Students create a recording and/or podcast that summarizes the event, habitat, or data.
Student Goals: Create a Podcast. Students learn to use technology tools to communicate and summarize an incident. This could be recorded, edited, and posted online.
Instructional Resources: Audacity (free) or iLife (Mac) (or whatever Podcast / communication programs you use); Computers with internet, speakers, recorder. Look up Podcasting online for more information.
Activities:
 | Students report and summarize events of a fire, interviews, about restoration efforts, projects, events, or information that has been collected and could be communicated and shared with the public. |
Cross-curricular:
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Language Arts: Write about and describe the area being looked at from a unique perspective. Students report and summarize events of a fire, interviews, about restoration efforts, projects, events, or information that has been collected and could be communicated and shared with the public. |
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Math: Prepare graphs that can easily be included in a Podcast and will illustrate points. |
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Science: Use proper vocabulary in your recording/script. |
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Social Studies: Do an interview. |
Multi-sensory- learner involvement & self assessment / Outcome:
| Create a local radio station Podcast. |
Extensions:
| Explore different tools or subjects for Podcasting. Set up a Blog or a Wiki. |
| Visit a TV studio or radio station; Guest speaker: a news reporter. |