I was contacted by Learning Resources to do some product reviews and I was very interested to see what products they were offering. I do not like to promote any product that I feel is not actually beneficial to learning in my classroom. I often turn down offers from several companies if I feel I would not actually use it. I was really interested in this one though.
One of the products was the easi-speak microphone. At first glance I thought this may not be something that my kids would actually be able to use independently and actually get work done! lol Boy, was I wrong! I took the product out of the box and it was very simple to use and put together. It was ready to use right out of the box! I did not have to charge it or anything and the best part is it does not take batteries!! All you have to do is hook it up to your computer if you need a quick charge!
There is a little USB attachment encased in the bottom of it.
The buttons are color coded and easy to see, even my ESL students can use it. So I immediately put this puppy in my buddy reading center. In this center students must partner read each page and they must record the books that they have read on the buddy reading log so that I can keep track of the work being done.
I will also provide graphic organizers and comprehension activities in this center or they can pick one of their choice from the reading comp binder. I put them all in sheet protectors.
The kids didn’t need any training on it at all. The red and green buttons were easy to use! While one partner read the other listened and then they switched. They read into the microphone and then they played the story back to listen to what and how they read. The students were able to point out words that they made mistakes on and gain a deeper understanding of the story.
The files can even be quickly downloaded to your computer and emailed to parents or teachers! It is excellent data for SST and IEP meetings also. They were also able to complete their graphic organizers with no problem!
This microphone could be used in many ways not just in reading centers. I read a story into it with my kindergarten son and he uses it to play back before bed or to read along with it to figure out tricky words. The microphone hold up to 4 hours of audio! He also decided to put on a show and dance and pretend he was Michael Jackson but I won’t get into that part! BUT I can also download it and send it out to family! lol
I am so excited to test it out and find even more new ways to use it! I will keep you updated!
Now it is your turn, you can win one of these great microphones for your classroom! Just leave your email below! I will pick a winner on Monday night at 9pm.
You can check out this microphone here!
This seems to good to be true and I know my K kids would love to use this.
This sounds so neat! england.meagan.l@gmail.com
oodlesofteachingfun
Yeah!! That would be amazing for tier time. Kim.lies@usd267.com
How awesome!!! I teach a lot of ESL kiddo's and this may be the answer!!
JElaine14344@aol.com
I love how you used the microphone for partner reading!
aseegs@aol.com
Thanks, great for my ELLs!
mrsminiesl@gmail.com
Yeah!! That would be amazing for tier time. Kim.lies@usd267.com
There are so many ways that could be used. What a great idea! lbullard@twcny.rr.com
Wow! What a great gadget! I can think of a number of ways to use it in my classroom!
jodiruiz@gmail.com
Love this! mrs.schmitts.class@gmail.com
dkelley85@yahoo.com
How cool is that!!! dreneereeves@ymail.com
Very impressive! My head is spinning with ideas right now. jnez18@yahoo.com
The microphome would be a great asset to their reading program.
Love this!
vanessa
sullyv@videotron.ca
This is awesome! It would be an excellent addition to my listen to reading station or the buddy reading as you described! Pinterest is awesome! Thanks for sharing! paulsen4@iowatelecom.net
I love this! I need it lol!
kimberlycollatos@comcast.net
This sounds perfect for my reading centers! I'm a 7th/8th grade teacher who has several children still at a 2nd grade reading level. Pick me, pick me! Dbrown@integritycharterschool.net
THIS IS AWESOME!!!Would be P-E-R-F-C-T for my lil' RTI kiddos i work with in Pre-k!!!!!Bren
b.presnell@comcast.net
Awesome!
jessburkhart@gmail.com
This product would really enhance our reading partners block!
mswilson3111@aol.com
Sounds great. carey@kernelcs.com
I guess I need more followers before anybody will ask me to test something cool like this – I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!! I can totally see using it in a center like you did – or I could see if a little one finished something early handing them some sight word flash cards or addition/subraction flash cards and have them read them into the microphone. That way I can check their accuracy later. You could even do the same with a cold read – have the kiddo find a quiet spot {could be tricky – HA!} read the new book into the microphone and then I could do a running record later…
I need one of these – bad!
