Ready, Headset GO!
With students using computer labs more and more often in every aspect of their education, it only makes sense to equip them with the necessary tools they will need to be able to focus on the lessons presented to them. Nowadays, just about every type of subject can have some sort of computer activity to complement a school’s curriculum, especially when it comes to language learning.
As a variety of computer learning programs come with student response applications, students can use headsets with boom microphones to record their responses. The 3066 headset, available with two 3.5mm plug or a USB plug, provides support for students engaging in language learning through computer use as well as those seeking to improve their literacy skills. The rugged durability of the headset can withstand prolonged use by a multitude of students in classrooms and labs and its ambient noise-reducing earcups will also help keep them on task. Its boom microphone, recently upgraded, ensures that the students’ voices are obtained clearly, effectively eliminating external noises when it matters most.
Widely used with Read 180 and SuccessMaker.
We needed a product that captures student responses with sufficient audio quality and can stand up to the day-in and day-out uses.
Shares Karen Maguire, a reading coach from Naples, FL: “We use the Deluxe Multimedia Stereo headsets in our middle school Intensive Reading classes which are part of the READ 180 program. Since the program requires headphones with mics, we need a product that captures student responses with sufficient audio quality and can stand up to the day-in and day-out uses.” Using the 3066 headset to record verbal responses onto computers that can be played back allows students to independently check their progress. When it comes to incorporating the 3066 headset in a curriculum, “students participating in the specialized ELL curriculum illustrate their progress by listening to an audio recording from the program’s software, repeating the sentence into the microphone, recording the message, and then playing it back to assess their own work,” says Delfina Rodriguez, an ELL Intervention Program Coordinator from Glendale, AZ. With vocal response recordings, they can better understand how they can improve their ability to read and speak another language so they can gain confidence within themselves and work up to their next level of learning.
