[etni] Fw: re: CDs or Tapes
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- Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:06:36 +0200
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From: Linda - lsk120@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: CDs or Tapes
Kerri brought up a real problem. I have, in one of my classes, 7 students I
have to make tapes for. They don't have walkmans (walkmens???!!) and I also
do not relish making CDs with tracks. I had three walkmans at home that I
brought to school each time and they all broke (and I refuse to buy more
using my own money- it's enough that they broke and I won't get reimbursed
or anything)
I don't understand why the Bagrut CDs are not with tracks, or am I wrong?
Kerri also brought out that our students don't have the CD players either,
just ipods, MP3/4 etc., so that wouldn't solve the problem either.
My school, like Kerri's, also wouldn't be able to work out having our
students use the computers during tests.
So, I've also come to the same conclusion- to continue using tapes. I must
add that I sit and make tapes (and even purchased a double cassette tape
recorder for this purpose alone!) only to find that the students
"forget"/don't have/can't find their walkmans! I don't know why I continue
making the tapes.. guess I'm an optimist!
Have a nice day!
Linda Kuras Mizrahi
Kerri wrote:
>I've just finished reading the ETNI mail from the last 3 days.
Quite addictive and I enjoy keeping up to date on the English teacher
world!!!
>Re the tapes or CDs:
I am responsible for the tapes for LD students in my school. We have an
average of 30 tapes for every class yr in the school!!!!
>Although tapes are kind of "ancient", so are CDs!!! No one has disk-mans
anymore, they all have ipods or Mpvs or whatever.
Also disk-mans are twice or triple the price of walkmans.
Walkmans can still be bought for between 120-180 shekels.
Also, what I suggest to my students is to buy the old walkmans from senior
students.
>It is not realistic either for me to start taping on CDs which are not
always reusable and also kids cannot rewind to listen to sentences again or
to reread a paragraph - unless each paragraph is taped as a separate track -
absolutely too much trouble for us.
>My son suggested that it all be computerized, meaning that we would only
have to make a file for each test and send it somehow to the email of each
student when the test starts!! Which would be possible if we had the use of
the computer lab during each test, and of course if we had 35 workable
computers!!!!!!!!! But until each student has his own laptop, I don't think
it a possibility - maybe in another 10 years!!!!
>Therefore, I can't seem to see any other way, but to use tapes!!!!!
Have a nice day J
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