[etni] Re: MP3 trial on today's Matkonnet
- From: sara g <saragabai@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: judih haggai <gudweinh@xxxxxxxxxxx>, ETNI list <etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:07:19 +0200
so i understand that your school BOUGHT mp3s for the oral kids?
kol hakavod on convincing your school to do this.
but - how does it help your kids to get used to the CDs they will get on
the bagrut? or are you going to transfer the CDs onto the MPs?
How many "hakra'a" kids do you have in each time slot of the bagrut?
sara g
On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 4:50 PM, judih haggai <gudweinh@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Today, our staff administered the Grade 12 matkonnet using MP3s for
> students with aural accomodations.
> How did this come about? All of the discussions here on ETNI and parallel
> discussions amongst our Staff brought us to the conclusion that we need to
> address the fact that MP3s are the best next step. Our English Co-ordinator
> appealed to our Principal and managed to convince her that such a purchase
> would be prudent.
> What was involved in converting cassette files?
> First, we involved our school technical team. We used Audacity to convert
> our cassette to MP3. Unfortunately, the quality of the file was poor, so we
> turned to our Film Department. We were sent the converted MP3 files,
> downloaded them and this morning set to work to transfer the files to the
> individual MP3s.
>
> Who was involved?
> Aside from the tech team of the school and the film teacher, once we had
> the files, we divided tasks amongst ourselves.
> We transferred files from computer to MP3, checked them, attached stickers
> and packaged them for individual classes.
>
> What about supervision of MP3s?
> We prepared a sign-out form for students to sign along with their phone
> number. Upon return of the MP3, the students checked off their own names.
> Each teacher was responsible for distributing and collecting the MP3s after
> the exam.
>
> Comments?
> The kids loved it. The teachers were pleased. No more sudden walkman
> disasters. No more discmen that didn't work. No more! They were responsible
> for their own earphones for hygienic reasons
>
> Any questions, please ask. We weren't sure how it would work but today
> worked fine.
>
> Has anyone else given this a try?
> P.S. The sound files are available if people need them. They'd have to be
> posted on a private site.
>
> Judih Weinstein Haggai
> Nofei Habsor
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