I too had relatively quiet voice when I was doing my
placement. I lost my voice several times over the 3 months of
full time student teaching. I know I have taught a lot in a
week when my voice is shot by the weekend! LOL! With time and
practice your voice will stregthen. But I still am not able to
judge if I am yelling, or simply speaking loud enough in order
to project to the back of the class.

On 10/31/09, K wrote:
> I am a student teacher and, having just finished my
> observation days, will be starting my first practicum on
> Monday. One problem that I have found with the couple
> lessons I have taught is making myself heard above the
> background noise. My natural speaking voice is very quiet
> (so I have been told) and I am really straining to speak
> louder, but still can't make myself heard by all the
> students, all of the time.
>
> My host teacher is amazing and already approached the school
> administration about adjusting the ventilation system to
> reduce some of the background noise. However, I'm worried
> about losing my voice or losing the students' attention. I
> know I need to work on my voice, but I also need a more
> immediate solution. I'm looking into the possibility of
> buying a sound field system that I can use take with me from
> classroom to classroom - for my two practicum periods,
> internship and any future placements. The ideal would by a
> dual mic system, one for the teacher and a pass-around mic
> for students.
>
> So far I have looked at a couple different system, but I am
> still waiting for information about pricing. One that
> particularly interests me is the SMART Audio system as it
> could be integrated with other SMART products in the future.
>
> I would appreciate suggestions. Thank you.

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