[etni] Fw: re: CD and tapes clarification
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- Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 20:43:00 +0200
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From: <kobilavy@xxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: CD and tapes clarification
Hi Sharon,
In order not to experiment on the day of the bagrut why don't you take an
old bagrut CD and see if you can transfer it easily to mp3 file (and also
how much time it takes). I tried it at home and takes less than a minute (as
the file is not large at all). I think a preferable program for this is
itunes which recognizes immediately the file and transfers it to mp3 file
(fit to ipod but if you save it on the desktop for example it can work on
the windows media player as well).
Kobi
Sharon wrote:
>Some clarifications:
>First, unless we hear otherwise, CD disks are the only media that will be
sent this winter. I suggest we inform our students. I'd like to think that
at last minute we'll be offered an option of tapes as well, but I highly
doubt it. The numbers are mind-boggling. Mr. HaLevi told me that the
ministry needs to supply over 40,000 of the given media. (I don't know if
the numbers he gave me were for summer or winter - but it's a lot.
>Much as we'd like to help them, it is their responsibility and that of
>their
parents. I think that one can find cheap CD players (apparently, it doesn't
have to be a diskman) - and there are students who have CD players at home
that they can bring.
>Someone wrote to me that they thinking of having kids use a CD drive of a
computer. That is NOT an option - there are too many other resources that
kids can access on a computer.
>Secondly, some people writing to the list thought that the Ministry should
handling this issue and not a volunteer teacher (though people have
expressed appreciation of my efforts). The Ministry - i.e. - Judy Steiner -
IS involved. There is a committee working on the issue and Judy is on the
committee. The reason Mr. HaLevi called me is because I asked him if I (and
perhaps other teachers who are interested) could use MP3 players with my own
students this winter as a trial run for using MP3s. I figured that on the
day of the exam, 20 minutes before the exam, I could open the envelope, and
change the CD files to MP3 files and then load them on to my students' MP3
players. I have about 5 students doing F with HaKraat Sheilon this winter,
so the numbers aren't so daunting. If course, I would do a few trial runs
this semester.
>Mr. HaLevi was not against the idea, but wasn't sure if I should take upon
myself such responsibility just to save a few students from bringing (or
even buying) CD players - and I think he has a good point. As I wrote
before, I was pleased to see that the people involved are thinking of all
the various problems involved. Perhaps I was able to give him so more
input - as a teacher in the field.
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