I’m often asked by teachers for examples of where medium’s such as Podcasting are being used in the classroom, so I’m always on the look out. Here’s one example. Be sure to click on the ‘Examples’ category over there on the right to view more. Keep reading to view another.
Recently I found an article published by Kim Cofino, a 21st Century Literacy Specialist and her Blog Always Learning. The post, titled Podcasting Power outlines how three of her students have been collaborating with 4 other schools around the world as part of a Reader’s and Writer’s project.
Here are some excerpts from her article:
Considering none of us here at ISB have ever done a regular podcast with students, we knew it might take a while to get it off the ground, but we wanted to make sure it was meaningful, appropriate, and authentic use of the technology to enhance our curricular goals.
Over the last few weeks, we’ve finally gotten the podcasting part of the project off the ground. It was surprisingly easy!
Here is the result of a collaboration by 3 students in her class: Listen to the Podcast on Gcast here or Subscribe using iTunes here.
A pattern I’ve seen forming when I hear from teachers trialling the use of multi-media in the classroom is an attitude of “I gave it a go. I wasn’t sure exactly what was going to happen but I’m very happy with the outcome”.
Written by Brad Halcrow.Brisbane Beyond Chalk Facilitator
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Thank you for sharing the work of our students with your readers! I’ll be sure to let them know that they are featured here as well!
I think the mentality of just testing things out to see if they work is becoming increasingly critical in schools and classrooms today. Technology changes so rapidly that we don’t have a chance to perfect everything before we use it. If we’re flexible, and we model an attitude of risk-taking and tackling challenges, our students will learn to do the same.