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>Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 17:00:20 -0500
>Sender: George Mitrevski <[log in to unmask]>
>From: George Mitrevski <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Digitized audio

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Hi folks.

I was following the recent discussion about digitizing audio and setting up 
servers for audio files. I am wondering, though, what the benefits are of 
digitizing publishers audio tapes, other than the ease of access. How 
pedagogically sound is it for a student to work with an audio file that may be 
30-45 minutes long, and may cover an entire chapter's worth of topics? Like 
many of you, I too have digitizes all of my audio tapes. But in addition, I 
cut the content of each tape/audio file down to the specific exercise level, 
or down to a sentence level, and even down to the single word level. So, I 
have accumulated approximately 1,500 audio files, and the list is growing. I 
use, and re-use, these files for a variety of JavaScript exercises with 
embedded audio. Currently I'm working on crossword puzzles, where I provide 
audio clues, instead of the standard text clues. My next project is to develop 
similar types of exercises with embedded Windows media video.

You can see some samples, as well as read tutorials on how it is done, at

www.auburn.edu/~mitrege/knowledge/index.html

George.

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