Lab 300
Multimedia language lab that can be installed into an existing computer classroom. It includes separate audio cabling for high quality real-time audio.
What are 21st century language labs and why use them in teaching?
Teacher-led language teaching activities for versatile and engaging lessons
- Lab 300 provides a variety of tools, exercises and learning modes to increase opportunities for listening, speaking and interacting
- Use wide variety of content, you can even convert analog sources to digital formats
- Individualize teaching – group and pair students, allow students to work on exercises at their own pace, monitor and record progress
Classroom management for using class time for what it’s meant for teaching and learning
- Support for all students is enabled by monitoring and remote controlling student PCs
- Lesson time is spent on interruption-free teaching and learning, thanks to functionalities such as internet- and application-blocking
Tools for language learning at each students own pace
- Language learning can be teacher-led or at the students’ own pace
- Important self-evaluation enabled by recording student speech and exercises
More Lab 300 features and benefits - click on the topics to expand them
Converting your Existing Audio Tapes
Save time and expense due to the way that Lab 300 automatically digitizes and prompts you to save your files every time you use any taped material within your lessons. Build up your library of digitized materials for use within the lesson or for self-access purposes.
Communication
The teacher can speak to the entire class or to a selected group, as well as listen to a selected student and participate in a student’s activity. The teacher can select students to work in groups, pairs, or to simulate telephone calls to each other.
Tests
Lab 300 counts and marks the answers to multiple-choice exercises, with results immediately displayed on a graph using the Response Analyzer function. Students’ voice responses to oral tests may be either saved on a cassette tape or copied digitally onto the server.
Classroom Management
With Lab 300, teachers can launch and close programs, copy and launch files on student PCs, shut down, restart and logoff the student PCs, and control the students’ web browsers.
Program Source Control
The Program Source Control is integrated directly into the Lab 300 Teacher Software. For example, an external audio or video recorder or a CD player on the teacher's PC can be used as a Program Source. Four different program sources can be transferred to four different groups simultaneously.
File Packaging
The file packaging feature allows users to package or zip material that is created outside of the school environment. This gives the teacher greater flexibility in creating teaching material, as it can be done off-site, e.g. at home, and easily used at school during classroom teaching.
DVD Control
A simple feature that offers a world of convenience to teachers, as it allows them to use one interface – the Lab 300 GUI for teaching activities, as well as to control the DVD that is in the computer. No more switching from one window to the another – everything is easily, efficiently and conveniently located in one user-friendly interface.
Recording
With two tracks for use - one for the program, the other for student recordings - digital learning material is played on the program track, and students can record their responses on the student track.