More Effective Classrooms
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Professionals in all industries use classroom observation video technology to analyze and improve their performance, yet the trend has yet to hit mainstream in education. This is not all that surprising when you consider the barriers to recording quality video. Continue reading “How Can Classroom Observation Video Technology Improve Teaching?”
Audio Enhancement has been creating more effective classrooms for over 40 years. At the forefront of innovation, we have developed and refined generations of classroom microphones. Our Teacher Microphones are designed for educators, and each one is more suited to meet teachers’ needs than the last. Continue reading “The Evolution of the Teacher Mic”
In 1978, a mom set out to ensure the brightest future for her children. Claudia Anderson wanted to make sure two of her sons, Jeremy and Justin, would receive the same education that her other kids would, despite being hearing impaired. Continue reading “A Mother’s Desire for Equal Education”
In 1978, Claudia Anderson wanted to help her hearing-impaired children improve their performance in school. Since then, Audio Enhancement, Inc. has been creating innovative solutions that make classrooms more effective, such as classroom audio and video, school safety, and schoolwide communication. Audio Enhancement’s comprehensive lineup of solutions can function independently or work together, maximizing learning for teachers and students.
See how the company has evolved through the years. Click on the year to learn more about each solution!
Continue reading “40 Years of Making Classrooms More Effective”
Challenge
In 2014, Newton-Conover Middle School in Conover, North Carolina experienced the biggest drop in student performance in the state. In terms of student growth, the school fell 17 points on the state-mandated Growth Index, more than two standard deviations below the mean.
“Statistically speaking, we would have been almost as well off if we hadn’t taught them at all,” describes Dr. David Stegall, Superintendent of Newton-Conover Schools. Furthermore, discipline referrals were at an all-time high.
Classroom Audio Systems help all students hear the teacher at a normal speaking tone, despite where they are sitting in class. It is not about making the teacher’s voice louder. No matter how loud a teacher speaks without a classroom audio system, the kids in the back simply can’t hear as well as the kids in the front. That’s due to the Inverse Square Law, which says when the distance from the source of sound doubles, the intensity of the sound is reduced to a quarter of what it started as.
Continue reading “The Science Behind Classroom Audio”