Here are some ways that I have thought to use podcasting for the classroom:
1. Give parents and students detailed information and class projects so students can refer back to it at any time. Also, this way parents know what it is their students are to be doing since most students do not relay information to their parents very well. (I already created one for my podcasting assignment: in our class we do an All About Me bag for each of the students. I always have questions from parents even though I put something in the newsletter about it. This podcast explains it in detail and they can get to it at any time throughout the year.)
2. Have a podcast of work for a student that is out sick for an extended period of time so they don't get to far behind. This way it will be easier for them to keep up and they get some instruction.
3. Extra instruction for those students that are needing help to understand the concept. This way they can go over it again and again on their own time and at their own pace. Also, their parents will be able to hear how it is being taught at school.
4. Students doing reader's theatre. This would be great to have them work on reading with expression since all we will be hearing is voices. We could then compare different podcasts throughout the year to see their growth.
5. Have students become an expert on a topic and create a podcast about their topic to inform others.
6. Have students use their music smarts to create and sing a song/jingle, say an advertisement, etc. to go with a topic they have learned.
Links for related information:
Ideas for Podcasting in the Classroom
Tools for TEKS: Integrating Technology into the Classroom
Classroom Tech: Podcasting
Instructional Technology: What is a podcast?
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I like your idea of using podcast to keep parents updated. Our school has edline already though and I'm sure they are paying a big buck for so most of us just use that website to stay in touch for parents. I also like the idea of using them to keep absent students in the loop, I could see that turning into a lot of work for the teacher though. I think I may use your reader theatre idea and the idea of letting students become experts on a topic and sharing it though!
ReplyDeleteVery cool ideas. I could see trying to keep with the absent students to be a lot of work for the teacher. I may use your readers theater idea!
ReplyDeleteI think you and the students would get a lot of mileage out of the jingle. If the Animanics can do it, then we can too! Twenty-four years later I still remember which prepositions are followed by the dative case pronouns in German because my teacher set it to a line of classical music.
ReplyDeleteFor students it would be much less intimidating to do a recording at home than a presentation in front of their peers. They could really work at getting it right and have fun with creatively synthesizing conceptual knowledge.