10 Must Have Classroom Essentials- Part 5

Problem: Using the SMARTboard as a listening centre. I have tried all different ways of doing a listening centre. I had the big earphones for a while connected to a cd player, but a parent was super concerned about the kids sharing earphones and I found it difficult to find books on cd and storing them all was tricky. Then I started using my SMART board to show the kids a story and listen, but it was distracting when they all could hear. So, each student now has earphones on their supply list, but I was still trying to figure out a way to connect it all to the computer.  Enter this green star of amazement!!!!   Voila, I can connect all of the kids individual earphones to the laptop (I have a long cable to connect it). It works great.