Smartboards in the Classroom

Here are some wonderful resources for podcasting:

• A Beginner's Guide to Podcasting: Part 1 - A Consumer's Guide and Part 2 - A Creator's Guide
• How to Create A Podcast A step-by-step tutorial
• Library Instruction Wiki: Podcasting
• Library Podcasting Resources for Staff
•  Podcasting (pdf) - Overview of podcasting, free podcasting manual, student planning sheet, teacher introduction, ideas for student-created podcasts that support classroom technology integration, links and resources.
• Podcasting Great wiki about podcasting basics and more..
• Podcasting Booklet Download a free 32-page booklet, Podcasting for Teachers and Students by Tony VIncent of Learning in Hand fame from this page and then listen to a podcast -->
• Podcasting in Education Video Series A three-part series from Apple.
•  Podcasting in the School Library Media , part 2 (pdf)
• Podcasting 101 A wiki dedicated to teaching all about podcasting: how to find podcasts, how to listen to them, how to create them--all from the library perspective.
• Podcasting, Schmodcasting--What's the Hype?
• Podcasting TIp Sheets(downloadble pdf files)
• Podcasting Toolbox: 70 Podcasting Tools and Resources
• Podcasting with Keynote(Mac) A podcast with slides made with Apple's Keynote software. Complete how-to!
• Podquest - A WebQuest exploring Podcasting
• Super Saturday Podcasting Workshop
• Teens Podcasting @ Your Library: A Getting Started Guide
• TechEase Print Video Tutorials (Mac) and TechEase Video Tutorials (Windows) Includes instructional videos on podcasting and podcasting tools
• Tips for Advanced Audacity Editing
• 10 Great Ways to Use Audacity in the Classroom
• 20 Tips for an Excellent Podcast
• What Everybody Ought To Know About Podcasting: Part I
• What Everybody Ought To Know About Podcasting: Part II
• Videos About Podcasting
• Videos to Help with Podcasting

 

Jim Hollis from "Teachers Love SmartBoards" has a new podcast series.  Excellent!  Here's the link:

 

http://www.getsmartwithsmartboards.com/2009/08/episode-1.html

 

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Cell Phone Query

 My last post got me thinking, as it always does.  As you can see by the cluster map below, many readers of this blog are outside the US.  To those members of our learning community, I apologize for my US-centric bias in assuming that all students have cell phones.  I realize that is not true around the world and to those teachers I encourage to you to modify the Poetry Slam/GCast lesson to meet your students' resources.  You need one computer and one phone line.

 

To the 3,000+ readers of this blog, I want to pose a question: 

 

Please respond by commenting below.  Kindly leave your first name and country.  
 

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Poetry Slam Using on SmartBoards!

Do you want to use podcasting with your Literacy lessons but your students don't have access to a computer, much less headphones or built-in mikes?  Well, here's an exciting solution because chances are ...your students all have cellphones! 

 

There is an excellent new book called "Toys to Tools - Connecting Student Cell Phones to Education" by Liz Kolb, 2008 ISTE.  On page 49, she has a great lesson called "Poetry Slam Podcast" that is geared towards grades 9-12.  A little adaption can make it appropriate for younger grades as well.

 

Here's my beginning using the SmartBoard:

The teacher starts by explaining the process to the students using the SmartBoard and screen shots of the websites. Be sure to spend time on the vocabulary slide to make sure they all understand the genres. Make sure everyone has a chance to touch the board.

 

Next Steps in Ms. Kolb's Process: 

1. Students explore various poetry genres using the website: http://www.beenleigss.eq.edu/requested_sites/poetry/poetryindex.html.  (Go to this site first - not all of the links listed are active).
2. Students write their own poems in several genres.
   
3. The teacher creates an account on GCast.com ($99 for the phone-in service) following the instructions and gives the account phone number to his/her students.
4. THEN -  here's the brilliant part - the students call into the account phone number from home using their cell phones or landlines. Ha!
5. The students read their poems aloud into the phone and their podcasts get recorded on the GCast site. Yes!
   
6. The next day, the students and teacher go to the GCast website, access the account number and listen to all the podcasts. 
   
7. If the students like how their poems sound, the podcasts are then published to a blog, after the teacher has reviewed them for content and graded them.
   
8. BRILLIANT! Now the students vote on their favorite poems.  A Poetry Slam, after all, is a contest.  Great fun!

Variations:

• Have the students recite their favorite poems they've memorized.
  
• Have them recite poems in different languages, translate and explain why they like that particular poem.
• Have parents join in the fun!
  

Stay tuned for the results of this Poetry Slam Podcast.  I'm going to try it with my teachers and post their poems on the next post. Great Fun!

 

 

Be sure to buy the book if you can.  There are many more really creative lessons to explore.

 

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 Here's a great video from Common Craft. 

Attachment(s): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-MSL42NV3c

 

Here's an excellent resource for music and sound effects for your podcasts.

Attachment(s): http://www.partnersinrhyme.com/