[etni] Re: cds for practice
- From: sara g <saragabai@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: sharontzu5@xxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:03:35 +0200
sharon -
i do not agree with you on this.
most LD kids have a problem with new/strange situations and with
organization (at least the ADHD ones do) and to give them a CD for the
first time at the bagrut , when they have been using a tape in all the
school tests, is going to hurt them.
by the time of the bagrut they should have practiced enough with
whatever media they are going to use that it is automatic. they have
enough to think about during the test ...
sara g
On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Sharon Tzur <sharontzu5@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> A lot of teachers have been expressing concern about preparing CDs for the
> kids to practice on.
>
> To be honest, I really don't think this is necessary. I think that our
> students know how to work a CD player. I did tell Mr. HaLevi how important it
> is to divide the exam into tracks and I'm sure Judy is aware of that. (If I
> remember correctly, some schools used CDs on an experimental basis last year,
> and I think they were divided into tracks. I also don't think they had any
> problems of CD players which couldn't read the media.) I mean the student
> just has to put the CD into the machine and push play, and use arrows to jump
> forward and backward. A student who buys a new CD player can certainly
> practice with it using any music disk, and if the student brings a radio-CD
> player from home, he/she will certainly know how to use it. There is no
> significant difference between doing the exam with a tape and doing it with a
> CD except that the latter is easier to navigate.
>
> So, I think that teachers should feel free to continue to use WHATEVER MEDIA
> IS EASIER FOR THEM for SCHOOL testing - whether it is tapes, or CDs or even
> MP3 players. Just inform the parents what the child needs to have (CD player
> for the bagrut and whatever for school testing). Encourage graduating
> students to pass their "equipment" on to other students. I think its enough
> that we, as English teachers, are preparing personal media to begin with!
> Using tapes we've collected over the past 5 or 6 years for school testing is
> a great labour saving device - one we should feel free to use.
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