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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Friday, November 10, 2006 - 6:28 pm
This is my very favorite mp3 player for downloading library web audio books: SanDisk Sansa M240 1GB Digital Audio Player (SDMX31024A18). Best Buy is having them on sale the day after Thanksgiving early sale for 34.99. Easy to use and will start where you stop. Right now you can order them from Circuit City for $59.99 free shipping. These also have a voice recorder and radio. You can google info and get all the reviews and particulars. These are very small like the ipods and a lot cheaper!
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Saturday, November 11, 2006 - 12:21 am
Thanks, Supergranny. I was starting to look around as I'll need at least two. At that price I can afford them too.
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Thursday, December 21, 2006 - 7:03 pm
I have listened to two audiobooks in the past few months or so. "The Devil Wore Prada" I listened to on the drive to Houston, and it was fine no big deal. I didn't really think the boss was that bad, and neither did my employee which leads me to believe I might be the subject of a "My Boss was an Absolute T-word" best seller sometime in the near future. It was entertaining, but definitely chick-fare. The other Colossus and I listened to just this week on the way to and from Augusta - it is "Mayflower" by Nathaniel Philbrick. Absolutely fascinating, much history on the Pilgrim and Indian sides in there that you don't learn in school. It's a very even-handed account of the experience of the Pilgrim generation up through King Philip's War. Admittedly the eleven-CD set could lose a few CD's toward the end where every known moment of King Philip's War is recounted in excrutiating detail and keeping track of the numerous Indian sachems gets hairy, but nonetheless the audioset is engrossing and helped us both drive through the trip in a very entertaining and educational fashion. Strongly recommended for history buffs.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Thursday, December 21, 2006 - 9:13 pm
THANK YOU Eeyore!! One of your sites has an unabridged version of Tale of Two Cities. My AP class is working on this book over the holidays, so I've sent them the link. Free books are always The Best! 
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Friday, December 22, 2006 - 3:19 am
I love the idea of students using audiobooks. I'm conflicted as to whether it will make them lazy, or whether it will aid in their engagement. There are many good stories out there, but reading is boring. I have been able to read and write since I was 2 or 3 (they let every kid in my preschool come to me if they wanted someone to read them a story); but I've lost the enjoyment of reading, ever since I got a real life, and had a ton of things to do. I find I can't even finish reading a page, before I'm falling asleep at night. Since I've found the audiobooks to put on my iPod, I've been learning so much again. It's wonderful. I think many of the classics would be good to listen to, while in the bath relaxing, or on a jog. That's where students may find a place for literature in their lives.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Friday, December 22, 2006 - 11:21 am
I've found the audio books are extremely helpful for those kids who struggle w/reading (and yes -- those kids are in AP, too). Some of them are just auditory learners, not visual, so "ipod" books work better. Add that to their busy schedules, and the audio book is a godsend. I've been adding to my "collection" of audio books for school for the past five years, but since most unabridged versions are expensive, it's been a slow process. I'll keep checking w/these sites as they add more "classics"!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, December 22, 2006 - 12:55 pm
Teach, my bil has a learning disability that makes reading pretty frustrating for him. He's in heating and air and ever so often has to take classes at the college to keep up with work and everytime he does, sis will read his text books into a tape recorder for him then he'll listen to the tapes on his commute to work. It's the only thing that really works for him. Anyways, several years ago, we'd all been reading something or other and passing the book back and forth and he was curious. Sis found the audio tape set for him and he started to listen to it in the car. My bil, who up til then had never met a book he'd liked in the least because reading was such a frustrating task for him, suddenly found the love of, hmm, what do you call it when it's listening on tape? Reading? His commute to and from work is a couple hours a day usually so now he manages to go through 1-2 audio books a month. It's such an amazing thing to me. My family are avid readers and we read for pleasure and to learn even when not in school. I can't imagine not having a book at hand if I'm sitting somewhere I have to wait for a bit and it always seemed so sad to me that he couldn't enjoy that and love to read for pleasure. Now though he can't get enough. Kids these days are so freaking busy I think it's great they can use audio books. Wish it'd been more common when I was in high school, lol.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Friday, December 22, 2006 - 2:54 pm
Your BIL is EXACTLY the kid that I'm trying to "hook" on reading. I've got a nephew who struggles w/reading/writing, but he's so "anti" school at the moment, that even an audio book is not acceptable. I'm hoping when he gets out of middle school and into high school, I can hook him audio books - -may even have to buy an ipod w/one already downloaded to "lure" him in! LOL
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Chewpito
Member
01-04-2004
| Saturday, December 23, 2006 - 11:31 pm
I have the exact problem, I love books but because of a neck injury, just holding my neck up to read for more then 5 min and im screaming in pain, I had allmost given up on reading until the audio book thing.... I love love love them.. I have gone thru so many books in the past yrs by listening to them.... Ive found that I retain more of the book this way also...
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, December 24, 2006 - 4:22 pm
Anderson Cooper's memoir on cd (but I'm sure rippable?) is very good and unabridged and he reads it, which must makes it way better!
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Sunday, December 24, 2006 - 6:16 pm
Interestingly, many of the famous people read their own audio books. I've downloaded a bunch, and they have all been by the writer(s). I DO find the subject-type audiobooks (like philosophy and stuff) are read by guest readers though. Mind you most of the great philosophers are dead. LOL
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Sunday, December 24, 2006 - 10:05 pm
I got Anderson's book through Itunes -- so it just downloaded and I burned it to CD and my Ipod. I did that with Elie Wiesel's three books, too: Night, Dawn and Day.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, December 25, 2006 - 1:37 am
I love books read by the authors.. like Charlotte's Web read by E. B. White, Dolly Parton reading her own book was charming, Maya Angelou (but it was abridged.. what a crock).. Roseanne Barr reading hers was ugly and angry but .. well.. Loved Anderson reading his..
