Teaching With Wikis, Blogs, Podcasts & More: Dozens of Easy Ideas for Using Technology to Get Kids Excited About Learning
- ISBN13: 9780545168342
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Knowing the best and easiest ways to use dynamic digital resources helps teachers and students alike thrive in today’s classroom. This book of quick tips and practical ideas shows how to fuse technology with everyday teaching. Readers will learn ways to use presentation software, e-portfolios, digital cameras, interactive whiteboards, and other teacher-tested tools to enhance learning and motivate students. Other tips include guiding students through a productive Web search, innovative ways to
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Itil Foundation Podcast (Audiobook)
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Review by X_HOBBES for Itil Foundation Podcast (Audiobook)
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I commute several hours per day and listen to tons of podcasts on my daily commute. I am preparing for the ITIL Foundations exam, so I thought this would be a good investment. While I am grateful that such an audiobook exists, I am disappointed by the quality of the product. The author literally just read from a script — no emotion or emphasis on anything. It is like listening to someone read legal contracts.
PRO’s:
- MP3 format allows you to put this onto just about any MP3 player
- The only ITIL v3 Foundations prep guide in audio format that I’m aware of
- Chapters are clearly labeled on each MP3
- Covers the same ITIL v3 Foundations content that all other written material covers, but in audio
CON’s:
- The author simply reads from a script, so it is extremely mono-tone and dull
- The author doesn’t pause between sentences or topics, so you don’t have time to digest information
- The author seems like he’s speed-reading through the whole thing, which makes it even more difficult to consume information
- The author POPS his P’s so much that it’s extremely distracting (sounded like little explosions every time a “P” was read)
- The author over-emphasized his S’s (“schedule” is read as “SSSHHHedule”)
- After a few sentences I was no longer able to digest anything the author was saying because I was still two sentences back; constantly had to rewind
- Does not come in an AudioBook format (although there are free products out there that convert MP3’s to iTunes audiobooks)
- There are silent gaps in the audio (every once in a while the audio cuts out for about 30 seconds or more)
- The author frequently makes reference to slides that we don’t have (“if you look on the right of the slide…”)
Overall, VERY POOR production quality. I think if the text were available, you could get the about the same or better recording quality by using Microsoft Sam (Windows’ built-in text-to-speech utility). I was hoping to give this thing 5 stars, but there are way too many sloppy production issues and lack of interest on the producer to engage the audience.
To improve with being able to digest the rapidly-read content, after converting the MP3 files into an iTunes audiobook, I use the feature on my iPod to slow down the reading of audiobooks — it actually helps a lot!
Good luck to everyone preparing for the exam!
June 23rd, 2010 at 10:59 am
Review by E. J. Russell for Itil Foundation Podcast (Audiobook)
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I purchased the ITIL Foundation Audiobook the day it was released, and have been listening to it on my commute – even though I passed the ITIL Foundation exam Dec. 2008 (using the excellent Art of Service Foundation book and online course). I’m using it to review foundation knowledge in preparation for the Art of Service ITIL intermediate OSA (Operation Support & Analysis) course. I wish the Foundation audiobook had been available to help me study for the first exam. It’s a great way to make use of what otherwise would be wasted time – commutes, workouts, walks, lunches, etc. It’s very well recorded, and organized so you can easily select the topics you need to review. Highly recommended. Also, the company ([...]) has excellent customer support.
June 23rd, 2010 at 11:04 am