[Web4lib] Audiobooks, are they helping kids learn to read?

[Chris & Tom Tinney, Sr.]

Michelle Mumau wrote:

>I was just wondering what your thoughts are on audio books and
>education? In my opinion audio books are NOT helping kids learn to read.
>I believe that the current generation of children are lazier than ever
>and audio books are just feeding into that mentality. I teach 7th grade
>and it is amazing how many children can't read.... and their spelling is
>atrocious. Can we blame it all on audio books, of course not, but I do
>think it is a contributing factor. 
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The wave of the future appears to be a combination of shared
audio - video - group creation of information databases worldwide.
http://www.publicradio.org/columns/futuretense/2006/09/27.shtml
The University of California, Berkeley now produces
course lectures on Google Video, as noted at:
http://video.google.com/ucberkeley.html
COURSE EXAMPLE:
SIMS 141 - Search, Google, and Life: Sergey Brin - Google
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7137075178977335350&q=owner%3Aucberkeley+is141 

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Respectfully yours,

Tom Tinney, Sr.
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