Re: CASSETTE PLAYERS AND EARPHONES

[Barbara Engvall <engvallb@DESTINY.ESD105.WEDNET.EDU>]

I, too, suffer from this same frustration. It doesn't seem to matter how
'good' a tape recorder you get, the insides are still fragile and won't
hold up the the use (and mis-use) that this age children give it...a lot
of it depends on how the individual classroom teacher sets the stage for
usage on it also. I have never done much with equipment with the kids when
the classes come to the library, but perhaps this should be approached
there also. I don't have the time to actually have centers for the kids so
I have ignored this... I purchase headphones as cheaply as possible and
consider them 'throwaways" (they are not worth the time and energy to
fix...) I do put the date sent out on the earpiece and try to keep track of
who, how many, etc on a notepad, so I can hopefully tell if there is misuse
there...those little wires just won't hold up to busy hands, though!


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John Campbell Elem. School            President-Elect 1995-96
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