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Listening

Listening to Headphones

I remind myself every morning: Nothing I say this day will teach me anything. So if I'm going to learn, I must do it by listening.

--Larry King

 

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.


--Wilson Mizner

 

 
Stories
And it's fun to listen, too! Listen and read along with jokes, tongue twisters.
Stories for your imagination. Requires RealPlayer.
Native American storytellers recount Native American tales. As this PBS Site explains, "Circle of Stories uses documentary film, photography, artwork and music to honor and explore Native American storytelling." Good listening.
Book recommendations for children through age 12 by topic. Also seasonal favorites and recommendations from other kids. Listen to a storyteller, create your own booklist, view someone else's booklist, and more.
"Stories from the Aftermath of Infamy." Listen to the stories of Japanese-Americans as they react to the attack on Pearl Harbor. Then listen to Muslim-Americans and Arab-Americans and what happened to them after 9/11. Real stories from real Americans.
Many of Robert Munsch's books are available for downloading and listening.
Celebrities read some of their favorite stories! Camryn Manheim reads Enemy Pie, Hayley Duff reads Romeow and Drooliet, Lou Diamond Phillips reads Polar Express...and many more!
Podcasts for Kids: If you like these, try Crackle Back Stories, Fairy Tale Corner, Shakespeare-Upon-iPod, Bobby Bucket Podcasts and Click-a-Story.
The Kennedy Center presents: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day and others.
Speeches

A searchable archive (by speaker, date, or title) or politically significant audio material. A component of the "Historical Voices" project of the National Endowment for the Humanities and Michigan State University. Requires RealPlayer.
Audio from some of the greatest speeches in history. Features a different speech/speaker each day. You can search the database or browse by topic: politics, science, arts, war.
Podcasting Directories 
Listed and rated.
"No foul language, sexual situations, or positive drug and alcohol promotion."
All kinds of podcasts--about education, by students, different subject areas. The Education Podcast Network is an effort to bring together into one place, the wide range of podcast programming that may be helpful to teachers looking for content to teach with and about, and to explore issues of teaching and learning in the 21st century.
Thousands of free podcasts.
Listening Tips

Tips for becoming a better listener and a better communicator.
Strategies for Improving your listening skills in class.
How more effective listening can help reduce stress!
Papers and projects for improved listening from Awesome Library.
Resources designed especially for ESL students who are trying to learn English. This resource provides listening quizzes, interviews, specific English learning listening resources as well as where to go to listen, listen, listen.
Music & Sounds
Stream up to 5 free classical music files a day. Over 25,000 full-length files by over 1,600 composers. Biographies, illustrated biographies, historical context, timelines, links to related pages.
Create your own radio station. Discover music similar to the music you like. You might even like some you've never heard!
Free sounds by category: animals, household, sports, cartoons, weather and more.
A growing collection of almost 2,000 sound files by category.
A search engine to help you find specific sounds and kinds of sound files.
Quotes and descriptions taken directly from websites are indicated by italics.
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