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Collaborative Learning Subscription

Thank you for visiting the Collaborative Learning Subscription page. As an introductory FREE offer we are including a PENpal with the subscription.

The subscription allows you to download and print out any of the activities as often as you wished. If you prefer to save time and order a hard copy directly, then you will be eligible to a discount on any orders. After you subscribe you will receive a confirmation and be directed to a new site specifically for Collaborative Learning subscribers. Here you will be able to download, printout or order any activity as well as access the ShareLINK software to manage your recordings. ShareLINK allows your group or class to save their audio work and send it to 3rd parties - other groups, other classes, other schools, other subscribers, inspectors.
Collaborative Learning is based in UK but reaches out to all over the world.

PENpal

 The PENpal brings sound to paper. When the pen touches a poster or a book that is pen-enabled, it speaks. The pen detects soundspots on any page in a book or on any graphics on the poster and plays back narrations, questions, answers, quizzes, music or sound effects - whatever audio has been pre-programmed into the paper.

The PENpal doesn't just play back pre-recorded sound. You can use the pen to record yourself, or let children record themselves, and listen to recordings instantly. Simply switch to the recording function, touch a soundspot and record and save. This is a fantastic way to improve speaking, listening and storytelling skills. Children can re-tell the stories in books, and with our Talking Stickers, they can add content to anything: posters, books, puppets...

This extremely exciting new resource can be used in countless ways. It's fantastic for EAL: parents can record in their own language for children, and teachers can customise their resources to make them fully inclusive. We have products for children aged 4 - adult, and Talking Stickers which can be used to customise resources for any age-group -- they're even useful for adult learning. 

PENpal runs on rechargable batteries which can be charged directly from the mains or from the usb cable and computer. For those who prefer normal batteries, PENpal works also with AAA batteries. PENpal has rechargeable batteries installed when you receive it, but you must first charge them using the charger (included) provided. Charging takes about 1 hour. PENpal also has 4GB of  memory - plenty to hold loads of talking books as well as your own audio recordings on books, stickers and posters.

Here are some suggestions for the use of the PENpal and sticky labels for creating customised materials for new arrival EAL learners - audio recordings can be in English and a range of other languages pertinent to the school context e.g.

- Talking uniform - what is needed for day to day, for PE, where to purchase etc
- Audio/Visual timetable - who the teachers are, how to find places, what the subjects are about etc
- Map of school - key points explained orally
- Dual-language equipment lists
- Translation of important forms - medical, ethnic monitoring etc...
- Explanations of rules                

 

Update (27 April 2011): Currently PenPAL is out of stock . If you order now, it will be delivered after 2 weeks.  

 

Bird Song and Call Magnets

Listen to the sounds of different birds with these colorful bird magnets. Listen to the song and call of each of these common garden birds. You can build games around the sounds, or build the magnets into the stories, using the sounds to add, atmosphere or making your own recordings onto each magnet. These are ideal for natural studies.

20 Magnets

Fruit and Vegetables Maths Cards

Create your own greengrocers with these brilliant,  colourful cards. Each pack contains 50 stickerswith 10 varieties: 1,2,3,4,5 strawberries: 1,2,3,4,5 oranges etc.

You can record values onto each card and then play games to build confidence in numeracy.

It 1 strawberry is 25p and 1 orange is 50p how many oranges will I get for 6 strawberries?

Talking Phonemes Magnets

Talking phonics magnets are a great way to teach children the correct pronunciation of each phoneme.
Children can create words from the 44 different graphemes and then hear the sounds that they have built by touching the magnets with the RecorderPEN.

Children can also record themselves pronouncing each phoneme, blending them to build a word and then play them back.

Each pack contains 50 Talking Magnets.

How Schools Work: an audio visual explanation

 A fantastic talking resource that explains to new arrivals and their parents how a primary school works. Simply touch the language and then the room or objects inside a room and you will hear an explanation, either in English or their home language:  Reception, Library, Classroom, Hall, Canteen, Playground, Teachers etc. There is also useful information in various languages about: Assessment, Curriculum, Reports, Rewards, Clubs, Homework, Uniform, Prospectus, Parents' meetings, Getting involved.

How Schools Work is available in 22 audio languages: English, Albanian, Arabic, Czech, Farsi, French, Hungarian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Malayalam, Nepali, Panjabi, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovakian, Somali, Spanish, Sylheti, Turkish, Urdu. You can flip between languages instantly and the poster is also a good way for people to learn the English for things around them.

The A2 size poster (60cm by 42cm - about 2ft by 16in) in English is available at £2.00 and each language audio file is £6.00. To order the poster select the "book" section below; to select the audio file for Recorder or PENpal or MagicPEN, select the "audio file" section and choose the language you want.

Key Phrases

 Touch the TalkingPEN to this A3 laminated chart and hear key words and phrases to use with children and parents spoken fluently in 21 different languages and English.  Easy to access and fantastically simple, this practical resource is perfect for induction and a must for any setting with EAL children.

This excellent package includes the chart, the PENpal and all the languages.
The phrases have been tried and tested with various teachers, office administrator for the most common terms used in the school office or in class. For example, if there is a Polish child, just touch the Polish "button" and then the phrase you you want to communicate (eg Please bring your child at 9 o'clock)will be spoken in Polish. Then touch the Lithuanian hotspot and hear the same phrase spoken in Lithuanian. 

Available languages are Albanian, Arabic, Bengali/Sylheti, Cantonese, Czech, Farsi, French, Gujarati, Japanese, Lithuanian, Malayalam, Mandarin, Panjabi, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Shona, Somali, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish and Urdu.

Switch between languages instantly! Simply touch the language that you want to hear with RecorderPEN and then touch any phrase.

Price is £75 plus vat.

Start of the Day

 This is a great way to start the day using another language. Using either French or Spanish or English or German use TalkingPEN to say the day, month, year, the season. Take a register and, if it is someone's birthday, hear a birthday song! A fun and amazing way to teach the class a language.

Musical Instruments

 Buy this beautifully-illustrated, laminated A3 mat on its own or as part of our award-winning mats pack. Use our RecorderPen to bring the mat to life, with magical music featuring all the instruments in the school band.

Winner of the Gold Award for Books and Publications in the Practical Pre-School Awards 2008

The judges said: "What an innovative idea! The children were very enthusiastic and couldn't wait for their turn. Both the children and the staff were very excited by it. It encourages conversation and thinking skills, as well as improving the children's knowledge of the world in an exciting way that encompassed both visual and auditory aids. It also improved children's listening skills, as they were all attentive and quiet when using it. We loved it!"

Wild Animals

 Buy this beautifully-illustrated, laminated A3 mat on its own or as part of our award-winning mats pack. Use our RecorderPen to bring the mat to life, with stunning sounds from the jungle, simple facts and information, stimulating questions and brilliant rhymes.

Winner of the Gold Award for Books and Publications in the Practical Pre-School Awards 2008

The judges said: "What an innovative idea! The children were very enthusiastic and couldn't wait for their turn. Both the children and the staff were very excited by it. It encourages conversation and thinking skills, as well as improving the children's knowledge of the world in an exciting way that encompassed both visual and auditory aids. It also improved children's listening skills, as they were all attentive and quiet when using it. We loved it!"

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