Comments on: Podcasting to Improve Writing http://beyond-school.org/2007/03/15/podcasting-to-improve-writing/ More education. Less schooliness. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:08:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: slcgreen's Bookmarks on Delicious http://beyond-school.org/2007/03/15/podcasting-to-improve-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-6647 slcgreen's Bookmarks on Delicious Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:59:12 +0000 http://beyond-school.org/?p=171#comment-6647 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] Podcasting to Improve Writing | Beyond School SAVE [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> Kramer auto Pingback[...] Podcasting to Improve Writing | Beyond School SAVE [...]

]]> By: Mrs. O'Neill's Blog http://beyond-school.org/2007/03/15/podcasting-to-improve-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-153 Mrs. O'Neill's Blog Sat, 17 Mar 2007 09:30:00 +0000 http://beyond-school.org/?p=171#comment-153 Clay, I like the idea of this a lot. I teach English to 11 -18 year olds. I've found that having them read their work aloud encourages a large amount of self editing. You observe them do this when they read something out in class. Speech makes us much more aware of audience and the importance of clarity, both in expression and syntax.<br/>I think there is, at least in my part of the world, a slight feeling that 'talking' is not as important as reading and writing. I think we need to think about the relationships between all three areas to develop our students' communication skills. Thank you for helping me do this. Clay, I like the idea of this a lot. I teach English to 11 -18 year olds. I’ve found that having them read their work aloud encourages a large amount of self editing. You observe them do this when they read something out in class. Speech makes us much more aware of audience and the importance of clarity, both in expression and syntax.
I think there is, at least in my part of the world, a slight feeling that ‘talking’ is not as important as reading and writing. I think we need to think about the relationships between all three areas to develop our students’ communication skills. Thank you for helping me do this.

]]> By: Clay Burell http://beyond-school.org/2007/03/15/podcasting-to-improve-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-152 Clay Burell Fri, 16 Mar 2007 07:58:00 +0000 http://beyond-school.org/?p=171#comment-152 Jane, <br/>Shoot me an email and I'll give you access to all the reflections my learners wrote after this exercise.<br/><br/>Funny--the reflections showed me that I don't need to teach them. They learn much better from the podcast.<br/><br/>B. Jane,
Shoot me an email and I’ll give you access to all the reflections my learners wrote after this exercise.

Funny–the reflections showed me that I don’t need to teach them. They learn much better from the podcast.

B.

]]> By: Kim Cofino http://beyond-school.org/2007/03/15/podcasting-to-improve-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-151 Kim Cofino Fri, 16 Mar 2007 03:07:00 +0000 http://beyond-school.org/?p=171#comment-151 Thanks for sharing Clay! We used to do this for prepping for IB exams at my last school, and in my mind it was reserved for 11/12th grade. Time to move it on down to my area of the school :) Thanks for sharing Clay! We used to do this for prepping for IB exams at my last school, and in my mind it was reserved for 11/12th grade. Time to move it on down to my area of the school :)

]]> By: B.Davis http://beyond-school.org/2007/03/15/podcasting-to-improve-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-150 B.Davis Fri, 16 Mar 2007 03:05:00 +0000 http://beyond-school.org/?p=171#comment-150 When more schools stop viewing IPODS as evil it is a great way for the shy student to build up self esteem and prowess in oral presentations by doing it in the comfort of their home and getting the same feedback as if they presented in class. In addition it is easy to save your podcasts in a sort of podcastfolio and encourage students to reflect on progress throughout the year- indeed-simple, but powerful<br/><br/>Brad Davis<br/>professionalexplorations.blogspot.com When more schools stop viewing IPODS as evil it is a great way for the shy student to build up self esteem and prowess in oral presentations by doing it in the comfort of their home and getting the same feedback as if they presented in class. In addition it is easy to save your podcasts in a sort of podcastfolio and encourage students to reflect on progress throughout the year- indeed-simple, but powerful

Brad Davis
professionalexplorations.blogspot.com

]]> By: Jane Nicholls http://beyond-school.org/2007/03/15/podcasting-to-improve-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-149 Jane Nicholls Thu, 15 Mar 2007 19:14:00 +0000 http://beyond-school.org/?p=171#comment-149 Thanks for posting this! I found it really interesting. My research project is looking at how Podcasting ehances Oral Language specifically and will also look at the off shoots for other literacies. I hope I can use this comment as an example of how through listening and reflecting a student makes thoughtful changes to their writing. Powerful stuff but so simple :-) Thanks for posting this! I found it really interesting. My research project is looking at how Podcasting ehances Oral Language specifically and will also look at the off shoots for other literacies. I hope I can use this comment as an example of how through listening and reflecting a student makes thoughtful changes to their writing. Powerful stuff but so simple :-)

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