Today was also my first day using my sound field system. You can read more about it here. Basically it amplifies sound across the room so all students can hear better and therefore, learn better. There is extensive research on how the sound field system improves achievement for all learners. It is really great, except when the babies are sleeping!
One sweet young girl asked me today to please be quiet because her baby was sleeping. It was so sweet, yet so funny! I forgot that my microphone was still on. Lesson for the day, turn off microphone when the babies are sleeping!
Crystal - cute blog! I got a grant to buy a voice amplification system (fancy for microphone and speaker) to help improve the teaching/learning process in my classroom last year. It has significantly improved the quality of my instruction and students' ability to share and be heard! :)
ReplyDelete-Lindsay
(PS. Not sure why my old Spain blog is showing up here... but whatever)