2. Agenda
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1. PLC Discussions- Podcasting in Education
2. Podcasting in the Classroom
3. Getting Students to Produce Podcasting
4. Oral Communication
5. Listening Skills
6. Achievement Chart
7. Lesson Plan Peer Feedback
8. Oral Communication Blog
3. Learning Goals
+ I will learn how to podcast
+ I will demonstrate an understanding of active listening
behaviour and the usefulness of this skill in the classroom
+ I will demonstrate the importance of both the verbal and
nonverbal components of human communication
+ I will demonstrate the importance, complexity, and relation
oral communication and listening skills in achieving effective
communication in the classroom
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6. “
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TED Talk: Julian Treasure
5 Ways to Listen Better
Task:
As you watch this video,
take notes on the
Listening/Viewing guide
provided.
7. Oral Communication Strand
1. Listen in order to understand and
respond appropriately in a variety of
situations for a variety of purposes
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8. Podcasting for Kids
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● Select one of the podcasts on the Week 9 Sakai site
● Listen to at least one episode of your chosen podcast
● Identify an expectation from the Ontario Curriculum – Oral
Communications strand (OE1) that could be addressed
through your podcast
● Write directions for students to follow once they have listened
to the podcast in a listening centre
9. Teachers as Listeners
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• Have someone at your table read aloud the article “Real
Listening as Real Teaching” by Carol Ann Tomlinson (Ed.
Leadership, Nov. 2014, pp. 90-91).
• Discuss the boy’s comment about his teacher at the end of
the article. What connections can you make to this comment?
• When your group has finished discussing, go back to your
Active Listening chart and reflect on whether you were active
listeners.
10. Podcasting Resources
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● The Beginners Guide to Educational Podcasting
● Teaching Podcasting: A Curriculum Guide For
Educators
● Podcasting in the Classroom
● Teaching Podcasting in the Classroom
11. Professional Learning Conversation Homework- Week 10
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1. Read the ETFO article by Tanya Leary (2017): Teaching Indigenous Histories
Through an Authentic Voice
2. Watch Chimamanda Adichie's TED Talk: The Dangers of a Single Story (18 mins)
3. Forum Response Post:
Share a personal narrative about yourself either as an audio or video file. Keep it
under 2 minutes. (e.g. My narrative might be a quick story about growing up with a father
who was a principal and mother who was a teacher. My memories are about
privilege. You may write a paragraph, use the podcasting tools from last week, or create a
short video.
Links are found on the Sakai site for week 9.
12. Work Period
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1. Social Justice Picture Book Lesson Plan
2. PLC Work
3. Curation Tool
4. Oral Communication Blog
13. Week 10 at a Glance
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1. Oral Communication- Speaking Skills
2. The Power of Oral Storytelling and
Indigenous Knowing, Learning, and Doing
3. Oral Language and ELL Students
4. Assessing Oral Communication
5. Lesson Plan Peer Feedback
6. Oral Communication Blog
