Laying the groundwork

The ipods are on the way, so I decided to move ahead and show the teachers how to use the recording software we have with the new headsets I acquired for them to use. Each teacher has a flash drive with a portable version of audacity on it so they don't have to worry about installing the program each time they use it (our computers have Deep Freeze.) They seemed really excited about the prospects of the children being able to record and listen to themselves read. My first grade teacher also plans to record some books for centers. She says she has a set which specifically allows teachers to do that. I told them to try it out when they had time in the next week and that I would check in after that to see if they were having any issues. They both seem excited, so I hope they will have something recorded by the time the ipods arrive so we can dive in immediately. I guess I will see here in about a week if the teachers really are ready to use them!