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Decoder is a show from The Verge about big ideas — and other problems. Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel talks to a diverse cast of innovators and policymakers at the frontiers of business and technology to reveal how they’re navigating an ever-changing landscape, what keeps them up at night, and what it all means for our shared future.
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Aurora Classroom, from the Aurora Orchestra, began as an idea to convert a live children’s storytelling concert into a classroom resource during the pandemic.
In this conversation with Aurora Orchestra's Learning Director, Rebecca Barnett we hear how over the last five years it has grown into a comprehensive creative learning platform, showcasing Aurora’s resources for primary, secondary and SEND schools, live events for young people, and CPD for teachers.
Whilst it started out like many other EdTech products as a subscription platform, after considerable deliberation the Aurora team took the leap to remove the paywall in April 2025.
This is how we built… shares the honest stories behind digital projects in the cultural sector, exploring what sparked them, how they were delivered (and what they cost), what nearly went (or did go) wrong, an the lessons learned along the way.
Chapters
1. This is how we built...a platform for teaching music (00:00:00)
2. Setting The Scene (00:00:10)
3. Introducing Aurora Classroom (00:00:43)
4. Pandemic Pivot And Big Ambitions (00:01:31)
5. Who Built It And How (00:02:49)
6. Learn By Doing Production Cycle (00:04:06)
7. Time, Cost And Funding Reality (00:06:10)
8. Scaling, Limits And Process Discipline (00:07:51)
9. Marketing To Teachers Is Hard (00:10:14)
10. Surprises, Near Misses And Temptations (00:12:14)
11. Subscription Wall Falls And Growth (00:14:39)
12. Maintenance, Refresh And Secondary Focus (00:16:25)
13. Practical Advice And Final Takeaways (00:19:03)
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