Sound Enhanced Classroom Technology

1. Sound Enhanced Classroom Technology To Maximize Teacher Performance & Student Achievement Learning Benefits & Research Review Jeff Anderson Audio Enhancement 1-800-383-9362 Jeff@AudioEnhancement.com

2. The Effect Audio Enhancement Has On Classroom Learning • Dramatically improved student achievement, especially with targeted NCLB students • Has helped schools nationwide meet and exceed Federal mandated improvement standards & Adequate Yearly Progress -AYP

3. What Happens When Students Can’t Hear? • National Geographic Reports • A Cornell University Study

4. Cornell University Conclusion • If students can not focus on the spoken work of the teacher, students not only loose the desire to learn but also the ability • Poor acoustics can interfere with the student’s development of spoken language, reading and writing skills, and academic performance Evans, “Community Noise Exposure and Stress in Children”(Journal Acoustical Society of America, 2001)

5. The Problem Discussion of the Needs of Today’s Modern Classroom Problem Solution What Happens? Environment Results Touchy Feely

6. The Problem • Failing Schools, Failing Students • Lack of Improvement for Targeted NCLB Students • Not Meeting AYP • Teacher Absenteeism & Vocal Fatigue • Student Misbehavior • Increased Class Size • Environmental factors • Acoustics • Noise Problem Solution What Happens? Environment Results Touchy Feely

7. The Solution How Do We Address These Needs? Problem Solution What Happens? Environment Results Touchy Feely

8. Top 10 Returns On Investment 1. Timely and Sustained Teacher Support 2. High-Speed Internet Access 3. Risk Assessment4. Microphones for TeachersResearch shows that students in amplified classrooms are making significant gains in achievement. 5. Video-on Demand 6. Wireless Environments 7. Digital Projectors 8. Data Management Tools 9. Portable Storage 10. Online Subscriptions Technology & LearningMagazine November, 2004 Issue

9. Consortium of School Networking (CoSN) • Sound-field Enhancement in the Classroom Has: • Transformative Value • Universal Design Application • Benefits to Students: • Enhances & Distributes Teacher’s Voice Evenly • Creates More Personal Teaching Environment • Enables Students to Listen Better and More • Clearly Focus • “Adaptation of Infrared Technology to Classroom Sound-field Amplification • has been an Important Breakthrough, Making it Compatible with Universal Design Principles and Usable in Schools of Any Size.” • HOT TECHNOLOGIES FOR K-12 SCHOOLS • The 2005 Guide for Technology Decision Makers • November, 2004

10. Enhance The Learning Environment • Use of Audio Enhancement technology • Infrared wireless microphone on teacher • Ceiling speakers distributed evenly • 360 degree infrared sensors • Infrared receiver/amplifier in room • Infrared student pass around microphone • Integration with multi-media technologies Problem Solution What Happens? Environment Results Touchy Feely

11. What Is an Audio Enhanced Classroom? Problem Solution What Happens? Environment Results Touchy Feely

12. Enhancement vs. Amplification • Traditional amplification system • Amplifies and makes the voice or presentation louder but not necessarily clear and understandable • Enhancement system • Distributes the voice evenly throughout the listening environment • Voice is clear and understandable regardless of physical position of speaker and listener Problem Solution What Happens? Environment Results Touchy Feely

13. What Happens? What Happens to the Classroom Environment With Audio Enhancement? Problem Solution What Happens? Environment Results Touchy Feely

14. What Happens? • Ideal teaching environment: • One-on-one instruction • Allow students to hear and understand information given • Eliminate distance • Teacher can speak in nurturing tones • Teacher can be heard over disturbances Problem Solution What Happens? Environment Results Touchy Feely

15. Student’s Hearing • Adults have a distinct advantage in audio processing… • Children’s auditory network not developed until 15 • Adults have life experience that fills in the blanks • Children DO NOT have the years of experience • Children have difficulty performing auditory-cognitive closure Problem Solution What Happens? Environment Results Touchy Feely

