Classroom Technology

Introduce your students to the incredible world of Virtual Reality, where discovery and learning possibilities are immersive, limitless and exciting!

The Spectra VR™ STEAM Multi-Pack Kit comes with eight (8) Spectra VR™ goggles - the affordable yet exceptional-quality virtual reality goggles from HamiltonBuhl - in our large custom-padded, lockable carrying case (lock not included).

With the Spectra VR™ goggles, seemingly "boring" topics will come alive and become exciting adventures. Students can take a narrated virtual field trip to the moon; explore ancient ruins; marvel at priceless works of art; "go inside" volcanoes or practice flying a plane. The experiences are limitless, and the impact of an amazing and engaging discovery in or outside of the classroom is priceless!

Transform a smartphone – iPhone or Android – into an exciting, engaging and interactive virtual reality world by simply loading it with any number of free VR apps, and then placing it into the goggles. Put on the goggles to be transported as images, sound and movement surround you – your viewpoint adjusts as you move your head or body in any direction, fully immersing you into the VR world!

The eight person Spectra VR™ STEAM Multi-Pack Kit is an invaluable teaching aid:

• It engages students in an active discovery
• It immerses students into the experience eliminating distractions
• Learning and retention improve with active, self-directed exploration
• Brings to life complex subjects, theories and concepts improving understanding
• Appropriate for all types of learning styles

Our most rugged headset, the Deluxe Multimedia Stereo headset is designed for small group or independent learning in computer labs, online or in classrooms and libraries.

The Deluxe Multimedia Stereo headset offers ambient noise-reducing, over-ear earcups to help students stay more on task while minimizing the need to increase the volume for hearing protection. Its noise-reducing boom microphone is ideal for vocal recordings and is the recommended headset by leading reading programs. The individual volume control gives students a comfortable and customized sound experience that's valuable for sustained practice in literacy or language programs and help support the ELA requirements within the Common Core State Standards.

Connection includes a USB plug. The Deluxe Multimedia Stereo headset is built using durable ABS plastic to withstand shattering into potentially sharp and dangerous shards, unlike items made for less frequent consumer use, whose materials don't stand up to the rigors of repeated use in classrooms.

• Durable ABS plastic earcups
• In-line volume control
• Adjustable, padded headband with replaceable foam-filled ear cushions
• Around-ear ambient noise-reducing earcups deliver maximum protection against exterior sounds (without added electronic circuitry and expense). This reduces the need to increase the volume (protecting the ears) and helps keep students on task.

Time-Saving interactive notebook templates that allow students to show what they know!

Interactive Notebooks: Science for third grade is a fun way to teach and reinforce effective note taking for students. Students become a part of the learning process with activities about plant and animal adaptations, the human body, matter, force and motion, simple machines, the solar system, and more!

This book is an essential resource that will guide you through setting up, creating, and maintaining interactive notebooks for skill retention in the classroom. High-interest and hands-on, interactive notebooks effectively engage students in learning new concepts. Students are encouraged to personalize interactive notebooks to fit their specific learning needs by creating fun, colorful pages for each topic. With this note-taking process, students will learn organization, color coding, summarizing, and other important skills while creating personalized portfolios of their individual learning that they can reference throughout the year.

Spanning grades kindergarten to grade 8, the Interactive Notebooks series focuses on grade-specific math, language arts, or science skills. Aligned to meet current state standards, every 96-page book in this series offers lesson plans to keep the process focused. Reproducibles are included to create notebook pages on a variety of topics, making this series a fun, one-of-a-kind learning experience.

Features:

• Reproducible Rights

The Spirit™ SD multimedia player/recorder and stereo learning center is teacher-tested to support reading activities, language learning, ESL, foreign language instruction, and ELL/ELD programs associated with the English Language Arts portion of the Common Core State Standards. You'll appreciate the flexibility in a learning center that's equally versatile for music & movement classes or read-alongs in independent study. The 2 Watts of the Spirit SD are powerful enough for up to 40 people to hear content in a typical room for whole class learning.

Adaptable to different situations, the Spirit SD multimedia player/recorder supports many different formats - AM/FM radio, cassette and a top-loading CD player. It also features USB & SD ports so student or teacher-generated content can be played back for the entire class to hear. The built-in microphone on the Spirit SD records student responses for later playback and helps monitor student progress with lessons and reading practice. It's made with rugged ABS plastic to withstand the rigors of daily school use and has recessed speakers to prevent accidental damage in busy classrooms.

