Product Description

Specifications

Easy-to-Use Teacher

Advanced Computer Assisted Language Lab featureControl Interface

 

Easy-to-Use Teacher Control Interface

In a live, in-classroom session, if a teacher has to waste time to operate a lab system, then students will lose their concentration and motivation to learn. CHIeru and the teachers we work with researched which GUI design works best for a language lab environment. The result was that every function that was designed into the layout is able to be executed in just one or a few steps and that an operation indicator helps to show what action can be taken next in the lesson.

Advanced Computer Assisted Language Lab Features

Although CaLabo is a cutting-edge computer assisted language learning system, it covers the traditional language lab features in a digital way. Teachers can easily transfer and add multimedia resources that are of benefit to their language lab instruction without changing their instruction style. Language lab functions include:

Starts student booth PC and takes attendance

Talking to the entire class (All Call)

Monitors student voice and screen to listen and view their work

Intercom for one to one instruction with student screen and remote control feature

Models student voice and their computer screen

Group discussion

Pair discussion (Pairs can be set by student PC order or randomly)

Digital Response Analyzer

Improved Pairing and Group Conference Feature

CaLabo has a variety of ways to Pair students. Teachers can create pair and discussion groups automatically or manually. Teachers can also change pairing or group members by the use of "drag and drop" for an easy operation. The submenu allows the teacher to broadcast pair conversation audio to the entire class who can in return listen and record the same conversation.

A/V and Multimedia Control and Broadcast

Teachers can easily control their classroom A/V facilities and output devices from CaLabo.

* Connects to any A/V source to show student monitor, room speaker or projector (Camera, DVD, VCR, Cassette player, CD, MD, etc)

* Real-time digitizing and broadcast without being hardwired

Classroom Management

For a computer classroom, teachers can control student PCs for instruction

File distribution and collection

Lock, blackout screen to get student attention

Start, Shutdown, Restart, Log off student computers

Take attendance and show student names on the layout grid

Launch applications

Web browsing escort

Remote control student PCs

Send the teacher screen for demonstration with annotation tools

Monitor all student screens by thumbnail view