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End of session reflection:
This week's assignment was so much fun! I had never used any podcast tools before, so it really opened my eyes to some of the tools that are out there. For students, I love the simplicity of both Chirbit and Vocaroo. For teachers that want to create a "more polished" audio presentation or for students who love playing with technology and creating, Audacity was a great tool. Although, at first I did have some trouble downloading it. Also, I relied on on line videos to help me figure out how to add music, etc. All in all, I was happy with both my "student" podcasts and "teacher" podcasts (see below).
I think that having students create audio reflections could be an engaging way for students to make connections with the content. Also, podcasts could be used as a formative assessment. Additionally, students can share their questions (and answers) with the class/teacher in an audio format rather than written or by raising their hands and speaking in front of the entire class. This might be a good way to involve those students that are hesitant to speak in class discussion. Instead have both students and teacher post audio questions to a class forum page, and students can respond by creating short audio responses. This way all voices are heard!
This week's assignment was so much fun! I had never used any podcast tools before, so it really opened my eyes to some of the tools that are out there. For students, I love the simplicity of both Chirbit and Vocaroo. For teachers that want to create a "more polished" audio presentation or for students who love playing with technology and creating, Audacity was a great tool. Although, at first I did have some trouble downloading it. Also, I relied on on line videos to help me figure out how to add music, etc. All in all, I was happy with both my "student" podcasts and "teacher" podcasts (see below).
I think that having students create audio reflections could be an engaging way for students to make connections with the content. Also, podcasts could be used as a formative assessment. Additionally, students can share their questions (and answers) with the class/teacher in an audio format rather than written or by raising their hands and speaking in front of the entire class. This might be a good way to involve those students that are hesitant to speak in class discussion. Instead have both students and teacher post audio questions to a class forum page, and students can respond by creating short audio responses. This way all voices are heard!
week 3 assignments
This week's Assignment:
Develop asynchronous blog chat
Podcast by teacher of a student exemplar
Podcast by teacher to use in class
Develop asynchronous blog chat
Podcast by teacher of a student exemplar
Podcast by teacher to use in class
Asynchronous Chat:
Create a blog with one posting reflecting an on-going conversation you would like learners to have in your classroom. See Blog Post below. |
Teacher Example of Student Product
Create an example of a student communication audio tool that will serve as an exemplar for what you want students to create. Click on the link below. In the below podcast, I plan to have students find Physics in the news and comment on the articles found via podcast to share with the class. Here is the link to the article that this podcast is about. |
Tech Bytes
Create a series of TWO podcasts. In this series of podcasts, students have already learned about two body Newton's Laws problems by interacting with content (text, video lessons, and online tutorials). Additionally, student have completed an investigation, and are applying their learning to solve problems. The idea behind the podcasts is to guide students in their thinking as they solve the problems or if they "get stuck". These podcasts are there for students as a scaffold. In the past I have scaffolded in several ways. First, I always make the answer available to students so they can check to see if they got the answer right. Second, complete solution guides are available in binders in the classroom for students that are really having trouble. I am going to try using podcast guides as an intermediate step between the answer and the full solution solved. I am hoping that guiding their thinking will reinforce the the steps and thought process needed to be successful problem solvers. |