Monday, June 14, 2010
USA Today Report
The idea of learning from audiobooks is great and I have used it several times over the past two years from Audible.com. The article content is right on the mark about learning but it does not mention that a hirer level of concentration may be required if the subject matter is of little interest or difficult. Kind of like music, if one is into classical it may be hard to listen to heavy metal for an extended period of time. The other item I have found or noticed, sometimes the audio book may not be the same version as the printed book, this happened twice to me upon reviewing the printed chapters after listening. But overall, I think it is a great way to remove the boundaries of learning while accomplishing other tasks, such as exercising, i.e. multitasking.
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Hi Katie. I've become the proud owner of the Nook (the Barnes and Noble electronic reader). I have found it a great way to download material (books, music and audio books) especially when I am traveling. I have made use of audiobook particuarlly when I do not have the time to sit down and read the volumes I would have liked to (The Harry Potter series). The narrarator Jim Dale did a splendid job impersonating all the characters and gave the characters a new dimension for me to enjoy. The audio books remind me of when my Mom (before television) would listen to the radio, but, this is far more portable and interesting while we mutlitask.
ReplyDeleteOops, did I mean Katie??? Dan forgive me, this is a great example of me multitasking without giving you full credit. So, Dan,,,,so sorry for the name mix-up.
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