The Sound of My Own Voice
I'm thinking that Podcasting might be another way to teach the Math 6 standards. I'm always looking for different ways to teach. My students get bored easily and I like to mix things up a bit. At the end of the year we're always looking for innovative ways to review the standards. I think a Podcast lesson might be a great way to accomplish the review. Instead of the instructor creating the podcast, I would have the students write and produce their own scripts. Each partner pair would be given the topic. They would have to teach the topic through a podcast. I think it would be challenging because they would really have to focus on the words and vocabulary without having a visual. All students would have access to all the Podcast either on their home computer or more likely their phone. My thought is that they would rather listen to the student produced Podcast rather than their teacher's voice... "WAH wa Wah Wah Wah"
This is so true Kathy! I often wonder if there is a set amount of time it takes for children (and husbands) to start blocking out a voice. I'm sure there have been experiments on this. What a great idea for review! I bet you could also use the podcasts throughout the year as a way to get students who have been absent caught up (next year). Maybe you could keep the best podcasts for each topic and post them on the school website as you come to that topic. I bet some students would be more apt to go listen to them just to hear another student's voice (and then they might learn something!!).
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