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Aiken County, South Carolina
Public Schools
Amplify Teachers
in the Classroom
As the Title 1 Coordinator for J.D. Lever
Elementary School, Christie Valenzuela and
other staff members wanted to make sure that
each student had the same opportunity to learn
as everyone else. Located in rural Aiken County,
South Carolina, the district decided that one way
to meet students’ needs would be to install an
amplication system in each classroom so that
students seated near the back of the class could
hear the teacher just as well as students near the
front. “Through our research, we discovered that
many schools who integrated this technology
saw increases in their state assessments,”
Valenzuela said. “We reviewed many systems,
but ultimately chose the
Infrared Classroom
Audio System
from Califone as it brought the
most return on our investment.” The school
purchased 32 systems and mounted the two
included
array speakers
on one of the
classroom’s walls for maximum projection. Each
teacher wears a microphone and students use the
handheld microphone when asking questions or
giving presentations (both mics can not be used at
the same time). “The students really enjoy using
the technology because they feel more important
since their voice is being amplied and heard by
the rest of the class. The teachers appreciate the
amplication – not feeling strained at the end of
the day,” Valenzuela said. Helping to meet the
needs of all students, the amplication systems
were most positively embraced by the parents
of those students with hearing impairments.
In addition, the school’s speech teacher believes
the systems have helped tremendously as they
do not add to the classroom’s ambient noise
level at all, allowing students to hear their
teachers and lessons more clearly.
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PA Systems | PI30-IRSYS
The PI30 speaker is compatible with all Califone UHF speakers
Infrared Classroom Audio System
Our infrared audio system offers all the benets of wireless sound amplication at a more
affordable price. Two ceiling-mounted infrared receivers are powerful enough to accommodate
classrooms up to twice the size of the average elementary school classroom or about 2,000
square feet.
The two non-powered “array” speakers (PI30-SP) not only cover a greater area, but because they
also focus the sound directly at the students, everyone benets from better sound distribution
from the front to the back of the room. Teachers wear a comfortable rechargeable beltpack
transmitter with a headset mic. When the teacher mic is turned off, students can use the wireless
handheld mic to ask questions or to give presentations. Both are stored in a wall-mounted
lockable console that also contains the master volume controls & inputs/outputs for computers
and media players. Both teachers and students can narrate or provide commentary during
slide/video/oral presentations or classroom reviews.
PI30-IRSYS $998
PI30-INST Installation of system $447
PA Systems
Two ceiling
mounted infrared
receivers
Rechargeable
beltpack
transmitter
with headset
Two non-powered
array speakers
Wall-mounted
control panel
Wireless mic
& charger