For our final project we interviewed members of the adolescent lit class asking how they would respond to a moral quandary involving the end of the world. We compiled their responses in a podcast, complete with sound effects and an analysis. The piece is available for listening here:
vspace.vassar.edu/anglover/Adolescent Lit/End of the World Quandary mp3.mp3
We would love your reactions to the quandary and responses! Please feel free to comment below.
My podcast is designed for a high school US history classroom. It is meant to be part of a series called “The American Revolutions” that explores various examples of grassroots “revolutionary” movements throughout American history. This particular “episode” is about the populist movement in the 1880s and 1890s. It is just an introduction to the topic, so it would have to be supplemented with class readings. After listening to the podcast, the class would start a discussion about the movement.
Hey all,
For my podcast, I did a session of freewriting to samples of different types of music (classical, noise, street drumming, etc). When the session ends, the students are meant to write about what music they thought worked well, what didn’t, and how this could be useful. During the freewrite, they are supposed to just write whatever comes to mind without worrying about spelling, grammar, etc. It’s aimed at middle school students but would probably work with all ages. Unfortunately my old computer has an overactive fan, and noise removal of so much sound made my voice sound robotic, so the sound’s a bit off.
In the past, when I have worked with middle and high school students on writing, I have noticed that many of them write in the same manner that they speak. My intention for my podcast was to draw attention to the extra words that we use when talking that are not necessary in a piece of writing. In order to make this aural distinction, I told a story with my friend and occasionally interrupted the action to rephrase sentences that we had said.
I wanted the final product to be a mix of a literacy lesson and an excerpt from the radio show This American Life. However, once I embarked on this task I realized that I definitely am no Ira Glass and need to word on my sound editing skills. I think that the content and length of the story may have overpowered the conveyance of the literacy skills. Although this particular podcast may not adequately serve classroom needs, I think that grabbing the student’s attention with an entertaining podcast would be a quick and effective way of introducing a lesson.
An Oxford Adventure and Literacy Lesson
Cornmarket St, Oxford - where the story takes place.
My podcast pays homage to the late Jan Berenstein, who passed away at the end of February 2012. Jan co-authored and co-illustrated the Berenstein Bears series, which is a childhood favorite of mine. In this podcast, I highlight Jan and her work, and I discuss my favorite book in the series using dialogue clips and music from the animated TV show as well as a short interview with my Mom about using the books to teach her kids.
I was thinking this could be used in a high school English/Media class to discuss childhood books, films or TV shows. Not only would the project allow students to reflect on their childhood literary influences, but it would also challenge them to efficiently summarize using various types of media sources.
Warning: this podcast is REALLY cheesy. Also, I had to import it into Quicktime Video because the Audacity file was too big—so the sound quality was a little compromised.
I created this short podcast for use in a high school english classroom as part of a weekly free writing exercise.
It gives students the opportunity to listen to a classic poem and to use this poem as a starting off point for a half hour long session of uninterrupted writing.
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