16. Student’s Hearing Humanspeechisfilledwithgaps. • There are gaps in sound and meaning when we speak. In adults who have the benefit of experience, the brain automatically fills in the gaps and makes language meaningful. Problem Solution What Happens? Environment Results Touchy Feely

17. Better to be safe than Don’t bite the hand that You can’t teach an old dog new A penny saved is Children should be seen and not If at first you don’t succeed Punch a 5th Grader Looks dirty math Not much Spanked or grounded Get new batteries How Do Students Listen Differently From Adults? Problem Solution What Happens? Environment Results Touchy Feely

18. Teacher Absenteeism Decline With Audio Enhancement Systems • Iowa Teacher had a 36% decline in teacher absenteeism. Lower teacher complaints of vocal fatigue & sick leave for voice, jaw, throat problems - Allen, Dubuque Iowa Public Schools, 1996 A study of nationwide school districts showed up to a 30% decrease in teacher absenteeism when using sound enhancement • BYU, Department of Marriage Family Human Development, 2003 • Substantial financial savings in substitute teacher pay & uninterrupted student learning Problem Solution What Happens? Environment Results Touchy Feely

19. Environment What Role Does the Environment Play? Problem Solution What Happens? Environment Results Touchy Feely

20. 6dB Decrease 8-Feet 8-Feet Distance Matters • Sound decreases over distance • 6 db every time distance is doubled • Inverse Square Law Problem Solution What Happens? Environment Results Touchy Feely

21. Research Based Results Anaheim Public Schools, CA Orange County Public Schools, FL Denver Public Schools, CO Jeffco Public Schools, CO Oakland Public Schools, MI Salt Lake City Area Schools Problem Solution What Happens? Environment Results Touchy Feely

22. Intermediate schools showed minimum of 10% gains 4 years of data following implementation 75% of all classrooms sound enhanced in the district Edwards, Office of Student Services, Oakland ISD Sound Field report, 2003 Improved Teacher Instruction & Student Achievement – Oakland ISD Problem Solution What Happens? Environment Results Touchy Feely

23. 3-year historical gains study reported improved student achievement with 6th–7th–8th grade students. 10-11% minimum gain as measured by FCAT (Bernier, Odyssey Middle School, Orange County Public Schools, FL 2003) (Clark, Orange County Public Schools, FL, 2002) Improved Teacher Instruction & Student Achievement – OCPS (FL) Secondary Schools Problem Solution What Happens? Environment Results Touchy Feely

24. Urban Title-I schools - Reversal in student performance are in Urban Title-I schools Orange County Public Schools, Orlando, Florida Increased student achievement 10% to 15% as measured by FCAT Improved Teacher Instruction & Student Achievement – OCPS (FL) Elementary Schools Problem Solution What Happens? Environment Results Touchy Feely

25. Orange County Public Schools Reverse Failing Scores 3rd Grade Math Reading Before - 2001-02 14% Improvement 16% Improvement After - 2002-03 Problem Solution What Happens? Environment Results Touchy Feely

26. Orange County Public Schools Reverse Failing Scores 4th Grade Math Reading Before - 2001-02 13% Improvement 11% Improvement After - 2002-03 Problem Solution What Happens? Environment Results Touchy Feely

27. Orange County Public Schools Reverse Failing Scores5th Grade Math Reading Before - 2001-02 29% Improvement 24% Improvement After - 2002-03 Problem Solution What Happens? Environment Results Touchy Feely

28. Multiple year study of 3rd and 4th grade student cohorts reported up to 15% gains in reading, math, language and spelling over a 3-year period as measured with Stanford-9 Achievement Tests. (Boggs & McClanahan, Anaheim Public Schools, CA, 2003) Improved Teacher Instruction & Student Achievement – Anaheim (CA) Elementary Schools Problem Solution What Happens? Environment Results Touchy Feely

29. Literacy and Math Gains Anaheim, CA Public School 3rd and 4th Grades Problem Solution What Happens? Environment Results Touchy Feely

30. Improved Teacher Instruction & Student Achievement – Salt Lake County Elementary Problem Solution What Happens? Environment Results Touchy Feely