Holly
Crisscross Applesauce in First Grade
This sounds like a wonderful product. This would be a great for the struggling readers that just don't like to read.
sheilasnell1@yahoo.com
Seems like an awesome tool!
akinyar@aol.com
Seems like an awesome tool!
akinyar@aol.com
Seems like an awesome tool!
akinyar@aol.com
Seems like an awesome tool!
akinyar@aol.com
This product sounds great! WOuld be great to keep trak of students fluency progress and to see what type of mistakes they are making in fluency! Love it! Thanks-
ba3jbrown06@yahoo.com
Oh, this sounds like a great tool! I love how you use it in your reading center and how the recordings are shareable. Thank you!
Jon Spexarth
hawkfan1671@cox.net
This would be a great product to use to put in your reading center, as well as record fluency. Students could also record stories for others to hear.
Thanks.
Chris
sakesmom2@gmail.com
This looks like a great way for kids to get excited to read!
marcy_sundling@hotmail.com
I would love to have the kids use this, then be able to listen to themselves.
Thanks,
Joan
kallison@sio.midco.net
There are so many ways our small Christian school could use this. I believe our teaching staff would be able to share this and students from K3-8 would greatly benefit from a fun learning tool like this!
Here us to hoping!!!
Mary
Sharingkindergarten.blogspot.com
Maryamoson@gmail.com
Forgot to leave my email – takrafty@aol.com
I love this idea! Using it during buddy reading time is a great idea because I don't have to use more time to do this with the children. I can be working with others. My name is Jennifer and my email is jiffymmfan@mchsi.com
Love it! My group this year would totally benefit from listening to readbacks. We also have a speaking section on the report card, so this would be a perfect help.
forsmanl@baycityacademy.com
Love it! My group this year would totally benefit from listening to readbacks. We also have a speaking section on the report card, so this would be a perfect help.
forsmanl@baycityacademy.com
Love it! My group this year would totally benefit from listening to readbacks. We also have a speaking section on the report card, so this would be a perfect help.
forsmanl@baycityacademy.com
This would be great! And I love your ideas on how to use it!
This year I have been trying to assist my kiddos with monitoring their own fluency as they read. To do this, I have tried using the FLIP cameras my school has available to check out in our library. The difficulty I have encountered with this (besides having a limited supply of cameras that are often checked out by other teachers) is that students often get distracted by the way they look as they read instead of focusing in on the sound of their reading. This product seems like a perfect solution to this problem. Thank you so much for sharing this review. I would LOVE to try this in my classroom!!
katyro82@yahoo.com
It's amazing what a microphone can do!!
ā¤First Grade Delightā¤
imgoingfirst@gmail.com
This would be so much fun!
Growingagodlygirl@gmail.com
Would love to see how it would help the kids in my class who are struggling to learn to read!
Sarah586@gmail.com
This would be WONDERFUL to win!! Great giveaway!
sdavis6281@hotmail.com
This would be great to use with my ESL kiddos!
n2teach16@aol.com
I have a classroom full of ELLs and this microphone would be awesome… plus the novelty of it! So cute!
ā¤ Sandra
Sweet Times in First
sweettimesinfirst@gmail.com
I would love to use this in my special ed classroom! Thanks for this offer!
mom2madcam@charter.net
I would love to use this in my special ed classroom! Thanks for this offer!
mom2madcam@charter.net
This is amazing. I love that it doesn't use batteries and is color coded. Pick me, pick me.
kestnerg@gmail.com
My Kindergarten kiddos would benefit from this SO much!
Wow! Sounds great!
tomrsjohnson@gmail.com
Camille
An Open Door
Sounds amazing!!
lisa5868@excite.com
Wow! Sounds amazing! I would love to try it out.
