Outfitting a classroom with shiny new technology is great, but if educators can't keep the equipment up to date, much of the luster can be lost, and then students can become disheartened and teachers discouraged. Now the technology director of a regional service agency in Washington state has devised a low-cost strategy intended to beat the predictable obsolescence that often afflicts classroom technology....[more]
Research
Supporting teacher & student uses of audio enhancing equipment
Bimodal reading: benefits of a talking computer for average and less skilled readers. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 29(3), p271-279. Students reading with recorded speech scored significantly higher on a later test of reading comprehension than t...[more]
Focused read-alouds have been shown to promote vocabulary development....[more]
Teacher Reports
Multimedia Players
Our high school Vocal classes needed multimedia players that include a full-function tape and CD player. The Music Maker Plus gives the flexibility and quality sound playback they need....[more]
Multimedia Players
We use the Infrared Music Maker™ with our Kindergarten students because they are able to use the wireless headphones independently. We tried using wired headphones, but they were constantly tangled together and required alot of supervision....[more]
