In "Langwitches, 1st Graders Create Own Read Along Book", Ms.Tolisano shows how first graders benefit from creating the audio books. The teacher records the student reading the story chapter by chapter. As they read the story the 1st graders wanted to re-record to make it sound more theatrical. They wanted to put more emotion into their recorded readings. I think this is a great way to have kids involved in technology that sparks their interest. This does not teach them technology, but it uses technology as a tool for advances in learning and promotes a more exciting ways of reading. There are sounds used between the chapters for students that are following along to find their place, if they have lost it during the reading.
In one of the audio book examples, students used sounds of the animals that they were reading about. This is called garageband. This is a great way to get children interested in reading. Making it fun with animal noises and then hearing themselves read aloud with the sounds in appropriate spots during the story would be very exciting for a first grader.
Flat Stanley Podcast
In "Lanwitches, Flat Stanley Podcast" students make a podcast of the story they read, "Flat Stanley". The students in the podcast of this story seems excited about reading. I think this is a great way to excite the students about reading. Posting it for the world to connect is also exciting for the students to know that people all over the world is interested in their reading skills. My daughter and niece have both participated in a "Flat Stanley" project. They sent a "Flat Stanley" to each other houses in the mail and then had to write about his adventures on his trip. If they have made a podcast it would have made the project even more exciting for them.
Podcasting With 1st Grade
In Podcasting With 1st Grade, students made a podcast talking about the story they read, telling the story and pretending to interview the characters in it. This makes it fun for the first graders to hear their podcast with the added sound affects. When the podcast is posted on the internet, to be viewed all over the world, it makes it even more exciting for them to know that people around the world listen to their story. I know that my daughter, when she was in first grade, liked to talk about how people are famous and wanted to be famous one day too. These first graders having the world as their audience can almost feel as they are also famous. Students that may never get a chance in life to leave their state now have a way to connect with the world through reading with podcasting.
Amanda,
ReplyDeleteYou did not meet the complete requirements for this post. According to the blog post assignment, "As part of your preparation for your Podcast (see Project Instructions, p. 22), these resources are
provided. Read and/or listen to at least three of the following and summarize your reactions as
well as what you have learned that you can use in your own podcast." You only wrote about one. If you did read or listen to at least three, you should have mentioned which ones and connected them into your summary.
Also, your image does not appear to have working ALT or TITLE tags.