3. AUDIO MATERIALS
A variety of sound recordings are included
in the Educational Technology and
Resources Collection. Available formats
include compact discs, audio cassettes and
phono discs (records). Included in these
collections are sound effects and production
music (including some royalty-free titles),
dramatic readings, poetry, speeches, plays,
audiobooks, and various genres of music.
4. There are many audio resources
available on the Internet. These
resources can be interwoven into your
general classroom curriculum to
enhance your daily lessons. Deciding
how to use them is often very similar
to choosing other print teaching
materials.
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7. THE ADVANTAGES OF USING AUDIOS IN THE
CLASSROOM ARE:
• Inexpensive
• Readily available and simple to use
• Reproducible
• Repeatable
• Portable
• Ease of lesson preparation
• Selections easy to locate
• Provide verbal message for nonreaders
8. THE LIMITATIONS OF AUDIO
• Fixed sequence
• Doesn’t monitor attention
• Difficulty in pacing
• Potential for accidental erasure
9. SELECTING AUDIO MATERIALS
Before selecting audio materials, three more things
to need to do are:
• Analyzing audience
• Stating objective
• Ready to select, modify, design audio materials
10. UTILIZING AUDIO MATERIALS
The five Ps for group use of audio materials
• Preview the Materials
• Prepare the Materials
• Prepare the Environment
• Prepare the Learners
• Provide the Learning Experience
