The upcoming International Society for Technology in Education’s annual conference will be packed with poster sessions, labs, and workshops led by educators who’ll travel from all over the world to attend this year’s gathering in Denver. (more…)

The recent initiative of the “Listen to Your Buds” campaign was held in Washington, DC area school systems, and Califone was there supporting it. (more…)

Califone announced the results today of an online survey asking administrators and educators about which kind of device are they most likely to connect headphones to in their classroom, computer lab, or library.

Held from January through May 6th, 2010, results from the online poll revealed that 76.3% respondents replied they were most likely to connect their headphones to a computer. Other results included:

• 13.2% reported they connect their headphones to an MP3 player
• 7.9% said to a boombox (or an attached jackbox)
• 2.6% of participants said they use with a gaming devices
• To a personal CD player 0%

The shift towards computer-based learning and other digitally generated recordings suggests movement away from the longstanding practice by teachers to use an analog classroom boombox as a (group) learning center. Whether integrating new media formats such as USB drives or SD cards, the future of classroom audio, particulalry with what headphones are connected to, appears to be headed in a digital direction.

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Lots of choices go into purchasing a car such as what you can afford, the gas mileage expected, two or four doors, and which safety features to include are just some of the considerations. Purchasing classroom or library audio equipment that’ll used by children similarly involves making choices, and looking at safety features should be some of them. (more…)