As a new media specialist, I am always looking for creative and innovative ways to engage students, teachers and stakeholders. We do have a couple of teachers using the Flipped classroom model and recording lessons for students, but it just never occurred to me that this was podcasting. As I was reading Podcasting 101 by Kristin Fontichiaro, ideas just starting popping in my head!
For instance, our foreign language students could use this in their artist project by setting up a mock interview with the artist. I loved Fontichiaro's idea of having the teacher record questions and having the students record their answers on the same track.
Drama students could use this to go along with their lessons on creating voice, or to promote upcoming plays by recording a podcast for our PTSA e-news.
The possibilities are endless! Like the kids at Radio Willow, students could use a podcast to explain a science process or vocabulary terms. What a wonderful tool for students that have a fear of speaking in public---teachers could use this as an alternative. Any subject area could use this technology to enhance learning, engage students, and meet Common Core Standards.
The book talk site by Nancy Keane gave me a few ideas too! Perhaps my student aids in the library could record a few of these to post on our library blog, or post to the Read180 classroom blog to entice reluctant readers to come and check out a book.
The Resources handout that was attached had a wealth of information on podcasting. The tutorial from Audacity was wonderful and a great resource to share.
In any use of technology involving our students, however, we must always be aware of Internet safety. Students should never use their complete names or identifying information. And, we must always check our board policies to make sure we are in compliance.
Since reading this, I have already proposed a few projects to teachers who are very excited at the possibilities for new ways revive some old lesson plans!
I would love to hear ideas from you regarding uses or potential uses of podcasting to enhance student learning!
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Cindy,
ReplyDeleteHow is the "flipped classroom" going? I have one teacher in my department who does it and loves it, however he teached AP so his kids are a little more diciplined to do things at home than my kids usually are. I did not connect podcasting to the flipped classroom either. I was assumed most teachers just posted the typical powerpoint online and students would view it.
One thing I like about podcasting the the ease to it, however it can look very time consuming. All the effects, sounds, pictures, and text you are able to add allows you to be creative as an educator. I am proud of how many special effects I add to powerpoints but it takes time. Podcast programs are not as difficult and I think all educators could easily learn this. It could be a great professional development topic for the media sepcialist to teach to the teachers.
I loev the idea of using the podcast for a book talk. It is a great and simple way to get information out there on a media center website. Again, would not take as long to create therefore you could do a new one weekly or even daily.
I am glad you mentioned interney safety. I would have never thought of that creating an educational podcast but these days you cannot be too careful. This would be an imporatnt point to not only students but teachers as well.
As a teacher currently, I am going to try to incorporate more podcasts into my lessons. This would be great way to make my blog more interactive and interesting for this generation of learners. I am not afraid of this type of technology, because frankly it is hard to mess up.
Katherine,
DeleteI have a couple of teachers, one on-level. But, she doesn't totally flip - she only does certain lessons. I do have a math teacher that wants to flip most of her instruction because she says now in class the students don't have enough time to grasp concepts. By recording herself working out problems, students could be introduced to the concept at home with a few practice problems to try. Then, in class they could work together to see what went wrong and best strategies that will work.
Cindy,
ReplyDeleteI am a new media specialist as well and I feel like I am constantly wanting to try new things. I went to the ISTE conference this summer in San Antonio and I sat in on a seminar about the Flipped Classroom and I had every intention of trying some of those strategies in my first grade classroom until I got the job as the media specialist at a new school. How is that going with your teachers at your school? Do they record every lesson or just some? How do they do it? I always thought that it would be great to create podcasts using the recording feature on the Smart Board. This would allow the students to listen to instruction while watching the problem being solved on the board. I loved the idea of the teacher recording questions and the students recording their answers. I feel like students want to have a sense of ownership for their learning and by creating a podcast where they answered teachers questions it would make them feel like they were almost teaching the teacher! What a cool idea! You are so right when you say the possibilities are endless, and with the ease of podcasting I think teachers would be more willing to try it over some of the other more complicated technologies that are being introduced at this time.
Hi Molly,
DeleteThe classes here are not totally flipped. Teachers just use it for some lessons. However, I talked with a math teacher this week. She wants to record her lessons (audio and visual -much like the Khan Academy) so that students can view them at home and try some practice problems. Then in class, they can figure out together some strategies for working out the problems.
We too have many who are trying out the flipped classroom approach and doing podcasts and vodcasts for the students. It has taken a little bit of adjusting, but they have enjoyed the challenge. Watching the teachers grow in their technology knowledge is just as exciting as watching the students. You had many great ideas on how to have the students create podcasts for different projects. Teachers are always needing to find ways to make projects differentiated for the students.
ReplyDeleteLana, I love your comment that watching the teachers grow is just as fun as watching the students grow! I often feel the same way about myself. For every piece of technology or program out there I always have that moment of frustration which comes with the territory. During that learning curve I always feel a bit unprepared or overwhelmed then after a few attempts, if I don't pull my hair out, I can finally see the benefit. It generally is worth the effort. Has anyone found a user-friendly program that school systems tend to permit? It seems my county has blocked every useful program out there!
ReplyDeleteYou have a great idea for the foreign language and drama student’s podcast. Good point on internet safety. Can’t think of any other new ideas at this time but will post here if I see something I think you might be interested in. Thank you for your post.
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