[etni] Re: Sharon's advocacy for efficient audio tech

From: judih haggai <gudweinh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2009 05:21:20 +0000
To Sharon,
Thanks for you taking on this advocacy role. You are doing such a large favour 
for so many of us,  our students and our schools.
That you took the time to re-send your letter that obviously touched the heart 
of Dudu HaLevi, well, yeah! You're seeing the light
at the end of the tunnel, and, quite obviously, there will be light.

Hopefully, there'll be a continuation of cassettes so that we can scrape 
through this interim. Although I say this just before our school
embarks on the dreaded mission of digitally recording and burning CDs for our 
yearly tests. This part of the mission is vast but doable.
Far worse is the demand we'll have to make on students to hunt for disc players.

So, please let us know if you know something. If you think added voices will in 
any way benefit the work going on in the Ministry, let us know.

Thanks again,
oh, and P.S. - was the proposed use of a SIM card meant for existing cellphones 
as well as viable MP3/4 players? Does any ETNI-er know more about this?

Judih Weinstein Haggai
Nofei Habsor


> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Sharon Tzur" <sharontzu5@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: cds mp3s and moe


> Dear Etniers:

> As you may know, I wrote a long letter to Mr. Dudu HaLevi from the Testing
> Department on the topic of CDs and MP3s.
> 
> Though I didn't get an immediate response to my first letter, after sending
> a second letter, Mr. Dudu HaLevi himself responded, called me at home, and
> spoke with me for over half an hour about the hakraat sheilon issue. I
> reiterated the problems with CDs - particularly the high cost of diskman,
> the waste for using disks, and the problem of producing disks for practice
> during the school year.
> 
> I was really happy to talk to a responsive person who proved to be aware of
> the problems involved and I was glad to see how seriously and intelligently
> the whole issue is being handled - something I couldn't have known from the
> letter issued to schools - which didn't even mention that other options are
> being discussed.
> 
> Mr. HaLevi said that the tape option is no longer available for technical
> reasons (apparently the previous suppliers are no longer making tapes), but
> that the ministry is aware of the problems of using CDs and is looking into
> moving to MP3 (or some other) technology. We discussed some of the issues.
> Mr. HaLevi is interested in using technologies that would eliminate the need
> for file transfer on the day of the bagrut.(My original suggestion was to
> send a disk-on-key with the files in the sealed envelopes on the day of the
> exam. He pointed out that transferring files on the day of the exam is
> problematic in schools with very large populations.) He said they are
> looking into using a technology which would eliminate the need for file
> transferring on the day of the exam - like SIM cards. I'm not really
> familiar with that particular technology, but I know that my own MP3 player
> (produced by ScanDisk) is equipped to read a tiny memory card that can be
> slipped into my MP3 player - I think it's the same idea. That would
> certainly be a great idea.
> 
> I did send a follow up fax saying that in light of the fact that the
> ministry may be moving to a newer technology very shortly, it would make
> sense to continue to supply tapes until that time - and I suggested that the
> ministry check again to see if there is any supplier who could continue to
> produce tapes for another year or two.
> 
> I also promised Mr. HaLevi that I'd send a letter to the Etni list reporting
> on our conversation. If anyone has any ideas to contribute, please write me
> and I'll try to pass them on.
> 

                                          
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