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Based on a Blog by Jim Moulton
Original Publication Date: 4/25/2007
Podcasting is easy to use but can have huge benefits for student literacy. Students can utilize this web 2.0 technology to record their own writing or the writing of others. The author stated that students read and reread text to “get it right” before they begin recording.
During morning announcements a middle school principal would read “words of wisdom” from history. Since it was the same person reading the text five days a week most of the students had “tuned out” and missed the important truths the principal had hoped to convey. To refresh this idea the principal utilized podcasting and the voices of his students. Every seventh grade student participates in creating podcasts and one is featured at the end of the morning announcements.
In creating the podcasts, students not only “hear” the inherent truths from Eleanor Roosevelt, Gandhi, and Winston Churchill they spend hours researching, reading, and rereading to understand the content so they are able to record a meaningful podcast. The podcast project is turning the “tuned out” students into active contributors to the learning community.
Moulton, J. (2007, April 25). What has podcasting done for you? great things often begin in small ways [Web log message]. Retrieved from http://www.edutopia.org/what-has-podcasting-done-you
Okay, so I love this idea. I am looking to incorporate student announcers for our morning announcements this fall and I would love to have "words of wisdom" or even self-worth or encouragement. By putting them on podcasts I think reluctant readers (and speakers) would be able to practice their "voice". Thanks for the inspiration!
ReplyDeleteThis seems like a great way to get students involved in the morning news. We have monthly character traits. Podcasts from classes would be a great way to demonstrate the trait because seeing it in action would benefit them more than just hearing it from eht news anchor. Thanks for sharing.
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