Blogging and Podcasting in a Primary Classroom

Submitted by p00071981 on Sun, 03/23/2008 - 3:42pm.
p00071981
Posts: 4

Hey there:)

 I am a 2nd grade teacher down in sunny Florida, and I have begun experimenting with Web 2.0 in my classroom this year.  My student have created several podcasts, but I am often strapped for time to fit it into my schedule.  I am wondering if other primary teachers have ideas to share about what has worked for them to incorporate it into their classroom effectively.

 Also, I have flirted with the idea of blogging, but feel that my students may be too young.  Anyone out there have any success stories on this matter?

 Thanks!

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Wed, 03/26/2008 - 7:11am
amsterling
Posts: 1

Hi,

One idea is to have kids do a weekly summary of what happened and big learnings in class. We had kids do this in teams, as part of writing each week.  They recorded on Friday and then we listened to it again on Monday.

It was great for connections.

By the way, we used Audacity to record and then posted .mp3 files since we did not have many parents who owned iPods.

Hope that helps!