[MOSAIC] One more question for Tim (recording)

[Joy]

Keith,
  When I was at the NCRA conference in 2006 a vendor who specialized in recorded reading told me that they are going to stop manufacturing cassette tapes. I've noticed that my local Wal*Mart no longer stocks blank cassettes, but fortunately I can still get some at the dollar store.
   
  This saddens me because although the technology is superb, it means poorer schools like mine will be left in the dark. Not only can we not afford to buy iPods or MP3 devices, neither can our students. Recording on classroom computers is ok, unless your computer does not have that capability. I only have one computer in my classroom that has speakers, and that is because a parent donated them. Most of our other classrooms don't have speakers.
   
  I wish manufacturers would take this into consideration when they make these huge shifts in technology availability. Large schools may be able to keep up, but my school is consistently left in the dust.

Keith Mack <kmack at literacyworkshop.org> wrote:
  One thing to keep in mind is that iPods and other MP3 devices will replace
your cassette tape recordings. 

                Joy/NC/4
  jwidmann at rocketmail.com
  How children learn is as important as what they learn: process and content go hand in hand. http://www.responsiveclassroom.org
   









 
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