Podcasting
The Benefits of Podcasting in the Classroom
This video by Joe Dale showed many great examples and uses of podcasting that can be used in the classroom. Most students using podcast in the classroom are millenial (anyone born after 1980). There are two different tools that can be used in the classroom such as Podcast and Vodcast. Podcast allow students to gain a more in depth learning experience. Vodcast are videos for the students to incorporate a visual and enhance overall experience. These tools can help students to learn through a Project Based structure and become a change from the old teaching style of lecturing.
Langwitches - Flat Stanley Podcast
In this blog post a first grade class reads a story called Flat Stanley by Jim Brown. They created and sent paper Flat Stanley's around the country to friends and family. They wanted to create a podcast of their own and all wanted to have their own individual recording time. The students homework assignment was to create a script of their own version of being a Flat Stanley with a parents help. The students need to set up many different steps for the script such as pick a location, tell how they got there, what they did while they were there, and how they got back home. Another reminder that was given is that it is an audio recording so they needed to included smells, what was around them, the sounds they heard, and how it felt to be mailed. This blog shows that there are many different ways of including podcast in to the classroom.
Langwitches - Podcasting With 1st Grade
This post shows that age is not a factor on teaching podcast to students. This blog gives examples of first graders and second grade students using podcast in their classrooms. The first graders began by listening to the second graders podcast and enjoyed the presentation. The teacher of the first grade class assigned a chapter book called "Vacation under the Volcano" by Mary Pope Osborne from the Magic Tree House series to the students. After each chapter the teacher would provide a question time for students to be able to ask for their understanding. Then the teacher would assigned the students different parts of a script from the book and would recorded in to several segments as a class. This shows that no matter how young a student is he/she can learn how to use podcast in the classroom.
I really enjoyed getting the opportunity to read your blog post on podcasting. You and I share a lot of the same beliefs towards the discussed material. You did a wonderful job explaining the concepts toward podcasting. I think podcasting is a great source to use towards learning. Good job!
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"These tools can help students to learn through a Project Based structure and become a change from the old teaching style of lecturing." Project Based learning is becoming more and more popular. Podcasting is a way to engage students in learning.
ReplyDelete"This post shows that age is not a factor on teaching podcast to students." Great point to make. You can adapt this project for different grade levels.
Good job on your blog post this week, it was well done and interesting.