This was a terrific session...lots of good stuff! I think most everything is on http://www.chrisshamburg.com/. We can use podcasts as authentic activities like media reviews, interviews of family, friends, famous people, etc. Can be within the school or outside the school environment. http://www.moodle.org/ is a site to create lessons, I think Chris has one. In class, we used audacity to record lines from Macbeth, and sound effects too - coconuts for horses galloping, potato chips for walking. It really sounded great - very old-time radio, but how fun for kids! Although I hated to see those potato chips wasted!!! Some sites for sound effects - freesound, ccmixer, audiotown, artmobs. We could use this to create audio tours of Lamping things like the greenhouse, the space shuttle, even the Art Show....it would be like a real museum...kids could describe their own art work. Not to mention, podcasts and photostories of their work. Always consider your audience, that will help determine the content. For example - if a student is writing a report for their teacher only, how different would it be if the report was written for the world, or at least for grandma to read? We could have students record mini book reports after each AR test, create a database of reviews, not unlike Reading Rainbow, for other students to access. Students must get into the habit of siting credits. Center for Social Media - check the Fair Use Laws. Students could also create oral history interviews and memoirs. Two more sites to check out are http://www.podcourse.blogspot.com/ and http://www.necc2008.ning/.
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