A few requested a hit.
I spared everyone the politics of my situation, but suffice it to say that dealing
with a rich PTA has its pros and cons. They didn't like the idea of me buying
"only" $10 speakers with their money, so I had to get the techies' approval on
things. Some time between my first request to them ("we have no recommendation")
and my principal's request to them ("the $109 set is the only one we recommend"),
something was lost in translation. Turns out that the $109 set, once they finally
gave me the specs, is for a portable PA system, not basic computer speakers. I
ended up going back to zones.com and ordering 24 watt speakers that cost us $23.99
each - and I still think we spent too much and got too much speaker - but, you
gotta play the game.
Here are the responses. I lost a few because I recently switched e-mail accounts,
but most said they use the smaller speakers with no reported problems.
I bought Altec Lansing speakers from Staples (I think they were about
$30.00) to put on our LCD/Laptop carts. I think that they have been
fine. I have not heard any complaints from teachers. I think that I
bought the next size up for our lab. If you need more info, I can
look up that one as I know it is larger and was more expensive.
In each of our classrooms, we use $5.00 speakers from Big Lots. No one
has ever complained and they don't run on batteries.
Ron Wagner
Teacher-Librarian
Felida Elementary School
Vancouver, WA
ron.wagner@vansd.org
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