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| Listening – Speaking – Reading – Writing
Any IT Suite with the addition of headsets becomes a language lab Develops the four skills of language learning Can be used with any language
Students can access language lessons at school and at home Live classroom monitoring of individuals or groups Live classroom communication with individuals or groups
Utilises existing resources: audio, text books, worksheets and graphics Suitable for all ages. All student work is saved as mp3 files or web pages for easy assessment
Soundbooth Plus is a software solution which transforms any ICT Suite into a language lab, all you need is the Soundbooth
Plus teacher and student component and headsets with a microphone, and it can be installed and operational within a day.
It uses technology that modern students use on a daily basis and find stimulating and motivational.
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This student is listening
to an audio track
This student is
recording
Teacher is listening anonymously to a
student recording live
Names of student
logged in to a
teacher
Lesson
student has
selected
Item number a
student is
working on
Student called
teacher who was
busy at the time
Teacher speaking
with a group of 3
students
| Teacher Console
The Teacher Console of Soundbooth Plus not only provides a personal communication tool for each student but also enables a teacher to
monitor the activities of every student in the class. Students select the teacher they are working with, enabling a number of classes to be
run concurrently. Alternatively, self-study can be selected. A student can call the teacher and vice versa. If a teacher is busy talking to
another student the student call buttons display a busy sign, so that students know that they may have to wait for an answer. The teacher
is always notified of any call.
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Students can call and speak to the
teacher
Lessons are selected using this drop-down box
Students can playback existing
audio tracks, record their own
voice and play back the
combined track.
The student console gives students
access to lessons created by teachers
and it can be used in the classroom and
at home
Lessons are available for self study or
the student can choose to connect to
any teacher who is logged in
All student work is saved automatically
as mp3’s or web pages
Once logged in Teachers can listen in to
students, speak to them directly or have
live answer and question sessions which
can be recorded by each student
Items, up to 36 in one lesson, are stored on the school network
An item can contain text, graphics and allow both audio and written input from a student
The audio track uses existing recordings or recordings made by the teacher
| Student Console
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The most flexible and friendly grouping feature available in any language lab solution
Teacher can quickly create, monitor, re-arrange and communicate with groups
Quick and simple functionality via right mouse button and drag & drop
|Grouping
Teachers area able to easily group together students on the console by selecting them and clicking the right mouse button.
Students be assigned to a new
group by a simple drag and drop
Once grouped together the Teacher can monitor and speak to the group collectively
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The Soundbooth Plus Virtual keyboard can be used without the need to install the target language on the students PC. The virtual keyboard gives students access to letters and accents without having to remember complicated keyboard shortcuts. To make it even simpler students are able to use their physical keyboard in conjunction with the virtual keyboard. Languages available: French, German, Spanish, Russian, Ukrainian, Pinyin and Cymraeg. It is a relatively simple procedure to add additional languages so please let us know if you have any specific requirements via [email protected]
|Virtual Keyboard
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|Content Creation
Content is created
using a simple
editor provided with
templates. Full and
ongoing training is
provided for all staff
Text boxes, drop-
down menus and
selection buttons
can be inserted for
student responses
Inserting a blank audio track allows a teacher to ask a question of the whole class and for each student to record their own answer
Content for Soundbooth Plus is
created by repurposing existing
language resource used by teachers
in schools
Scanned images, photos and
existing graphics from worksheets
can be added very easily to
enhance lessons
We have a library of over 100GB of
audio which over the years we have
digitised and indexed, this is
available for use within
Soundbooth Plus
Content is created
using a simple
editor provided with
templates. Full and
ongoing training is
provided for all staff
We also provide a subsidised
content creation service for
customers to help them get started
with Soundbooth Plus.
This comprises of one or two days
onsite for storyboarding and five to
ten days offsite to create the
content itself.
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Now available in the latest Soundbooth product, Soundbooth Plus Connect is an assement module that allows the teacher to track students progress through lessons and leave comments for them. We believe this new feature will help teachers track their students ongoing progress through the Soundbooth modules and equally will offer a new level of guidance to the students themselves
| Assesment Module (optional)
On any item within the
lesson a teacher can leave
written and/or recorded
comments
The Teacher has a module
which allows them to easily
assess their students
progress
The Student is
then able to
read and listen
to teachers
comments
They also have
a summary of
these at the end
of each lesson
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Codework Limited Lansdowne House, 85 Buxton Road, Stockport, SK2 6LR Phone: 0161 474 0444 Fax: 0161 474 0787 Email: [email protected] Web: www.soundboothplus.com
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Soundbooth Plus allows the school to give every student Soundbooth for use at home; this can be a copy on CD or a USB Stick or, alternatively, via the schools Virtual Learning Environment. Even if the school has only purchased a single lab of Soundbooth Plus every language student in the school can benefit as teachers can create lessons using any web editor and students can access the lessons at home.
Language teaching within a classroom setting often requires teachers to spend lots of time with individual students for the purposes of assessment. Soundbooth Plus frees up the teacher’s time for teaching as it allows them to test and monitor students simultaneously. As the students’ work is saved individually the teacher can then mark it at a time of their own choosing.
Once students are logged in they are able to access any lesson created by the teacher. A lesson can have up to 36 items. Lesson items can include text, audio, images and graphics, tables for layout, text boxes, selection buttons, check boxes and drop-down boxes. Items containing text, graphics and audio recordings are viewed by students who can record themselves and can also enter text or make selections. All work is saved as either web pages or mp3 files.
School
| The Complete Solution
