Podcasting+Ideas

Classroom Ideas for Podcasting
 **Create Sound Seeing Tours**  Have students describe sites on field trips  Have students take a sound tour of their school, neighborhood or other spaces  Have students describe their personal reactions and observations to places they are visiting  Example – Walks of a Lifetime []  Have students create news reports of happenings in your classroom  Assign a student to summarize the learning during the day’s lesson  Have students create news reports for the school happenings or special events  Have students create a historical almanac – events in history on this day, famous birthdays, etc.  Have students record interviews of people  Examples – Reading Rocket Author Interviews http://www.readingrockets.org/podcasts/authors From the Mind of Mr. D []
 *  Newscasts – Reporter**

 Have students show how to solve mathematical problems  Have students discuss classroom procedures  Have students describe science labs and demonstrate their thinking  Have students create “How to’s”  Examples – Grammar Girl [] FlickSchool - []
 *  Discussions about Processes**

 Have students create unit reviews  Ask students reflective questions that they must respond to
 *  Create Study Guides**

 Have students interview grandparents or relatives about stories of when they were a child  Have students read their writing  Do a shared/round robin story – one class or child writes and reads a part of a story and another class writes and reads the next part Create a “This I Believe”  Examples – NPR This I Believe http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4538138&ft=2&f=4538138 House on Maple Street - [] I’m Thankful For - [] Miss Lionetti’s Blog []
 *  Share Stories**

 Have students write scripts and read old time radio dramas tied to curriculum concepts  Have students role play situations – bullying, peer pressure issues, etc.  Example – Haines Middle School []
 *  Podcast Dramas**

 Have students read their poetry expressively  Have students add music and jingles to match the mood of their poetry  Have students critique poetry  Example - Jamestown School []
 *  Poetry Slams**

 Have students participate in a roundtable discussion on a topic  Have students discuss current events  Have students debate all sides of an issue
 *  Viewpoint – Counterpoint**

 Have students create and read story problems that listeners have to solve  Example – Jamestown school []
 *  Story Problems**

 Where in the world project ([] )
 *  Participate in Collaboration Projects**

 Select a vocabulary word – have students pronounce it, spell it, define it, use it in a sentence, complete an analogy, find synonyms and antonyms, etc.  Example – Princeton Review Vocab Minute []
 *  Word of the Day**

 Have students complete a review/critique of books they have read  Have students create a reading rainbow type of book talk where they share other books on the same topic or theme  Examples – Booktalks, quick and simple [] CTHS listens @ the library []
 *  Book Talks**

 Have students orally share the information that they have researched on a topic  Examples Radio Willow Web [] Native American report []
 *  Report – Presentation**