iGeneration - 21st Century Education (Pedagogy & Digital Innovation)

In this 21st century, the autonomy is playing a relevant role in the learning process, so it is really important that teacher provide useful technological tools that facilitated them the adoption of this skill. Therefore, this website is very valuable since students have a free access to more than 50,000 audiobooks. In addition, it gives multiple options depending on the people’ preferences. On the other hand, I considered that this tool help to develop two significant aspects that are needed to encourage in students; those are, firstly, as we know not all people learn in the same way due to the fact each individual have different bits of intelligence (Linguistic, Logical-mathematical, spatial, Kinesthetic, musical, interpersonal, intrapersonal and Naturalist proposed by garden.); unfortunately, few of those bits of intelligence are taking into account in the teaching-learning process. But, using audiobook, student who shows sensitivity to rhythm and sound can apply this strategy to develop their intelligence and also their cognition. The second aspect is that students could practice autonomously the listening comprehension of a second language that they want to learn. And this listening competence is one of the most important skills that students must develop in order to learn a new language.

As many educators start to enjoy their summer break and then prepare for the upcoming academic year, here is a tool that provides many free audiobooks to consider adding to your digital library and courses.

Teacher friends: free audiobooks on #EdTech & mobile learning - #ucedutech #listenandlearn

This article presents 6 audiobook platforms that can be very useful for students during this time.

1- LibroVox Audio Book

‘LibriVox Audio Books provides unlimited access to over 50,000 audio books. Each audiobook can be streamed over the internet or downloaded for later use. The LibriVox Audio Books app features classic best sellers and out of print treasures from every genre of literature in more than 30 languages.’

2- Audio Books by Audiobooks

‘Everything you need is right within the app: claim credits on titles, access your audio book wishlist, view your library, and play your audio books without ever having to visit the website. We add hundreds of new books every week, and your first premium audiobook is free! Plus, we have a library of 7,000 free audio titles for everyone to enjoy.’

3- CloudBeats ‘Listen.

‘Listen to your audiobooks library anywhere directly from Google Drive, DropBox, Box, OneDrive, Amazon Cloud Drive, Mediafire, ownCloud and your personal NAS. Save space on your device as you no longer need to keep large audio files on your iPhone and sync with iTunes. CloudBeats was created to give you a seamless listening and syncing experience.’

4- Bookmobile Audiobook Player

‘An interface optimized for listening to spoken word content, especially while driving. No sliders, dragging or other controls that are nearly impossible to get right while you are driving. Easy access to the controls that matter most while listening. Get, play and manage audio content from a wide variety of sources: iTunes, Audible.com, Librivox.org, CDs, public library downloads, RSS feeds, Dropbox, and more.’

5- Audible audio books and podcasts
 ‘Hear A-list celebrities narrate their favorite stories, enjoy full-cast performances, discover Grammy:registered: award-winning audiobooks, and more. Listen to your audiobooks anytime, anywhere—at home or on the go with our free app. Even if you switch devices, you'll never lose your place.’

 6- Bound - Cloud Audiobooks
‘Listen to your favorite audiobooks. Download from the cloud. Link your cloud storage account. Quickly download your audiobook files. Play your audiobooks in a beautiful modern interface. Automatically saves your listening position. So you never lose your place.