Initially, I wasn’t sure what I would use a podcast for in my classroom. I am excited about all of the ideas that I read about in our readings for last week and on our Ning. I love the idea of having students podcast for book talks. Book talks always take up a lot of class time and it would be great to give the students the experience of doing a book talk, but not using class time.
Another idea that I had was having the students do a poetry reading. I feel that they often are hesitant to recite dramatically in class, but they may be more comfortable in their own home. Especially, since they can play it and then edit it to improve it. I think it would still be beneficial to share these with the class, but less stressful for the student than presenting in person.
I love the idea of having students write and share via podcast their This I Believe essay. I actually just got the book This I Believe which is a compilation of essays. I also was able to download middle school lesson ideas from their website. I am excited to have my students do something with this.
I created my first podcast to share directions for an assignment. It will work great to catch up sick students. I could probably attach it to my website for students and parents to access. I found it very easy to create and not time consuming at all. I liked the fact that I could write out what I wanted to say and read from it.
Lastly, I love the idea of using a podcast to give the background of a time in history to the students. This would be useful before teaching To Kill a Mockingbird and Anne Frank. Students would benefit by gaining an understand of the time period and I would probably present this background information more effectively if I had it scripted out.
I am excited to start using podcast in my classroom!
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Wow, look at you go to town with podcast ideas! I think kids really would take to podcasting; it's less intimidating for them, especially if they struggle with writing.
ReplyDeleteI've lately even thought of requiring students to record themselves reading their drafts, because that's the one way I KNOW they catch simple errors in spelling, sentence structure, etc.