In our work with Catholic, State and Independent schools, and architects and infrastructure experts attached to them, we are always glad to explain the evolution of technology that can be known as soundfield. This evolution has seen soundfield equipment grow from technology that captured one teacher voice and delivering it within standard classrooms. That is,…
Read moreA lot of interest has been attached to the recent, and second, report of David Gonski in regard to changing Australian education systems. Our reading of parts of the report, and commentary about it, concludes that this report talks about tools for change that may occur in the future depending on whether legislators adopt the report, whether…
Read moreHear and Learn regularly asks teachers about our technology. We want to learn how to do things better and adapt to changes in education. These are comments we collected recently: “As a teacher who would often lose my voice by the end of the day, the microphones helped me greatly. The open planned nature…
Read more“Cultural and Linguistic Diversity, and challenges to voice care in agile learning spaces: some feedback from the field about better auditory learning” Hear and Learn attended a school in Melbourne today where there are more than 20 languages spoken by students outside of school including Arabic, Turkish and Nepalese. Our Flexcat System with 4 pods were…
Read moreWhen Hear and Learn was created more than 10 years ago, it’s fair to say we didn’t fully foresee all the benefits of our technology. We knew teachers’ primary tool of the trade – the voice – was respected by HR and OHS people, but more importance is being attached to teacher voice care. An…
Read moreToday was interesting for the Hear and Learn Team. On our regular trips around Melbourne, as we do in all other Capital cities, we dropped into a Catholic Primary School in Cranbourne. We planned to set up a Redcat Access system for a new classroom. We turned up at Reception and on the basis of…
Read moreWe are learning more and more that teachers need more and more flexibility with their time to take care of the wide variety of issues that crop up during the day. To help with this, Hear and Learn offers service when it suits the teacher via Facetime and Skype. That is, if a teacher has…
Read moreWe recently looked around the internet to see if theory supports what Hear and Learn knows from its clients – that our Flexcat differentiated learning technology works! One report states: “Evidence and experiences suggest that students enjoy and engage in their learning when it includes technologies. Although it is difficult to directly link the improvement…
Read moreRegulations pertaining to construction of schools relate to hearing augmentation, and additional policies talk about hearing access, inclusion and accessibility. It is very easy for educators to get lost in this sea of things we need to do, and things we should do. So where does this leave architects, IT designers and inclusion experts in…
Read moreThe cornerstone of Hear and Learn’s work is to create better outcomes for Australian students. We are always thrilled to get feedback from the horse’s mouth simply because it makes our day. Here are some heart-warmers about our unique Soundfield systems: “I felt normal. If Miss Page was further away, it made no difference.” “It…
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