Podcasting

Last week, my Advocacy Group met at my school to work on our Podcast. It was an interesting night, but most importantly, I felt I learned I could really make a radio show Podcast. I figured if the four could do it... (age group range from 30-71) a bunch of my 4th graders could do one.

In VA History right now, we are studying the Civil War. There are many important people we are discussing from the Union & Confederate sides. My students at times have difficulty keeping them separated. So, we decided to make a trip into the past. We created a "time capsule" that could bring back heroes for one interview!!! My students selected the typical leaders such as Robert E. Lee, Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, JEB Stuart, Pocahontas, etc.

I was amazed in just showing them the tools on how to input a intro, outro, and saving their recordings in MP3 format. The students had time before recording to write a script about their interviews. The best part was, the students had access to all the MP3's and were able to put them on their VA History Power Point.

If anything, this just provided another resource for the kids to review important Civil War people. It also helped when I had to give a chapter assessment on key Virginia SOL terms.