At http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6253062.html I found an interesting article about podcasting. I hadn’t heard from many on their experience of podcasting in the elementary so I wanted to read an article that focused on just that.
I n this particular article titled Tell Me a Story, a library media specialist Sarah Chauncey conveys her love of podcasting and how she incorporates it into her elementary library curriculum. Sarah has made podcast snippets available to her students on various picture books on her library Web site. I think that this is a great way to take what you are teaching and look at it in a new way that will spark the interest of your students. She also has created audio files of questions that relate to each book. Those questions can be acquired at home through the Web site. Sarah feels that this would be a great way to get the parents involved in what the students are learning and reading while at school. I couldn’t agree more. I think that any way you can make that home school connection you are succeeding. This is something that I think parents and students would both be interested in. Not only will the parents get to hear about what their child is learning, but they will also have a chance to see how technologically savvy their child may be. Another great idea that Sarah had was having the students in her school read various picture books and records them. This way the students can hear students that are being read by their peers yet there is no concern of privacy issues.
I think that this article gives you a better understanding of how you can take the basic concepts being taught and team them with today’s technology and you can bridge the gap between you and your students.
3 comments:
Tamra,
We could do that for December. I could have the 5th graders read picture books and record them as a podcast and then you can use them anytime with your kids. Thanks for the ideas...I was struggling on how I could do a podcast!
Lisa
Tamra --
I am always curious about how tools like this can be incorporated in the elementary world. There are so many opportunities, but I underestimate whether they will actually work or not. I enjoyed looking at the website and think that would be a great idea. In response to Lisa's comment, I'm intrigued on the idea of incorporating other grade levels. I work with 7th graders in a K-8 school. Therefore, I may use this idea. Instead of reading certain picture books, the students could utilize podcasts or other means, such as a slideshow, to enhance the story for the younger students and the lesson for the older students. It's a shame, but I never take full advantage of being in a school with so many levels. Unfortunately, the curriculum does not leave room that. Anyway, thanks for posting that article because there is a great idea lying within the article.
-Steph
Tamara,
I agree that using podcasts in any classroom, as shown in the example above, the library will engage students in the material more than the traditional style of learning. Since the children are able to gain access to these books at home, it provides the parents with opportunities to work with their child without leaving the house. This is extremely helpful for parents today with busy work schedules. They can have the resources by their side to work with their children at ease. The recording reading she has her students do is amazing. I believe that the best critic is you, and students are able to critique themselves by listening to their pronunciation of words while they read. This teacher not only incorporated technology into her curriculum, but had the students and parents believe in what she was doing would be successful, and it was.
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