"Podcasting with Purpose" BLC08

Podcasting with Purpose

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ENGAGE

CREATE PURPOSE

PREPARE

Podcasting with Purpose DEMOCRATIZE YOUR CLASSROOM

What’s a Podcast?

mp3 (usually)

RSS

? Podcasting with Purpose

The Room 208 Story

BLOG + AUDIO = PODCAST

ENGAGE

Student Interest

Peer Teaching

Research Skills

Re-teaching Opportunities

Students are not Passive

BENEFITS FOR WRITING

Students Decide

Peer Teaching

Guiding Questions from Teacher

Team Writing Benefits

Re-teaching Opportunities

Student News Niche Pieces

BENEFITS FOR LEARNING

ENGAGE

“ I SHOULD HAVE THEM PODCAST ANYTHING THAT I WANT THEM TO LEARN.”

Beth Bush

CREATE PURPOSE So the Wind Won’t Blow it All Away

Archived

Shows Growth Over Time

Accessible 24/7

Living Portfolio

WRITING FOR REAL PURPOSE Writing for the Teacher vs Writing for a Global Audience AUTHENTIC AUDIENCE

PURPOSE "Simply put, school life should become more like real life , with school work organized around projects rather than textbooks, and students working in teams rather than alone. Schools should break down the two enemies of learning: isolation and abstraction .” George Lucas http://tinyurl.com/5gl7an

PREPARE

21st Century Skills

Podcasting meets 21 st Century Literacy Skills

Ready? “ Maine’s schools are not ready for the 21st century. In order for Maine people to flourish in the radically transformed landscape of this new century, dramatic change must occur in Maine’s schools.” The Learning State: Maine Schooling for the 21st Century http://tinyurl.com/667357 State Board of Education Select Panel on Re-visioning Education in Maine

21st Century Skills

Information Literacy—handling massive amounts of information

Global Communication: work with people all over the world

Self-directed Learner

“ Real revolution is not Technology. The real revolution is information and communication… Rather than teaching technology skills, I think we need to rename the focus to “Information Critical Thinking” and “Global Communication Skills” ~Alan November www.novemberlearning.com

Exposing knowledge

Employing information

Expressing ideas compellingly

Ethical uses of information.

The 4 E’s David Warlick landmark-project.com 21st Century Skills

21st Century Content

* Global awareness

Learning and Thinking Skills

* Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Skills

* Communication Skills

* Creativity and Innovation Skills

* Collaboration Skills

* Information and Media Literacy Skills

Life Skills

* Leadership

* Ethics

The Partnership for 21st Century Skills http://www.21stcenturyskills.org / 21st Century Skills

for Students 21st Century Skills National Educational Technology Standards

Communication to Parents

Global Citizens / Global Learners

Constantly Reflecting with Larger Community

Self Directed Learners

Achieving 21st Century Skills with Podcasting

21st Century Skills

ENGAGE/PURPOSE/PREPARE “ We learn from the company we keep.” Frank Smith

What’s our role as teachers?

How do we prepare our students to be Global Communicators?

Information Artisans “ Teachers and learners become information artisans , mining for information raw materials, remixing and re-networking what they find, and then communicating their new and valuable information products for re-mining. Teachers become learner models , and students become interactive learners developing and practicing life-long learning skills.” David Warlick

PREPARE MOVING FROM THE INFORMATION AGE TO THE CONCEPTUAL AGE 6 Senses of the CONCEPTUAL AGE: 1. Not just function, but also DESIGN 2. Not just argument but also STORY 3. Not just argument but also SYMPHONY 4. Not just logic but also EMPATHY 5. Not just seriousness but also PLAY 6. Not just accumulation but also MEANING

Are we encouraging these needed skills? Do Our Assessment Match?

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