31. 3-Year Academic Growth of student cohort in audio enhanced classrooms (Salt Lake County, UT) English Secondary Language (ESL/ELL) Students Learn Better AVERAGE GAIN 16.25% Problem Solution What Happens? Environment Results Touchy Feely

32. High Achieving Schools Also Benefit From Sound Enhancement • JEFFCO Public Schools - Colorado • Maple Grove Elementary • Previously scored in 8th and 9th Stanines • Assessments increased average of 3.6 % after implementation of enhancement • Earned “John Irwin school of excellence” Problem Solution What Happens? Environment Results Touchy Feely

33. CSAP Test Gains Problem Solution What Happens? Environment Results Touchy Feely

34. Improved Phonemic Awareness • Phonemic Awareness (sounds of spoken language) is a prerequisite to successful reading & comprehension • Teachers instruction in sound enhanced classrooms had significantly improved student development of phonemic awareness’ (Flexer, University of Akron, 2002) Problem Solution What Happens? Environment Results Touchy Feely

35. Denver Public Schools Teaching to Enhance Listening and Learning TELL Student Evaluation Results YES! IT IS EASIER TO HEAR MY TEACHER WHEN SHE/HE USES THE SOUND SYSTEM 98% MY TEACHER’S VOICE IS LOUD AND CLEAR WITH THE SOUND SYSTEM 95% 92% THE SOUND SYSTEM HELPS ME LISTEN BETTER WHEN MY TEACHER IS WRITING ON THE BOARD, I CAN STILL HEAR HIM/HER WITH THE SOUND SYSTEM 93% 97% I LIKE HAVING MY TEACHER USE THE SOUND SYSTEM IN OUR CLASSROOM Problem Solution What Happens? Environment Results Touchy Feely

36. Student Classroom Behavior Improved • Students in OCPS, Oakland ISD, Salt Lake, Anaheim studies noted improved student on-task behavior, attention span, and short-term memory retention in sound enhanced classrooms • Coincides with University of West Florida study that found sound enhanced classrooms reduced off-task student behavior (Ryan, University of West Florida, 2002) Problem Solution What Happens? Environment Results Touchy Feely

37. Increased Class Size Did Not Negatively Affect Student Achievement in Sound Enhanced Classrooms • Unexpected Class Size Increase of Students (15-20%) in OCPS, Oakland ISD, Salt Lake, Anaheim multiple year studies • Results showed continued positive student achievement of 10-15% on standardized testing (Stanford 9s & FCAT) regardless of increased size Problem Solution What Happens? Environment Results Touchy Feely

38. TELL Teaching to Enhance Listening and Learning Denver Public Schools Teacher Evaluation Results Problem Solution What Happens? Environment Results Touchy Feely

39. Touchy Feely Some Subjective Analysis Problem Solution What Happens? Environment Results Touchy Feely

40. What Teachers Say • You can take away my desks and manuals but I’ll bar the door if you take my amplification equipment. Louise Ortberg, Fulton school • I love my sound field! It has made a huge difference in the fatigue level of my voice. It is less strained and I have fewer sore throats as a result. Sue Emmendorfer • I found the microphone to be very beneficial when reading journals, textbooks, or reading stories. The kids volunteer to read out loud a lot more when the microphone is in use. Scott Wilkie Problem Solution What Happens? Environment Results Touchy Feely

41. What Principals Say • Made a significant change in the learning environment • Students more actively engaged in learning process • Teachers spend more time teaching less time managing student behaviors • “I believe that the increased scores can be directly attributed to the implementation of sound enhancement because we made no other significant changes in our instructional program or staff” Problem Solution What Happens? Environment Results Touchy Feely

42. Instructional Equipment Survey Teachers were asked to rank the following equipment from 1 to 6 with 1 being the piece of equipment that has the greatest direct influence on learning. Problem Solution What Happens? Environment Results Touchy Feely

43. For further information regarding audio enhanced classrooms: Audio Enhancement 800-383-9362 www.Audioenhancement.com info@Audioenhancement.com