Podcasting

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Description: The students decided to share what they learned about France in a podcast. Listen below as they discuss French culture, landmarks, and cuisine!

Maryland Teacher Technology Standards: ** Access, evaluate, process, and apply information effectively and efficiently 1. Identify, locate, retrieve, and differentiate among a variety of electronic sources of information using technology 2. Evaluate information critically and competently for a specific purpose 3. Organize, categorize, and store information for efficient retrieval 4. Apply information accurately in order to solve a problem or answer a question**
 * I. Information Access, Evaluation, Processing, and Application

A. Use technology effectively and appropriately to interact electronically 1. Use telecommunications to collaborate with peers, parents, colleagues, administrators, and/or experts in the field B. Use technology to communicate information in a variety of formats 1. Select appropriate technologies for a particular communication goal 2. Use productivity tools to publish information 3. Use multiple digital sources to communicate information online
 * II. Communication

V. Integrating Technology into the Curriculum and Instruction Design, implement, and assess learning experiences that incorporate use of technology in a curriculum-related instructional activity to support understanding, inquiry, problem solving, communication and/or collaboration. 1. Assess students' learning/instructional needs to identify the appropriate technology for instruction 2. Evaluate technologu materials and media to determine their most appropriate instructional use 3. Select and apply research-based practices for integrating technology into instruction. 4. Use appropriate instructional strategies for integrating technology into instruction. 5. Select and use appropriate technology to support content-specific learning outcomes. 6. Develop an appropriate assessment for measuring student outcomes through the use of technology 7. Manage a technology-enhanced environment to maximize student learning.**

**Maryland Social Studies Standards:** **2.0. A. Elements of Culture 1. Describe various cultures a. Define how culture influences people 3.0.A Geographic Tools 1. Use geographic tools to locate places and describe the physical and human characteristics of those places 3.0.B Geographic Characteristics of Places and Regions 1. Describe similarities and differences of regions by using geographic characteristics 6.0.C Ask social studies questions 1. Identify a topic that requires further study. a. Idenitfy prior knowledge about the topic b. Pose questions about the topic**

** Reflections: The students really enjoyed doing the podcast, although I found the project a little more difficult than setting up the wiki page. The rest of the class would have had to be extremely silent while the student recorded (which the word "quiet" does not seem to be in their vocabulary) and the student who was recording would often feel shy and not speak as loud while the rest of the class was present. So to alleviate that, I would just pull a few students to record while the rest of the class was in Specials. After the project was done, I played the podcast for the whole class and they were excited to hear each other's voices on the Internet. They said they felt like radio stars! I look forward to implementing podcasting into my classroom lessons in the future.

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