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Student Created Podcasts

For my student podcasts I started by explaining to my class that I'd like to have a few students try making a podcast. I had several that were really excited at the idea, and two that jumped on it right away! The students chose their own topics, based on what we were studying, and wrote their own scripts. Both studnets worked quite independently. I showed them how to use the basic tools, and helped each of them with saving their podcasts to an mp3 format, but they could really troubleshoot through the rest. They each even came up with their own clever names; I think this may have been in response to having listened to and talked about Grammar Girl.

Below is the podcast of student who called himself Professor Science. He decided to explain Newton's Three Laws of Motion to my science classes. When it was finished, we played it for the class. After that, several students asked to access and listen to the podcast so they could hear it when studying for the test, confused about something, etc.

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This podcast belongs to the student who called herself Ms. Knowsalot. She decided to create a podcast using a different acronym for the mathematical orders of operation. After thoroughly explaining each step, she then solved a problem with her listeners so they could practice what they'd just learned. This podcast also really drew students in and was useful for those who were still struggling. media type="file" key="Ms.Knowsalot.mp3"