Can this be utilized successfully in a cafeteria setting? We have very loud 4th graders!
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Ha- yes, I know all about noisy fourth graders! :) Yes, I think it would work as long as you play around with the settings. It will detect the noise closest to it the best so keep that in mind.
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I would say yes. You would have to just play with it to determine how it would work the best in that situation. You can change the sensitivity and if it is still too sensitive you can move it further away from the kids.
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I had this very item in my cafeteria in elementary school. When volume hit the red light, the staff turned off most of the cafeteria lights and we had to sit quietly for a period of time. It did tend to go of multiple times in one lunchtime, so it may only bring a few minutes of quiet.
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Lol! Great idea, but I think it's designed for a classroom setting. Visibility would be limited since some students would probably have their backs to itand miss the yellow light warning. Also, it would have to be much bigger and much louder for use in a cafeteria. You ought to submit the idea of making a cafeteria version to the company! Every school would buy it! :-)
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You determine what the "appropriate level of noise" is by simply pressing a button. I used mine in my kindergarten class and set the level only one up from the most sensitive setting. I gave the students a three strike rule (with a consequence after three strikes) and they adjusted very well. I used that setting when the class was supposed to be working quietly, not while I was teaching. My classroom was so quiet it was amazing... and the change happened immediately.
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The sound actually carries really well. I have used with with 24 students during a very noisy activity and they all immediately stopped and turned around. If it isn't crazy loud, I'm sure this would work perfectly.
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My wife mainly uses it, and sometimes the kids mess with the volume during the day, and when it is set high, the alarm startles us. So yes, it can be loud enough if you want. I think it has a progressive function or setting where it gets louder and louder if you do not turn it off. Hope that helps.
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In my experience, if you can hear it, this will pick it up. I've set it in one end of my house and walked in a room at the other end and I could still play myself back talking. Since even in large classes, the students are generally quiet you should have no problem. I use in in class. If you hear a lot of backnoise, put the mic sensitivity on low. I'm extremely pleased with it.
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I used it at the beginning of the school year in my classroom and it would occasionally buzz disrupting my lesson. Since then I haven't really used it.
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Yes, it has a volume adjustment and can be quite loud in a smaller space like a classroom.
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Kinda depends on the people, how much noise they will be making, and the room, and the power of what is paired with it.This worked well for my wife, using her iPad Mini 2, to play accompaniment tracks for her music class, of up to 18 kids, 1st grade through 6th grade. However this was in a room with almost no padding, wood floors, so that really echoed sound well. If there is a lot of padding around, soft stuff, then it might not do so well.
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I can not be sure, it would think it depends on you set up. Let me share my experience, maybe that will help you. I used a set of speakers in the front of the classroom. The mic was placed on desk approximately 7 to 8 feet from the speakers. The mic worked extremely well and did not pick up anything from the speakers. Hope that helps.
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It has a speaker I am not sure if it is loud enough. It depends on the classroom size.
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I can't say for sure but I am thinking that one unit is probably not powerful enough. That being said, ours can seem very loud in a small, maybe 25x40 foot space with tile flooring.
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Yes it is loud enough... I had a party of about 75 and the volume wasn't turned up all the way and it projected very well. I got it for my daughter's 10th birthday but now we use it for everything. I love it
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Yes, it is very loud. We use it in an ice cream truck and are told that the kids can here it blocks away.
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Does anyone have problems with the volume? Mine doesn't seem to be loud enough to hear in the classroom. I push the volume button all the way up, but it's really not very loud. Any suggestions? I'm using an iPod (volume all the way up) to play music through it.
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That is a hard question. I know when i am making a milkshake and there is chunks of ice cream it can get loud. But I dont think it is to loud. I wish i could b more help.
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No more noisier than a mixer, blender or food processor for the kitchen. If you are in a polymer clay class, yes it is noisy and you cannot hear the the instructor
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I have to disagree. The train is very loud. It is either on or off, no volume control. I don't think that it takes away from how much the kids love it, but it would be hard to hold a conversation for very long with this thing blasting in the same room.