Blog Post #4

1st Graders Create Their Own Read-Along Audiobook by Langwitches

This podcast was really interesting and a great idea for all teachers. It was about a first grade teacher and her partner (Langwitches) getting their students to record their voices into an audiobook. The students used the audiobook to help them read along while the story was being told. The audiobook also had a distinct sound that indicated to the students that a new chapter had begun.

This idea is great. It helps the students learn how to say words they don't know how to pronounce, teaches them how to follow along, and gives them something different to do. The students had something to look forward to when it was their turn to record. Like the blog said, the students enjoyed experimenting with their voices.

Podcasting with First Grade by Langwitches

This blog was about how Langwitches got her first grade students involved with podcasting. She said that she used the story Vacation Under the Volcano.  She had her students interview one another about each chapter, having the boys act as Jack, and the girls as Annie. She had the students practice the sentence they were going to say, and they would record. The students seemed to enjoy participating in this activity, and Langwitches said that the shy students began to come out of their shells.

Getting students involved with podcasting, allows them to learn how to podcast, gets them involved and makes them feel like they are doing something important, and gets them to interact with each other. This is a good idea to use, especially with young children. They will be well prepared for when they get into high school and college.

Listening-Comprehension-Podcasting by Langwithces

The things teachers can do to get students involved and excited to learn? This blog was about second graders recording a story and making it into a podcast. The students got to learn how to speak Hebrew, and put that into their podcast. Also, the students were very involved with editing the podcast and putting the story into order. Langwitches put each students recording out of order, so the students could rearrange into the order the story was told.

I think this is a great idea. The students learned how to identify sentences and put them into chronicle order. They also got to work as a  group and get a problem done. I could really use this idea with my future classes, and get them ready for technology.