5-Teacher-created+podcasts

   Teacher-created podcasts allow for the creation of listening exercises that are :


 * Really connected to our students reality and interests.
 * Adapted to their level.
 * Available for them to practice whenever they need, at school or at home.

The following example was created using AUDIOPAL since that day I was sick and did not have voice at all. I recorded the instructs for my students (elementary, grade 4)for that they could work with their sub teacher. As they were already experts using podcasting, they were able to do it by themselves independently. I could monitor from my laptop their works. It took just a couple of minutes to record it.

Hola chicos! hoy no estaré con vosotros, pero durante la hora que tenéis los ordenadores váis a hacer otra grabación en español usando el "screencast-o-matic". El tema esta vez es "Un día especial". Tienes que pensar en un día que fue muy especial para tí y que recuerdas con agrado. Puedes empezar así :" Hoy voy a hablar de un día especial. Para mí un día muy especial fue cuando.........................Lo pasé muy bien porque........................ ese día estaban conmigo...........................Me acuerdo de que ................................ Nunca olvidaré cuando ......................................fue estupendo! Nunca olvidaré este día tan especial!

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Este fue uno de los resultados



This examples shows how to create a page of vocabulary in the wiki for our students. You need:


 * Pictures for every word
 * a chart
 * audiopal

VOCABULARIO

On a more complex level, I have also used podcasts to organize a play. In this page you can see part of the Project "Don Quijote de la Mancha". This would be a sample a of a scene with all the elements the students have to take into account and all the media files they needed:the music and the recording of the dialogue by the teacher so that they could have a model. It allowed my students to have a sense of structure and also to be able to practice at home.

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This example is created with PODOMATIC, a free page where you can save and share your podcasts.This was created with GARAGE BAND and shows the complete recording of the music for the play " DON QUIJOTE DE LA MANCHA", presented in the school in June 2012:

<span style="background-color: #dfa9a9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20px;">Finally we have the podcast with all the music from the play. This selection of Renaissance music has been composed and performed by artists such as Haendel, Narciso Yepes, Falla, Gaspar Sanz, Jordi Savall, Juan de la Encina. There is also a special song featured by our music teacher Bonnie Lawrence, it is our main theme. I hope you enjoy the music and find it useful to follow up the script. It is going to be great!!!

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">PROJECT WORK INSIDE WIKIS <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">In this page you can see an example of a project within a wiki. You can create groups, assign tasks and follow up their progress. Here I created a screencast-o-matic with the script so that the students could practice.

/Don Quijote de la Mancha/A1, E1, De cómo se armó Caballero Don Quijote/home