Going Green with Podcasts EDD 7914 Curriculum Teaching and Technology By Felix D.Tyre Elizabeth N. Ervin Tieshia Gibson

Millennial Learners Expectations Immediate Feedback Learning Styles Motivating and Engaging Classrooms

Benefits of Podcasting O Inexpensive to Construct O Classroom Flexibility O Ideal for Hybrid Courses O Appeals to the Millennial, Mobile Learner O Reinforcement/Clarification of Material

Student Comments O “ Beneficial to my learning” O “Convenient” O “Provided time for clarification” O “Improved and organized my learning” O “Complimented course content”

Considerations for Podcasting O Learning Curve for Faculty O Time to Construct and Edit O Class Attendance vs. Podcast O Assigned Reading vs. Listening to Podcasts

Related Research O Kemp, Myers, Campbell, & Pratt (2010) O Kardong-Edgren & Emerson (2010) O Schlairet (2010) O Dlott (2007)

How to Start… 1. Record Lecture/Topic on MP3 Player 2. Edit through Audacity 3. Create an Audio File 4. Export the File 5. Upload to Educational Platform for Availability

Podcasting in Classroom for K-12 O Students manage their own learning. O Students learn virtually. O Parents collaborates with teachers. O Students access work via iPod.

Podcasting for ESL Students O Teaching ESL students. O Creative ways to encourage learning. O Learn language in an authentic context. O Strengthen language and linguistics skills.

Podcasting Mathematics Activities O Students listen to a audio of definition and guess the term. O Students share their own math stories, problems and riddles. O If you don’t have multimedia or video you can create math puzzles, problems, or diagrams in powerpoint and add audio.

Podcasting Literacy Activities O Reader’s Theatre O Authentic Purpose O Increased student engagement O Improve home-school connection O Fluency and comprehension practice O Vocabulary Activities O Exposure 8-10 times before students internalize the vocabulary O Reading Buddies

ASSURE Model Analyze Learners – The teacher realized based on DIBELS data that her students needed fluency practice State Standards and Objectives: Posted in the classroom (in student friendly language) Select Strategies, Technology, Media and Materials: Reader’s Theatre using Garage Band App.

ASSURE Model (Continued) Utilize Technology, Media and Materials: Students record using the technology Require Learner Participation: Teacher broke the student into small groups so all could participate. Evaluate and Revise: Lesson Reflection

Conclusion O Supplement to current curriculum O Appeals to the Millennial learner O Can provide classroom flexibility O Inexpensive to implement O Need for further research

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