Tammy
tammylocks@yahoo.com
This is fantastic!
Chrissy
Chrissy0906@aol.com
This would be great for fluency.
dillydabbles@gmail.com
DillyDabbles
This looks perfect for what I'd like to implement. Stephb38429@gmail.com
I would love to have one of these for my students to use in the classroom.
Teresa
tmburgess@roaneschools.com
I have a student that is stuttering when she reads but seems unaware of it. I planned on recording her to hear herself in working on fluency. This would be perfect!
Deanna
chrsiverson@yahoo.com
This looks so cool!!!! nicolabc123@gmail.com
I love it! renmo12@gmail.com
What a great learning tool for the classroom!
Very interesting….
shaworth@lonestar.k12.ok.us
My K-1 kids would like this. What a great learning tool. I really want this for sure.
Vanessa
sullyv@videotron.ca
Way cool! I am going to check this microphone out for sure. I use one of those "fake" ones that makes your voive echo. I interview the helper of the day with it. This would be a lot more fun! I love the idea of them reading into it and playing it back. Thanks for sharing!
cvance1111@aol.com
Wow! I am going to go check this out right now, too! Thanks for the review…it's nice to hear that something is "worth it" before buying it.
This sounds great!! Thank you for sharing. I could really see my students using this!
maxwellk@vvsd.org
What a great tool for the classroom. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and recommendation. I will be checking this out!
ohhh…the possibilities!! dana.bledsoe2@gmail.com
I would love to win this for my son's speech development class. They have helped him so much already!
all4muttz@yahoo.com
This looks awesome!!
meganseay@yahoo.com
I would love to win this. It would be great to improve students reading fluency.
ofthefay@excite.com
I am all about stocking up for my future classroom, and this looks great!
Allyson
cupcakescandycanes@hotmail.com
cupcakescandycanes.blogspot.com
Love it!! Thanks for sharing!
happygirl747@yahoo.com
Would love to have this to use in my classroom!
Kayce Westman
kdwestman@baschools.org
Looks like a great resource!
Emily @ Second Grade SillinessĀ
ebuckler@hotmail.com
Such a neat resource!!!
Brian
tigermagic@bellsouth.net
http://hopkinshoppinblog.blogspot.com/
This microphone looks great! My students would love it too!
bl3982@yahoo.com
This item sounds great. Much easier to use than garage band.
Yes, I've had my beady eye on them for quite some time, they seem excellent….they come from England no?
Anyway, pick me!
kiwiprofesor@gmail.com
I would SO LOVE to be picked for this awesome looking tool! It is IMPOSSIBLE to have firsties tape record themselves at all!!! Love the simplicity that this item seems to offer!
Hope it'll be my lucky number that you select!!!!
jennifirstgrade@yahoo.com
donniesandra@bellsouth.net
This looks like a great tool for the classroom!
madamsara@gmail.com
I would soooo love this for my classroom!
Cheryl
cener(at)sbcglobal(dot)net
Crayons and Curls
WOW! This is an awesome giveaway! I have SEVERAL second language learners in my classroom and this would be an awesome tool for them to use!
lauren.humes@gmail.com
I would love to have something like this for my first graders to practice reading and fluency!
barlowb@woisd.net
Brandi Barlow
I would looove to have one of these for my classroom!!!!
Jennifer
jenniferlalsip(at)yahoo(dot)com
The First Grade Dream
crossing my fingers it will land in my classroom!
Riley Grant
ggrant@greenville.k12.sc.us
I would love to use this microphone with my second graders!
Rosemary
rosemarykn(at)comcast(dot)net
I would love to work on articulation skills with this!
sarah.holthe@gmail.com
What a perfect addition to my "Listen to Reading" station! I have been playing around with old listening stations, ipods, and even online websites for my kiddos to read into but they all seem like too many steps for my little Firsties! I'm annoyed and tired just trying to explain how to do it before they even get a chance to try it. What a great give-a-way!
rachaelrsterling@yahoo.com
I would totally love to win this!! My kids would love it, too!