A stereo jackbox can be connected to the 3.5mm headphone plug to use the Spirit SD as a learning center for a small group of differentiated learners to listen through connected headphones without disrupting the rest of the class. The Spirit SD is also available as 4 and 6-person Learning Centers with an included 10-person jackbox and Switchable Stereo/Mono headphones.

• Function selector
• Built-in mic records student responses or projects
• Top loading CD player tailored for school use
• Band switch
• Tuning control
• SD card slot and USB connector
• Steel grills prevent accidental damage to recessed speakers
• Rugged ABS plastic for safety and durability
• Top-mounted 3.5mm headphone jack for individual use or to connect a jackbox for group learning
• Volume control

Time-Saving interactive notebook templates that allow students to show what they know!

Interactive Notebooks: Science for fifth grade is a fun way to teach and reinforce effective note taking for students. Students become a part of the learning process with activities about ecosystems, body systems, physical and chemical changes, weather, Earth's crust, natural resources, and more!

This book is an essential resource that will guide you through setting up, creating, and maintaining interactive notebooks for skill retention in the classroom. High-interest and hands-on, interactive notebooks effectively engage students in learning new concepts. Students are encouraged to personalize interactive notebooks to fit their specific learning needs by creating fun, colorful pages for each topic. With this note-taking process, students will learn organization, color coding, summarizing, and other important skills while creating personalized portfolios of their individual learning that they can reference throughout the year.

Spanning grades kindergarten to grade 8, the Interactive Notebooks series focuses on grade-specific math, language arts, or science skills. Aligned to meet current state standards, every 96-page book in this series offers lesson plans to keep the process focused. Reproducibles are included to create notebook pages on a variety of topics, making this series a fun, one-of-a-kind learning experience.

Features:

• Reproducible Rights

• Features double-sided flash cards that students can use on their own, with a buddy or in a group: turn cards over to self-check
• Supports addition fact fluency for numbers 0-9
• Package doubles as storage box to easily send cards home with students who need extra practice
• Works with Talking Hot Dots Pen (EI-2370, available separately), which provides audio and visual feedback that allows students to complete activities independently
• Grades 1+

The Deluxe Series of stereo and monaural headphones are longstanding teacher favorites (and student-tested) for literacy and language learning activities, computer-related classes classrooms and libraries.

Califone understands equipment that's used repeatedly in classroom learning needs to be made to a higher standard. Noise-reducing earcups help hearing safety by resting around students' ears (not in them) to provide maximum protection against external noise, minimizing distractions so students won't increase the volume to hear the content. The rugged ABS plastic construction won't shatter (unlike materials used in consumer electronics items) into potentially dangerous shards and withstand the rigors of daily use.

The entry point of the 6' straight cord into the earcup is reinforced against accidental pull-out and is permanently attached on the stereo model. For the monaural version, choose between coiled and straight cords.

The 3.5mm stereo plug on the stereo models enable students to listen to smartphones, tablets, computers and other audio sources and comes with a ¼” screw-on adapter. The 1/4” plug on the monaural models connects the headphones with cassette player/recorders. Both the 3.5mm and ¼” plugs can be used with jackboxes for group listening center activities.

• For heavy-use situations in libraries, language labs and speech pathology applications
• ABS plastic earcups and adjustable headband for durability
• Replaceable foam-filled ear cushions
• Replaceable clip-in 6' straight cord with 1/4” plug
• Around-ear ambient noise-reducing earcups deliver maximum protection against exterior sounds (without added electronic circuitry and expense). This reduces the need to increase the volume (protecting the ears) and helps keep students on task.

WHY USE INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOKS?

Interactive Notebooks are great for students!

• Building an Interactive Notebook helps students build organization skills as they take responsibility for their learning resources.
• The Interactive Notebook provides students with an outlet to apply the knowledge they gain in ways that express their own ideas and creativity.
• Guided writing activities incorporated into an Interactive Notebook help your students develop into independent, creative, reflective thinkers.
• And, once completed, an Interactive Notebook becomes a comprehensive and engaging review tool to help your students master content and prepare for tests.

Interactive Notebooks are great for teachers!

• You can easily customize your instruction.
• You direct the learning process and pace.
• You determine where to dig deeper...and when and where to add pizzazz!
• You choose which projects to use as instruction, which projects to use as reinforcement, which projects to use as independent practice, and which projects to use as assessments.
• You can supplement activities with your own texts and projects.
• And, you meet the unique needs of your students—in each and every year!

A true time-saver!

• Step-by-step teacher instructions
• Ready-to-use, reproducible pages
• Writing and reflection prompts
• Student letter
• Supply lists
• Rubric
• And more!

This book is reproducible and has 68 pages.