a number of learning points, which kids skip to by tapping on the video. There's one multiple-choice question at the end of the video. Comment, share, or like the videos, or tap on a creator to see their video collection or follow them.
Is It Any Good?
A small number of videos with interesting tidbits of information or advice is lost in this peculiar collection of marginally educational topics. EduDo: Learn with short videos covers a broad range, such as beauty tips, travel advice, world news headlines, and activism. Sometimes there's information that teens may find useful, and some videos offer a unique perspective. Yet most videos are irrelevant, odd, or so superficial as to be not worthwhile. The multiple choice question at the end of each videos often has nothing to do with the information presented in the video, or is written poorly enough to make it difficult to understand that the question is asking. Many videos also may be culturally relevant for the developer's country of origin, but less so for a broader audience. Finally, although EduDo: Learn with short videos is described as a user-generated platform, it's actually not open for users to post their own content. And the developers aren't at all transparent about who the content creators are, how to become one, and what the working relationship between the content creators and developer is.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about the topics in EduDo: Learn with short videos. Which themes are most interesting to you? What would you like to learn more about?
How much do you know about these content creators? Do you think they're reliable sources? Why or why not? What can you do to verify what they say?
Is the perspective of these creators different from yours? How so? How might that impact what they say?
App Details
- Devices: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
- Subjects: Language & Reading: speaking, Social Studies: global awareness, Hobbies: fashion
- Skills: Creativity: producing new content, Self-Direction: initiative, personal growth, Tech Skills: social media, Health & Fitness: balanced diet, mental health
- Pricing structure: Free
- Release date: January 8, 2021
- Category: Education
- Topics: Activism, Cooking and Baking
- Publisher: Edudo Inc.
- Version: 1.0.2
- Minimum software requirements: iOS 11.4 or later
- Last updated: February 1, 2021
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