Blog Assignment #4

1st Graders create there own Read-Along Audiobook

The video 1st Graders create there own Read-Along Audiobook was about first grade students creating a podcast on the book they read that day in class. The whole time throughout the podcast the teacher continued reading. By the time she was done reading the book she already had 10 scripts collected. Each student creating a podcast for different parts of the book. When they finished they listened to the podcast and followed along with it in the book. At the end of each chapter there is a distinct sound which lets the students know a new chapter is about to begin. Once the class was done with the book, the teacher had them write a few sentences about what they learned. The teacher loved it, she thought the students were so engaged and it really help them learn. I think this is a great way for kids to learn. Kids love to hear there and voice and when there doing something fun they are more into it, which makes them learn a little better.

Listening-Comprehension-Podcasting

This Blog Listening-Comprehension-Podcasting talks about how to actually understand words and make it part of your vocabulary. It says that in order to internalize a word, you have to hear at least seventy times and not just hear it actually the context the word is embedded in. It also says that when learning a word you want to attach and feeling you can to that particular word so you can remember it vividly. I think the recording and editing a podcast is pretty cool. The particular gives the learner so many different options. They can hear their voices,read the sound, sounds can be deleted as well as edited. They had Second Graders trying to learn Hebrew so they had them create a podcast on the class blog so they could show their parents. The story they were reading was called Purim. The students loved recording these podcasts because they got hear their own voices and try to learn this language better. Using podcast allowed the students to record sounds, re-listen to them and then try to present the story. Personally, i think this a great tool for young kids to learn language. When they hear it and interact with all these tools they have it makes it so much easier to learn.

Podcasting with First Graders

This podcast Podcasting with First Graders was a little different than the first two I read. The teachers way of using the podcast was pretty interesting. Like all the other posts these students were so excited to learn because they got to hear their own voices. This teacher had her students come up with question and answers about the book they just read. She interviewed both the boys and girls. The students more so excited to record their question outside the classroom while the rest of the class continued to read the book. The interaction between the students seemed awesome. These podcast got the students to actually process what they read. I think using these podcast is a great idea for younger kids. It opens up a whole new way of learning for these kids and they love it.

C4T

The two post I have read from Lisa Thumann have been pretty fun to read. She provides very good information. In here first post, she visited a school and wanted to present the Edcamp. She talked about how when she first walked in the students really didnt care about what she was saying. They asked "Will I Learn anything?" or "Do you have any Handouts?" But she prepared very well and presented what she wanted to very well. She reviewed everything and gave them fun ways to learn these steps. She got some really good responses afterwards, thanking her for such a great presentation.