There are so many opportunities to purchase, rent or borrow
books on CD. This can open up textbooks,
novels, biographies and how-to-guides (to name a few!) to those who are
physically impaired (cannot turn the pages of a book easily or at all) or who
have vision challenges. Of course, it is
also useful while driving or even lying in the dark with one's headphones on!
Resources include Ebay, amazon.com or Barnes and Noble but
there are additional resources like http://www.simplyaudiobooks.com/ and http://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/books-on-cd
that allow you to rent books. There is
even a 15 day free trial period for simply audio books.
For the high school
classroom this could be useful for English students or even students studying a
foreign language who are required to "read" a book.
Thanks for posting those websites! They can be helpful in an elementary classroom. After a little while, young students can become bored of read a-louds, so audio books can be a good change of pace. It forces them to pay closer attention and to use their hearing sense more so than looking at the pictures of a book to understand it. Good job on the post!
ReplyDelete