Trailblazing Companies in EdTech: Lightspeed Technologies

Trailblazing Companies in EdTech: Lightspeed Technologies The Tech Edvocate is pleased to produce its “Trailblazing Companies in Edtech” series. This series profiles the top edtech companies in the world. The Tech Edvocate’s editorial team has exhaustively researched companies in the edtech space to create this series. To frame our methodology, we decided to define the term edtech company […]

ELL Specialist: These are “My Tech Essentials”

ELL Specialist: These are “My Tech Essentials” Administrator for Multilingual Programs in the Beaverton School District in Beaverton, OR As the administrator for multilingual programs at Beaverton Public Schools in Beaverton, OR, I oversee 5,000 English language learners (ELLs) speaking more than 95 different languages. We are the third-largest district in the state, with 46,000 […]

Can You Hear Me Now? Lightspeed Technologies Can Help 

Can You Hear Me Now? Lightspeed Technologies Can Help  There’s not a chance in the world that any K-12 student has actually seen those old “can you hear me now” commercials. But there’s a good chance that at some time or another, most students have struggled to hear a lesson taught, a special presentation or […]

Elementary School Deploys Classroom Mics to Boost Confidence of Students

Elementary School Deploys Classroom Mics to Boost Confidence of Students A Southern California school has added technology that enhances “audio clarity” in its classrooms. New River Elementary School in the Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District has implemented microphones that hang around the necks of teachers and students to amplify their voices through a flat panel speaker. New River Elementary […]

3 Visions of Truly Inclusive Education

3 Visions of Truly Inclusive Education In their mission to prepare every student for college or a career, today’s K-12 schools have to support not just high achievers, but students with emotional disturbances, language issues, and hearing challenges. Here are three educators whose creative solutions are making “readiness for all” a reality. How a Makerspace […]

How a Principal Inspired an Innovative Classroom Audio System

How a Principal Inspired an Innovative Classroom Audio System by Dolores Girbouski, Ed. D. During my career as a school leader, I often had companies try to convince me to buy their products. For the most part, when I would say yes or no to what they offered, that would be the end of it. […]

How a Makerspace Brought Our School Together on a Budget

How a Makerspace Brought Our School Together on a Budget About five years ago, my school, Mountain View Elementary in Simi Valley, CA, was on the verge of closing down due to declining enrollment. I had just taken over as principal after a career spent not in administration but in school psychology and supporting programs […]

Audio Solutions for Large Spaces

Audio Solutions for Large Spaces AEA Purchasing Newsletter – January 10, 2017 For more than a quarter-century, Lightspeed Technologies has been helping students hear every word with classroom audio systems like Redcat and Topcat. But learning doesn’t only happen in the relatively small space of the classroom. How can teachers, principals, and administrators make themselves heard in larger spaces […]

My Redcat Experience – Amy Nelson

Amy Nelson Governor’s Ranch Elementary (CO) 5th-grade teacher   How I Use Redcat: I remember using my Redcat for the first time on the first day of school. The students were a little surprised to hear my voice coming from the back of the room even though I was standing in front of them. They […]

Why Becoming a Partner of Tech Providers Helps Schools

A Principal shares how collaborating with a classroom audio company helped her serve her students better. When I was the Principal of Columbus Park Elementary School in Worcester, MA, I often had companies try to convince me to buy their products. For the most part, I would say yes or no to what they offered, […]