How to Set up a Listening Library

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Organizing the Books

• Separate your books by categories.• Make a system for labeling.

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Delivery methods

• PowerPoint Presentations• CDs• Online Storage

PowerPoint PresentationsGood for any student age.

• Advantages:– Record directly on the Presentation!– You can add graphics/scanned images for visual

interest.– You can add quiz questions on the PowerPoint

slides to check for comprehension.• Disadvantages:– Only works if you have laptops available– Listeners cannot pause the sound

• How to do it:– Insert > Sound Pull-Down Menu > Record Sound

CDsBest with younger students

• Advantages:– CDs are portable– CDs are inexpensive– Easy for young listeners because the CD can be stored with

the book.• Disadvantages:– CDs are not free– CD players are expensive. (But, donations of unused CD

players is a great option.)– Your computer must have CD writer

• How to do it:– Record Voice with Software (Audacity is free:)– Use your computer’s CD writer. Make sure it is set to work in

any CD player, and not only on a computer!

Online StorageBest with older students

• Advantages:– Completely Free– Digitized Content cannot be lost by students.– You can link them to online read-along, listen-along sites!

• Disadvantages:– Technology Problems– Students will be on the internet

• How to do it:– Record Voice with Software (Audacity is free:)– MP3 is the most widely-recognized sound file format, which will

lessen the delivery problems.– Upload the files to Online Storage site.

• Wiki• Edmodo• Google Drive

– Link students to the files and let them go.