03 November 2007

Audiobooks

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I am one of the people Jeff Gomez describes on his book (see previous post) .
I am not ready for digital books. I like to read, not to be read. I like to set my own pace, let my imagination flow at the speed it wants, free my butterfly attention, discuss with myself what this word means, re-read beatiful paragraphs...

So, this e-book thing doesn't work for me... but... It could be interesting for my children listening good reading from other source than mum!.
Yes, good idea... but where can I find them? Worldbookfair site is not very friendly, brings up lot of information not relevant to your search. Probably I'll have to explore paid options...I'll keep you post.

2 comments:

Victorian Public Libraries Learning 2.0 Project said...

World book fair is the only non subscription sir=te I know of, Paid ones are much better.

Almost to the end

Lynette

November 4, 2007 5:08 PM
Gantry York said...

Audio books are a bit like digital clocks.

Many children can't tell time by an analog watch because there are too many digital clocks around. Maybe some day kids won't be able to read because everything will be on audio book.

Perhaps translating symbols into speech is primitive, but it is a good brain exercise.

I also think that visualizing time on an analog clock face gives you a good understanding of how our system of time works.

May 17, 2008 9:28 PM

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