Another great chapter filled with great information to hopefully put to good use. Not really knowing what podcasting is about I found it very interesting and went searching for a variety of podcast. First stop was my itunes account. My there are a lot of people out there sharing their thoughts, interest and talents. In my search I found some good ghost stories! Often I walk into the classroom to talk to a teacher and find them reading a book to their class. What a way to have the class hear a story and be able to do something else...like grading papers, doing report cards or collabing with another teacher. I also checked out the WillowWeb radio station and listen to a second grader talk about what they were learning in art. I think this tool would be really easy to use in school and have students make recording of what they are learning to share with parents. Then again will our tech department let us download Audactiy to be used in the classroom....I'm sure Keri will have the answer to that!
I have set my personal smart goal this year around communicating with parents and will use my wiki space as the avenue to do so. So since reading this chapter I'm thinking why not let the students tell their parents what they are doing via podcasting. Looks like I'll be spending more time in front of the computer than I have in the past. I also like the idea of taking video and uploading clips of students working on skills or playing games, see above clip.
Just got an idea about making good use of time/killing two birds with one stone. Using podcasts to read a short story to the students while I grade their journals. I have used audio recordings for the 1 novel I do with the class,but now I see that I can use it for other shorter pieces. Thanks.....
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