Reflection #8: Audio Books

I have recently gotten into the world of audio books. I think that making more of these available to students would be very valuable. So far, I have found no limit on the audio books that I can find from the library. I know that I can read faster if I hear it and read it concurrently and I can understand it better. For students who are struggling, this could help them to read better or simply to read faster.

Or for students who don't like to read this could put a new spin on it so that they may want to or at least can gain the information without the agony of the task of reading. (Not that this should always be allowed, as some students need to push through and read anyway, but there are instances when it could be beneficial.)

Reflection #6: BookSneeze

"Great books are contagious." BookSneeze's tag ling.

BookSneeze gets books into the hands of people who love to read, and who love to blog--and the books are free!! I found this really cool program that gives books away to people who will review and post the review on their blog. You get to choose from the books on their website, and they ship the book to you for free and you get to keep it.

I think that this is a really cool way to get people books that they want to read, at a good price--I always liked free--and get the word out about the book. It also makes people think about how the book might affect other people.

I don't know how it would work, I still working on it, but I think that using this in a classroom would be a really good idea. The majority of the books are geared for adults, so it might work better for HS than elementary.