Jennifer
laughinbrunette@hotmail.com
First Grade Blue SKies
I would love to win this great resource to use in my classroom!
kmkoala1@gmail.com
Awesome! This does look very easy to use and kid-friendly! I'd love to win it!
amynovellino@hotmail.com
This is awesome! The kids would love it!
I would love to win this! My kids would love this during Daily 5.
Vanessa
sullyv@videotron.ca
Seems like a great tool. Love that you could send files to parents. I know my students would love this.
CL14Mentor@oh.rr.com
yes i would love to win this. i have a fake one that makes their voice echo…found at target…but it is really just a prop…
would love the real deal!
thanks for offerring it to a lucky winner.
lhardin@lcisd.org
laura
Ooh I have been wanting one of these for my kinders. Random number please be mine! Thanks for the great opportunity! comptonhouse@bellsouth.net
I would love this to use in my class ! I need to get one for my daughter too ! robinerin@gmail.com
A great tool for practicing fluency!
Maureen
lasmom2@sio.midco.net
Could be very useful in my ECSE classroom
sallie1955@wideopenwest.com
marshahembrick@gmail.com
marshahembrick@gmail.com
This would be great! kfergus@tacoma.k12.wa.us
This sounds wonderful!
Bwatson6@live.com
Lesson Plan Diva now has her own microphone!! :0) So fitting based on the little K divas in my classroom!
My LD students would love this product! Anything to make reading more fun=:)
This looks great.
SM
What a great idea for building fluency! Thanks for your wonderful posts!
donnadbreier@aol.com
Wow! I would LOVE to have one of these in my classroom. I love how they can play back their recording and see the mistakes they made.
Jen
jenerator_8@frontiernet.net
This would be an awesome resource in my classroom!
rpayne36@hotmail.com
Wow!! This looks awesome! I would love to use this in my classroom!!
Lisa
fsuteach81@yahoo.com
This looks awesome, I love how they can play back their recording and see where their mistakes were. My k-1 kids will love this for sure.
Vanessa
sullyv@videotron.ca
My students would love this. hopelibby@gmail.com
would love this!
This looks to be such an awesome tool! I would love one! jill.glass@boone.kyschools.us
This would be an awesome addition to a classroom. memooger@yahoo.com
This would be so helpful in my special ed. resource room! I can see how it would help assessments and writing IEP's, and allowing my students to practice reading passages before they have to in their reg. ed. rooms! teachermom@bex.net
I would love to have this in my Kindergarten class! Great for building confidence and language!
Tillie Thigpin
bthigpin@sbcglobal.net
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This looks awesome! I'm a new follower!
āæ Kaleigh's Klassroom
I'm reposting b/c I didn't think it was fair to take up 2 comment spaces when I had to add on my email address. Times have really changed! I still have the old-fashion microphone that you have to tune into a certain radio frequency to use! In 1967, my teacher made a microphone using a glittered styrofoam ball glued to the top of a wooden dowel. We'd do anything for a chance to "talk" into it! Good luck all!
bblover@bellsouth.net
Kids would love this!
mrsfawley@gmail.com
wow that is amazing!!
Redmist100@gmail.com
I've been wanting one of these for some time now! Thanks for the opportunity to win it!
jrose@shilohcs.org
Pretty cool!
susan_stegall@yahoo.com
Pretty cool!
susan_stegall@yahoo.com
I would love to use this with my kids in y classroom. kobrien@royal.wednet.edu
Perfect way to integrate technology not just for the sake on integrating technology. It seems like an amazing tool for the classroom!
lwalker@trenton.k12.nj.us
Love this! Could record lessons for when students are sick! THANK YOU!
mizarm@cox.net
This looks like an awesome way to get students to practice their reading. You have them Buddy read & have a log for the reading center?
