Podcast? Has anyone ever heard of such a thing? My students certainly have not!! I decided to introduce this new technology to my students because I knew this type of audio would be used in their future. Remember our field trip last week?? I thought it would be fun for students to get in groups and do a Podcast on their favorite exhibits. Students were instructed to listen to other Podcasts online to become more familiar with this technology, create an outline of their Podcasts, and record their Podcasts with other team members.
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| Johnny practicing for his Podcast |
Some teams decided to let each member take a turn and share their favorite exhibit and other teams decided to do an interview style Podcast. Using Audacity, my students were able to record and edit their voices. The students were really excited and eager to do a good job when the principal agreed to upload some of their Podcasts on our school website!! I thought this assignment would encourage other educators to do this activity with their students. I believe Podcasts are very interactive and creating them allowed my students to develop better teamwork skills. Finally, it was a great opportunity for my students to develop better literacy skills and practice their speaking and listening skills.
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| Sarah and Anna recording their Podcast |
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| My students listening to their audio |
Some teams decided to let each member take a turn and share their favorite exhibit and other teams decided to do an interview style Podcast. Using Audacity, my students were able to record and edit their voices. The students were really excited and eager to do a good job when the principal agreed to upload some of their Podcasts on our school website!! I thought this assignment would encourage other educators to do this activity with their students. I believe Podcasts are very interactive and creating them allowed my students to develop better teamwork skills. Finally, it was a great opportunity for my students to develop better literacy skills and practice their speaking and listening skills.
Listen to an audio Podcast:
Here is an example of a Video Podcast used in a classroom:
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