You have all found some wonderful resources at Teacher Tube. This week you will embed the Teacher Tube video on your blog.
We will now shift from exploring videos to exploring podcasts at iTunes. You will explore podcasts at iTunes and subscribe to at least one this week. Make sure to listen to at least two podcasts in your subscriptions (most podcasts have daily or weekly episodes).
Post the name of the podcast you are subscribing to here and a brieft description of why you selected that particular podcast.
Cheers!
Ann
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I have subscribed to Project Learning: Edutopia. This stream has videos on technology used in the real world to solve problems and challenges. Assistive technology fascinates me. The more people can use technology to level the playing field the better. People just need to know what's out there and how to use the tool.
I have subscribed to Rolling R's: Spanish Lesson Videos. This is a video podcast that covers Spanish grammar concepts. I have actually used one of these episodes in my class before, to emphasize a grammar rule.
I have subscribed to Mrs. Bradley's Kindergarten Class. It is a monthly podcast that shows some of the songs and activities one kindergarten class uses. I chose it, because since I am a kindergarten teacher it is nice to get ideas from other teachers. Mrs. Bradley had some fun songs and ideas,that I may implement in to my classroom.
I subscribed to Steve Trapoli's Entrepreneurship & Small Business podcast. Thus far, he has put out some great podcasts regarding issues that every small business faces. I have already listened to "The Lessons of Failure," "Cybercrime Entrepreneurs," and "The Challenges of Being a Boss." These podcasts are very informative and offer great insight into the subject of entrepreneurship. I plan on using these with my classes next year.
I have subscribed to "Worthy Reads" with Emily Worthington. I am in the process of instilling literacy workstation in my classroom. This podcast has stories that the students can listen to at my listening station.
I subscribed to Ms. Thompson's Kindergarten Class. This is a great podcast that helps students understand the Accelerated Reader Program, an Alphabet Cheer, and more. I chose this podcast because I am a kindergarten teacher and would use all the things this podcast has to offer. I will definitely be using this podcast in my classroom as a resource.
Podcasts are new to me. I was very surprised at that variety and the endless ways they can supplement the curriculum. I chose the Podcast titled, “Stuff You Missed in History Class.” Just in the last 10 days, half of the episodes would fit into my social studies curriculum. For example, our text does not have much on the Almo. In this week, they did an episode on How the Almo Worked. All podcasts will need to be listened to first to make sure the content is age appropriate for sixth grade, but so far the content was fine for my sixth graders. I also just finished a two month WWII study with my reading class. I found several back episodes I could use to supplement this unit. They even had an episode on Navajo Code Talkers. I have a student reading a novel about that topic right now.
It doesn’t move too fast that you could not pause to define or review vocab that is being used. The podcast also does a great job at building background knowledge of events leading up to the topic being discussed. Average podcasts are 14-15 min. long. This is something I will definitely use in my classroom.
Julee Ross
Podcasts are new to me. I was very surprised at that variety and the endless ways they can supplement the curriculum. I chose the Podcast titled, “Stuff You Missed in History Class.” Just in the last 10 days, half of the episodes would fit into my social studies curriculum. For example, our text does not have much on the Almo. In this week, they did an episode on How the Almo Worked. All podcasts will need to be listened to first to make sure the content is age appropriate for sixth grade, but so far the content was fine for my sixth graders. I also just finished a two month WWII study with my reading class. I found several back episodes I could use to supplement this unit. They even had an episode on Navajo Code Talkers. I have a student reading a novel about that topic right now.
It doesn’t move too fast that you could not pause to define or review vocab that is being used. The podcast also does a great job at building background knowledge of events leading up to the topic being discussed. Average podcasts are 14-15 min. long. This is something I will definitely use in my classroom.
Julee Ross
I have been subscribing to 60 second science for about a year. I really like that it is short but that it keeps you informed of new and interesting things that are going on in science. I like to share the episodes with my students, it initiates discussion.
The Podcasts that I choose to listen to are a series of podcasts called Discovery Space Podcast. About every week or two a guy named Dave will complete a podcast about what the United States is currently doing in space. The reason I choose this series is that my 5th graders are doing a lot with gravity, Newton’s laws, and space in science. I thought these videos would be really cool to show in the classroom to connect with the curriculum.
I have subscribed to Adrian Amparo: Learning Basic Math Videos. These videos cover subjects that the students see early on in school, but I think that some of my students need a quick review from time to time. I would show these podcast videos to refresh my students on certain topics.
I subscribed to Mrs. Bradly's Kindergarten Podcast. Her podcast episode that I watched was about how what the kindergartners were doing in music class. They were acting out the "Itsy Bitsy Spider." I thought it was very cute, and it gave me a good idea of something that I could do, it was also a video, which made it even better.
I have subscribe to Video Math Tutor: Algebra. This podcast does a good job explaining basic algebra operations. It would be a good introduction to my class or when we start working with variables. I also subscribed to Learn Basic Math Videos. This podcast go through all of the basic skills one needs, which would be a good review for my students. These would be good to use with my centers in addition to Brainpop.
I have subscribed to Teaching Music Theory with Theory Time. Although I don't have this particular method, I found many of the lessons from this book could be incorporated into band class.
On another note, I was surprised to find how few podcasts there are on the topic of teaching music/band.
I subscribed to three different podcasts. The first one was National Geographic: Dangerous Animals because I thought my class would enjoy watching these clips. The second was Just Vocabulary: The Useful Vocabulary Show. This will be a fun and interesting way to get my students more involved with vocabulary skills. And, the final one that I subscribed to was Learn Spanish-Spanish Pod. Last year I took Command Spanish at my school and I would love to learn more Spanish to use with our Spanish speaking families.
I subscribed to the podcast: Digital Storytelling. This video podcast has students telling a story to go along with their artwork. I think this would be a great creative writing/fluency/art/science unit for my students. Students would be able to create their own digital stories. This would be very fun for the kids and beneficial at the same time.
I subscribed to Grammar Girl's quick and dirty tips to better writing. I liked this podcast because it was cute and gave an answer to people's questions. A lot of the podcasts were funny and answered much needed questions about grammar.
I have subscribed to Coleycast. It is a fifth grade class that discuss what ever they are learning at the present moment in their class. Although, I haven't used it yet I plan on integrating the use of podcasting in my room because I really think my students are going to love listening to other students talk about what we are learning.
Podcast blog was on my page not here.
I didn't see that I needed to post this here. I had it on my blog. Sorry
I subscribed to GRAMMAR GIRLS GUIDE TO BETTER WRITING. I was so excited when I first heard this was available and free. I had heard about Grammar Girls on "Oprah" and just figured it was something I couldn't get because of cost. YEAH! I will most certainly be putting Grammar Girls on my classroom's computers.Thanks for having us do this activity. I am also going to look into the books offered through podcasts as it may be a great way for my students with IEP's in reading to be more active participants in class discussions etc.
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