Podcasting at the Middle School
Mar 26th, 2009 by Scot Graden
Students in Mr. Falkowski’s 8th grade Social Studies class are developing a Lewis & Clark podcasting project to share information about what they have learned. Below is a picture of the students in the computer lab working on the project.
Scot,
What a great way to get the kids involved in technology!
We just got done with our first round of podcasting ever, and it worked out pretty well, I think. All the kids were trained in podcasting using Garageband, and then they broke up into groups to record the scripts they had prepared in class. They worked together to record their audio, add stills and music and edit their final product. The training and the completion of the entire podcast was done in 2 class periods. Pretty good for our first time. We have a bunch of teachers who will be bringing their kids down in the upcoming weeks to podcast. It’s a great way for the kids to not only learn new technologies, but to also share their learning in a digital format. If you’d like to view our podcasts, they can be found here: https://sites.google.com/a/saline.k12.mi.us/middle-school-library/Home/middle-school-podcasts
Staci,
Nice work there! I just watched/listened to the first one, and was very impressed with the work the kids did.
A question for Scot – might there be a way for these kids to save their work (podcasts, etc.) in some kind of a digital “portfolio”, much like the kids have with their art work? Just a thought…
A digital portfolio is definitely possible. My video II class has just started to build theirs.
An example blog:
http://www.hoganvideo.blogspot.com/
The links to the rest:
http://users.salineschools.com/~bushn/bush_site/Video_Production_II/Entries/2009/3/16_Class_Video_Blogs.html
Vance,
As you can see, Mr. Bush is currently doing it – and we are also working on a method for all student podcast (and video) projects to be posted. The digital portfolio is coming!
Scot, and Mr. Bush,
Thanks for the update on this. It’s really great that we have teachers (and administrators) who are so “forward-looking” in their use of technology. Our kids will totally benefit from this, as will the teachers.