I would love to win this-thanks for the giveway. I enjoy your blog and the items on TPT.
purplelady913@yahoo.com
I would love to win this. Thank you for the giveway.
Vanessa
sullyv@videotron.ca
My inclusion kinders would benefit greatly from a tool like this! Nancyt1@hotmail.com
This would be perfect for my 2nd graders who need help with reading fluency!
deanne.lanni@gmail.com
sheree@nmax.net
Great idea… egiles@cisdv.bc.ca
Thanks, Erin
Awesome! I'm adding this to Giveaway Galore
What a cool gadget for the classroom
āæTiffani Time 4 Kindergarten ca-scrappin@comcast.net
My students would love this!
mjf9039@yahoo.com
so cool!
jackiemhewitt@gmail.com
My second graders would have so much fun with this! I think we could use it with a Poetry Party we have coming up. Thanks for the chance to win.
This sounds like a great idea to get my on levels excited about helping the lowers. asbishop@comcast.net
What a great tool! My brain is spinning with possible ideas. Thanks for all the info.
So fun!
hellolacy@me.com
Lacy
awsome, apettett@netcommander.com
Very cool, sduggan@hpspanthers.org
I love it. So cool.
Marebarr@yahoo.com
This is the neatest thing and will work great with students who don't want to admit they have trouble.
From above
telles94@yahoo.com
I love it and I want it.
Vanessa
sullyv@videotron.ca
What a neat asset to any classroom. This would be an awesome tool to use with my EC children. Love, love, love it!!!
I am an elementary school interventionist and I would love to try this product!!
Virginia.new@usd453.org
This sounds like a great tool. Kids love to talk into microphones whether they are real or not. The bonus is that hearing their own voices could really improve their reading! Thanks!
Shanirichart@gmail.com
This is amazing!! My ESL students could really use this
toast65792@hotmail.com
I love this! I have been following you on Facebook and have been wanting to start a blog since there are not many Bilingual/Dual language Blogs. I use a lot of your wonderful materials in my class after I translate them for my kiddos! Thanks so much for all the fun stuff.
Yanett
yanett0712@gmail.com
Want it, want it, want it! This would be awesome to have for my centers!
Pick me! Pick me! Pick me! i really really want this for my K-1 class. What an asset to their reading program.
vanessa
sullyv@videotron.ca
I could use this with my son that we are homeschooling.
Doris
mamansmart@yahoo.com
I could use this as a lesson when I am studying with my boys!
Eric
errt2002@aol.com
very, very cool!
mamabain1@hotmail.com
This would be so awesome!! Kids love to hear their voice out loud!!!
Vickie Heydenreich
Abxmomof3@aol.com
I have never won anything and I'm currently sick… the only cure for my situations is to win this giveaway!
Christina
Mrs. Bainbridge's Blog
christina4062@hotmail.com
My resource kids would LOVE doing this! My non-diploma students really need motivators to read. Great for their fluency and accuracy practice. What a great motivator!
I would LOVE to win this!
jenna
perry.jenna@gmail.com
Sounds awesome! Would def help my ELL students. Curlgrl13@aol.com
Sounds awesome! Would def help my ELL students. Curlgrl13@aol.com
Sounds awesome! Would def help my ELL students. Curlgrl13@aol.com
Sounds awesome! Would def help my ELL students. Curlgrl13@aol.com
My resource kids would LOVE doing this! My non-diploma students really need motivators to read. Great for their fluency and accuracy practice. What a great motivator!
I would LOVE to win this!
jenna
perry.jenna@gmail.com
I would love to win, I never win anything. I want to win for my K-1 kids. it would be an awesome tools for their reading program
Vanessa
sullyv@videotron.ca
Pick me!! missplott@gmail.com
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Gonna try again. This is my first attempt at posting for a give away. I sure could use this nifty tool in my classroom.
atherton@fultonschools.org
knichole@comcast.net I have a visually impaired child in my class who could really use this to record her ideas for writing!