Why This Product is the Most Budget-friendly Video Solution for Schools

Smartphones and tablets have made it easier than ever for teachers to use video in and out of the classroom to boost learning, engagement and creativity, but a phone or tablet on their own leaves much to be desired. That’s why we created the Padcaster Studio, your ultimate solution for professional-grade video production equipment that’s budget friendly too.

Why is Video Important in Education?

As Dr. Michael Noetel, a researcher and professor of psychology, said, “Educators are starting to see that video serves a really useful function. Sure, we want to make classes interactive and engaging, but when we need to explain a concept in the first place, then videos are some of the best ways of doing that.” 

A survey of education professionals backs this up with data:

• 97% agreed that video is critical to students’ school experience
• 94% felt that video boosts student satisfaction and performance
• 75% said that students engage more with video than text-based content

Educators can use video to combine audio, visuals, demonstrations and/or text in a single medium, which is great for the four main learning styles (visual, auditory, kinesthetic and reading/writing). Video also helps students learn at their own pace, giving them more opportunities to pause and rewind, which helps drive their comprehension and engagement.

Schools need an affordable and easy-to-use video-production studio that meets all their needs in every setting, indoors or out:

• Administration: Video can help you scale up teacher training and transform your parent communications for the better.
• Morning announcements and journalism: Give students the chance to broadcast school news and engage students in a new way.
• Teachers, librarians and counselors: Help your staff elevate their technology usage and their creativity with video-based education from flipping the classroom to sharing best practices with each other.
• Coaches, theater directors, music teachers: Whether it’s recording practices or rehearsals or livestreaming events, video can better help your students learn and help you engage your community.

What’s the Most Budget-friendly Video Solution for Schools?

Padcaster is the most affordable video-production studio for schools—and it’s the easiest for both educators and students to use. Here’s why.

• Hundreds to thousands of dollars less expensive than other bundled kits or building your own.
• Turnkey kit with everything you need to convert an iPad or smartphone into a professional-grade video-production studio.
• Designed with kids in mind, so it's lightweight, rugged, adjustable, intuitive and compact. Students can use it on their own without a teacher helping at every step.
• Created to use indoors or outdoors in a variety of settings, giving your school maximum flexibility in when, how and where you use it.

Learn more about the Studio here.

How does Padcaster compare to other video-production studios? This chart gives you a side-by-side comparison.

Let’s do a deeper dive.

Should You Buy a Padcaster Studio or Build Your Own Video-production Studio for Your School? 

Teachers are some of the best DIYers and bargain shoppers around. But at some point, the law of diminishing returns gets even the best MacGyver-ers and deal hunters. Even if you were able to compile your own affordable multimedia studio for school projects, you’d likely run into hiccups creating a Frankenstein setup. The various parts may not work well with each other, or you might have to buy more adapters, converters and dongles to make everything work together, which add costs in the end. 

In the chart above, we show you how the Padcaster Studio helps you save, especially when you increase the quantity bought across an entire school or school district. Buying 10 kits from Padcaster could help you save around $20,000—that’s about half the cost of an average full-time teacher’s assistant salary. Buying 100 kits from Padcaster instead of building your own could save you up to $205,000—almost the cost of two average principal salaries. 

The Padcaster Studio makes filming on an iPad/tablet or smartphone a snap, because everything is designed to work together seamlessly. With our custom-designed, waterproof backpack, everything in the kit has a compact and tidy space, which makes it easy to store and transport.  

Padcaster: the Most School-friendly Video-production Equipment

Simple, streamlined and smart technology for schools doesn’t have to break your budget or require a technical degree to operate. Take filming on an iPad to the next level with the Padcaster Studio, your school’s all-in-one solution to affordable video-production equipment. Get a quote today.

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