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, December 25, 2006 - 3:32 am
Hey Teach, my bil has said that when we sat around talking about the books we'd been passing around to each other, he never really felt left out because he didn't really want to read them, but since finding audio tapes he really enjoys getting to be in on those chats. It can't be a bad thing if it gets people to find love in reading. I hope you can find something that might peek your nephews interest!
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Monday, December 25, 2006 - 9:19 pm
The only "author" readings that drove me nuts were Ramona and Wrinkle in Time. Both authors had lisps and it drove me nuts! LOL I got my nephew the sequel to "Hatchet" (the only Gary Paulson book he's read) and seemed to look forward to reading it. It's a fairly short book, so I hope he enjoys it. It was another book year at my family's Christmas -- almost everyone got a book of some sort, and ALL of us (down to the 9 month old) got a Barnes and Noble gift card! WOOHOO!! MORE BOOKS!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, December 25, 2006 - 11:01 pm
Heh, Teach, I always give books as gifts for Christmas. They still get some kind of toy or clothes, but they all get at least one book. We gave Dakota 9 books this year, someone else got her two, and my mom one. Caleb got 6 from us (his are longer) and then two from other people. I ended up with $65 worth of gc's for the books store, and then the rest of the family got $20 gc's from my great aunt. We're pretty big on giving books, can ya tell, lol?
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Tuesday, December 26, 2006 - 11:22 am
I like the LeapFrog Leap Pad stuff for kids at Xmas. Good for promoting literacy, and other school skills. When I was little, I had a Speak & Spell, and a Speak & Math. I really think those things sped up my literacy skills.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Tuesday, December 26, 2006 - 3:11 pm
Love it, War! My mom still talks about the Christmas when I was in 4th grade, got 9 books for Christmas and read 'em all in a week and grumbled about "not enough to read" for vacation. I like the LeapFrog items, too, Eeyore. I got my youngest nephew their little count and color train -- it sings songs about the colors as it connects to the cars and has an ABC/123 mode as well. Now I just gotta' make time for ME to read during this vacation. I've got a few papers to finish up tonight, and then I've got 4 more "school days" to read my heart out. I'm trying to finish up Wild Fire, State of Fear and Conviction, plus I'm "re-skimming" A Tale of Two Cities to be ready for my AP kids when they get back to school. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the holidays!
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Friday, December 29, 2006 - 12:52 pm
Hi everyone, I just put something in my personal folder in the members room area that some of you may want to check out.
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Saturday, December 30, 2006 - 8:01 am
Nice! Thanks Naja!!
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Tuesday, January 02, 2007 - 2:53 pm
Eeyore, I just put #2 of the set in there today, also.
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Monday, January 15, 2007 - 5:03 pm
I am putting my old radio shows that I have on cassettes onto cd's. I uploaded 3 episodes of Suspense to megaupload. After download you should be able to right click on the file and add to sync list and then be able to load on to your mp3 player. If anyone is interested I have put the rest in wav so I can put on cd's...2 half hour shows. Remember that these are old radio shows so don't expect the quality we are used to today but they are fun to listen to. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JI5PLH65
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 2:35 am
How do you put your tapes onto cd's, Supergranny? I have a bunch of books on tape that I'd love to put on cd or mp3.
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 10:22 am
Let me get my thoughts together and write it down in detail...it took this old lady two days to figure it out and it really isn't that hard once the idea sinks in...so I will write it down step by step. I have OT on my hand this morning so will do it later.
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 8:08 pm
First you need a cable that will plug into the head phone jack of the cassette player and the other end plugs into the computers "Line In" jack. I used a speaker cable. Download the free audio software http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ and follow the directions about downloading the Lame software so you can change files into MP3s also. Just read the directions...it is pretty easy to go from there. I did alot of experimenting before I was comfortable. I learned it is easier to hit the pause button just in case you want to add something else to the track. Have fun! And let me know if you need any help after you get it set up.
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Thursday, March 29, 2007 - 12:44 pm
Oprah's new book pick "The Road" is available for download from Net Library. Check with your local library if they have affiliation. And there is no waiting list for a book from Net Library! http://www.netlibrary.com/Gateway.aspx
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Thursday, April 12, 2007 - 3:12 am
15 free audiobooks: http://www.learnoutloud.com/Free-Audio-Books
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Thursday, April 12, 2007 - 2:55 pm
Checked it out (especially the Ayn Rand book); unfortunately, they're not really free - -gotta' be a monthly paying member for free download (cheapest membership is $13 pr. month) or pay the $10. The "Pay" prices are very good, though!
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Thursday, April 12, 2007 - 9:30 pm
If you sign up on their emailing list, they do one free book a month, no fees. I always download the free one. :-)
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Thursday, April 12, 2007 - 9:59 pm
Ahhh --good to know. Thanks! I adore audio books and they are so very helpful w/my English classes and my slower readers, readers who struggle w/comprehension or my "oral" learners.
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Wednesday, May 30, 2007 - 10:43 am
TEACHMICHIGAN: http://kids.learnoutloud.com/
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Wednesday, May 30, 2007 - 8:37 pm
Cool -- thanks. 
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Thursday, June 14, 2007 - 1:22 pm
Hi you guys. There is a new scary movie out called "1408". It's based on the short story "Room 1408" by Stephen King. Anyway, I posted the audiobook of that short story in my personal folder if anybody is interested in it.
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