Saturday, August 14, 2010

Thing 18

Podcasts are so cool! I found one that will help me with using my Smartboard for math instruction. You can locate it at Teaching with Smartboard.com The authors are male teachers and they have a bunch of pods on various math topics that one can use with upper-elementary to middle school learners. I viewed two lessons that both taught graphing....very simple to use, and effective! I subscribed to this...excited about referencing it thoughout the year....still learning how to use my Smartboard..so this will be my teacher!

I also checked out the Podcast Raadio Willow Web.....a site for kids done by kids.....very awesome!!! I just looked at ones done by 5th grade students....totally audio, no visual....one was a science based pod on the topic of matter, the other one was a review of the winter olympics. The students were very professional, well spoken and informative. I could have my students listen to these podcasts as an introductio about them...they are of very high quality...well done!Then, they can model the podcasts they create after these!

I also viewed bookwink.com that gives audtio-visual reviews of books on all subjects and reading levels. It's always updated, so it can be shared and viewed by kids throughout the school year.

1 comment:

  1. The SMartboard podcast sounds great - one to share with colleagues!

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