This blog is about using Podcasts in the classroom. After exploring and listening to podcasts, I found that there are numerous ideas for using Podcasts in the classroom. Some of the ideas I found that would be fun to use are: book talks, literature circles, meet the author, diaries, science logs, art critiques, and oral histories.+ Book talks - Are brief overviews of books designed to raise the interest of potential readers. For book talks we as teachers and librarians should model a book talk podcast before we ask students to do one.
+ Literature circles - Teachers or librarians can list several books and let the students sign up for a discussion group. Groups may read different books by the same author and then compare the recordings to find similarities or patterns. Exchanges can also be made with other classes, on the same or different books.
+ "Meet the Author" reports - Recording "Meet the Author" reports as podcasts allows the classroom community of learners to construct a library of peer-produced author biographies that could be used in a variety of extension activities.
+ Diaries - Podcasts could provide reactions and perspectives to historical events and people. Have students record their own perspective about a particular event, expedition or period in history. The podcast could even help illustrate the changes that took place during the course of events, period or expedition.
+ Science logs - Gathering data during an investigation is an important part of learning in the science classroom. The recorded investigation notes in a podcast can be used to facilitate a peer review of data for an added level of reflection and review.
+ Art critiques - An art instructor could use podcasting to model and engage students in art critiques. Have students record art critiques in small groups and to compare different personal reactions.
+ Oral Histories - Teach your students to be recorders of their own history.
After exploring the four different podcast tools: Soundcloud, Audioboo, Podomatic, and Garage Band, I realized that students can access the information made on podcasts anytime they want to. This type of media will encourage students to develop their own podcasts with their own personal interest in mind. After exploring these ways to create podcasts and having a Mac I decided to use GarageBand for my podcast.
Clink on the Finding Dory link below to hear my podcast over a movie review my son did for me on Finding Dory:
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Ideas for Podcasting in the Classroom. (n.d.). Retrieved July 12, 2016, from http://fcit.usf.edu/podcasts/index.html
Hi Buffie,
ReplyDeleteWow! The amazing list of potential uses you've documented for using podcasts to enhance the quality of the instruction we afford our students is incredibly inspiring! Will be adding a number of these to my arsenal.
The Finding Dory review was so professional in composition. Your son's commentary is comfortable, controlled, and so detailed, he sounds like he could have a future in film review!
Very well done!
-Johtell
Wow! Those were some really great ideas to use podcasts for. I didn't think about diaries and science logs. Since I teach Science, that would be a great idea to use it for especially when introducing a topic.
ReplyDeleteYou came up with a great list of ideas. I particularly like the idea of recording a student's history. That would be fun to do at the beginning of the year as an introduction.
ReplyDeleteGreat ideas for podcasting. I went at my blog from a different perspective so I enjoyed reading and listening to yours.
ReplyDeleteThank yo for sharing all the different uses for a Podcast! Some I hadn't thought about. I certainly will keep these in mind. I loved hearing your son's review about Finding Dori. His review was spot on! I saw it last week with my kiddos. Good Pixar film.
ReplyDelete~Valerie Daigre
Nice suggestions for using podcasts in the classroom. This is a "shareworthy" blog!
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