Teachers rely on these classroom learning centers to help eliminate classroom clutter and assist small groups of beginning readers.
“While educators rely on learning centers, all too often teachers, media specialists, and reading teachers spend too much of their time locating and organizing listening center equipment, reading materials, and audio components into one convenient place.
To address this problem, Califone has designed these all in one audio solutions to eliminate clutter and to keep audio equipment and listening materials organized in one central location. Available in either portable or stationary models, each of the two Spirit Audio Pods has dedicated storage spaces for the included Spirit multimedia player/recorder, jackbox, six headphones, areas for your own audio materials, books, and a special section to organize cables and cords.
This encourages students to take better care of the equipment while allowing teachers to quickly track each audio component for future use. They also support state requirements for developing oral communication skills and understanding media literacy as a part of recommended educational technology standards.
Since the audio equipment is readily available, the Spirit Audio Pod allows students to begin their lessons promptly and clean up efficiently afterward, which decreases waiting time between activities and optimizes the time available for learning.”
“We use the Spirit™ multimedia player in media center instruction for our PreK-1 students and we play background music in our media center.” Wyndi Evans School Librarian Smiths Station Primary Smiths Station, AL
A: The rolling cart and tabletop audio pods for both the Spirit™ and Performer Plus™ are not sold individually and are only available as part of the audio pod learning centers.
A: Yes. The clear plastic trays are included in the Spirit™ and Performer Plus™ Rolling Audio Pods for easy storage and organization. Please note the books, CDs, and plastic bags are not included.
A: You can download the user manual for the Spirit 1776 located on right column of the product page to learn more information on how to operate this media player.