Area 3 Writing Project Blog

What challenges, possibilities, and opportunities do you face when, like this group in the photo below who  also crossed centuries, you leave our week-long institute and return to your own classrooms?

Podcasting is another one of those “tools for everyone,” given that all you need is access to the Internet, a microphone, and a free audio editing program such as Audacity. But like any genre, to learn it, we need good models and ideas for incorporating the tool into the classroom, such as I’ve listed below:

• Colonial Williamsburg – Past and Present Podcasts – Professional actors and historians
  
• Sugihara Letters – 6th graders in Jim Faires’s class
• YA! Reads – Rob Rozema’s pre-service teachers

Here’s a peek at what podcasting looks like in the classroom:

What are your ideas on how podcasting can help teachers and students?

Welcome to the 2008 A3WP Summer Tech Institute!  We’re looking forward to sharing this week-long journey with you.  Please take a moment to think about what you bring with you into the Institute and what you hope to leave with.