Podcasting

Purchased a Sansa which is an mp3 PLAYER This is used for a voice recoding machine. The grant was for fluency instruction.

Kids will podcast at their own seats. Teacher is running other reading groups.

All students have a personal reader. This is a binder that is divided into two parts. Parent letter Rubrics students create their own goals and try to reach this goal and listen to their reading and decide what will make their reading better. There are songs, poetry for kids to record their voices. The last part is their own writing. These are usually shorter pieces. students always practice three times before you podcast your voice.

The recordings are then shared with parents on the blog.

All students have their own blogs and invite others to join. Kidblog.org. is a free. It can be set as private. Teacher approves all comments before they are posted.

What is my purpose and why am I doing this. Who is the audience?

voicethread is another tool to use for

sometimes there is just commenting. you are expected to comment with something nice. created separate accounts with emails all to the teacher. 60 dollars per year. accounts were deleted. This year has be awesome. teacher creates voice threads all under her account. This has a visual along with an audio. voicethread can also be an assessment.

wikis are great for holding mp3 files and pictures. It must be part of the classroom culture or the kids will not use this.

Denver Public Library has a great site for kids

Weebly is another place for kids hold their podcasts.

Find a password system that works for you.

podbeam is an app for mobile phones.

Expectations around the podcasts

School is about learning. Not about jokes.