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Recent Product Review

Califone Personal Media Player 8101

I found a nice, new tech tool for all those budding podcasters out there: The Califone Personal Media Player 8101. No, it's not as cool-looking as an iPod, but it is extremely functional...
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TOP TEN Most Viewed Products

1	PA300+UHF & PA300+
2	2455AV-02
3	8101
4	3068AV
5	PA916
6	Animal-themed Headphones
7	2800 Series
8	PA916-SD
9	2385AV-03
10	3066-USB & 3066AV

Blow Out Sale!

We are offering unprecedented bargains on limited quantities of these discontinued items. Available on a first come, first served basis...[view]

What's New at Califone

Whether you’re looking to upgrade your next purchase of a multimedia player/recorder, integrate some programming for ELL students, or would like to extend the length of your warranty, Califone has something for you...[more]

The Three Legged Magician

Elevating your PA can do more to improve the sound projection out to the audience...[more]

Switch Sound Between Speakers

Sometimes everyone needs a little bit of help from a friend, and PA systems are no different. Just as one speaker can be powerful enough sometimes on its own, but connecting multiple speakers can provide a force of sound to be reckoned with for others...[more]

Collaborates with AV Cart Manufacturers

The use of learning has long been encouraged by teachers as both a tool for socialization and for differentiated learning, Califone continues to work with an expanding number of influential manufacturers...[more]

How to Save Your Voice

What if you had to talk to a group but you had a sore throat and couldn’t even talk up to a conversational level, let alone to a group of people? If talking to people is your livelihood, there is a solution!...[more]

Califone Wraps Infocomm ‘09

Califone concluded its 52nd annual Infocomm convention with a flurry of new products launched for the Pro Audio and Education markets...[more]

Infocomm Contest Winner

Orange County administrator wins a trip to next year’s show in Las Vegas...[more]

Introduces ClearSound™
In-Ceiling Speaker

Designed to be mounted flush with the ceiling or wall, the high-fidelity two-way speaker is ideal for auditorium, classroom installations in either stereo or surround systems...[more]

Switch Between Speech or Music

Just when you thought you knew and understood what every knob, switch and button on a PA system is for, lo and behold you come across the “speech/music” switch. What might this be for you ask? No need to ponder any longer...[more]

Hanging By Our Reputation

While other manufacturers may not talk about junction between the speaker and the mounting bracket, we would like to call attention to it since our reputation quite literally hangs from it...[more]

Download to Multiple Devices

Allowing technology directors and educators to easily manage and utilize technology in the classroom, Califone International, Inc., announces its 7-Port USB Hub...[more]

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July 4th, 2009

2009 Catalog

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Case Study

Fairfax County Public Schools Focuses on Higher Thinking Skills

Throughout the past 40 years, research has shown that there is a strong correlation between oral reading fluency and comprehension. According to Carol Chomsky, well-known researcher and former professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education Reading and Language Department, students’ fluency improved while reading along with audio tapes. Her study on assisted, repeated oral readings, was also expanded upon later, indicating that repeated oral readings gave non-fluent readers methods for capturing the essence of the text, therefore improving comprehension....[more]

Research

Supporting teacher & student uses
of audio enhancing equipment

Students struggling in reading who read and listened repeatedly to high-interest stories on tape... made an average gain of 2.2 years in reading achievement, after participating in the study for about 27 weeks (less than a school year). That's three......[more]

"Classroom Acoustics for Children With Normal Hearing and With Hearing Impairment", The accurate transmission of acoustical information in a classroom is imperative for optimal academic achievement. Unfortunately, speech perception ability in a classroom setting can often be deleteriously affected by the acoustical characteristics......[more]

Teacher Reports

Multimedia Players

I sought out the Performer Plus for its variable speed playback feature for the CD and cassette, which we use for dance classes. I also use it as a PA system because it has enough power to be clearly heard during gym classes. The external microphone......[more]

Headphones

I use the 3068AV headphones in the computer lab that we have. Our school is K-8 and everyone uses the lab. These headphones are nice because they can fit all the students and they are easy to clean and store....[more]