Classroom soundfield systems or voice reinforcement systems are a pre-requisite for any learning space. This blog post lists the ten reasons why every classroom, teacher and student group needs one. Not to mention the benefits for school management.
For the Teachers
1) Happier, healthier teachers – read about a University of Auckland survey highlighting the impact voice strain can have on teachers
2) Save money – reduced teacher absence, lower reliever costs
3) No privacy issues – the signal cuts off when you leave the room
For the Students
4) Improved literacy – the relationship between oral language and literacy is reciprocal. Students who cannot distinguish the different sounds, won’t be able to learn to read them.
5) Improved achievement across the board - students who can hear better, do better
6) Improved behaviour – students who can hear better are more engaged
For the Management
7) Simple to install and no annoying headsets for the teachers to complain about – these days’ sound field systems come with a pendant mic or handheld mic to pass around the students
8) No need for separate frequency channels for each classroom - IR technology takes away the pain, confusion…and interference
9) Fully integrated – sound field systems come with a number of ‘line ins” to feed in hearing aid loops, TV’s, CD players, iPods and they can be linked to school paging systems
10) You can use your property grant!
