This is my second blog article on ideas for creating podcasts, with a specific focus on creating podcasts for learning and assessment in Maths. I am not a Maths teacher, so a huge thank you to those that have shared these ideas during the Beyond Chalk program. Please be sure to add other ideas by commenting on this post (just click ‘Leave a comment’).

  1. Record presentations and explanations of key mathematical concepts and their real-world applications, using diagrams, images and/or video footage where possible.
  2. Record the steps in using a particular mathematical formula, using diagrams, images and/or video footage where possible. For example, record mnemonic rhymes that will help students remember a mathematical process or use video footage to document the process of working out a mathematical problem using a particular formula.
  3. Record interviews (or mock interviews) with experts in mathematics, for a radio show type segment.
  4. Record student progress in mathematics. For example, a student may record how they would work through a type of mathematical problem and this can be used for assessment purposes to show evidence of the students progress in mathematics throughout the year.
  5. Record student goals for mathematics and reflections throughout the year in terms of how they have been working to achieve their goals.
  6. Record mathematical problems for students to solve, or have students create them for each other. For example, if you are covering fractions you might give the students the problem as a recording: “You have 1/3 of your wage is paid in tax, but you are able to claim back 1/2 of that, because you have a good accountant. What portion of your wage ends up being paid in tax?” Alternatively, get students to create maths quizzes, which they can share with other students and then correct each others answers.
Written by Callie Whelan.
Melbourne Beyond Chalk Facilitator