Digital+Listening

**Podcasting** Podcasts are audio and/or video recordings that can be listened to and watched at any time. You can subscribe to a podcast on itunes at your computer or you can create your own podcast and post it on our website. Subscribe to [|CBC podcasts] by using itunes and use them in your classroom(buy a set of speakers for your computer). Choose a podcast you want to subscribe to and click on the Subscribe in itunes link. Everytime that a new program is added by the CBC it will download into your itunes when you open it. Students listen to podcasts and write response pieces, you can create cloze exercises based on podcasts, or use a podcast as a model for an assignment you can them to do. Podcasts are especially helpful to ESL students as with iTunes they can easily download it down to their iPod and take it with them home. They can easily rewind and find parts of the podcast that they need to listen to.

Online Resources for Using Podcasts in the Classroom: [|Podcasts in the Classroom] [|Podcasting in the Classroom] includes lesson plans and resources for teachers and students

Currently we can create podcasts with our classes and post them on our First Class websites. A couple of teachers here are working on a project to teach students to make podcast to teach other students about concepts so stay tuned for more information soon! The possibilities are limitless...interviews, poetry readings, science talks, math raps. When students make content and then have it published on the Internet, they become excited. ESL students have the chance to practice their scripts and to record and re-record until they get their project to where they want it to be.

iTunes has free video clips from PBS, covering a range of science/history/geography topics. Of particular interest to Teacher-Librarians is the interviews with famous authors such as Chris Van Allsburg, Patricia Polacco, Gail Gibbons, Kate diCamillo, R.L. Stine, etc.
 * Teacher Resources from itunes from** [|Gareth Poon Teacher Librarian from T.E.Scott Elementary]:

1. Launch iTunes. 2. Click on "iTunes Store" in the left-hand source menu of your iTunes window. 3. Click on "iTunes U" on the left-hand side. From here, you have access to thousands of free podcasts and video clips relating to a number of subject areas from universities and organizations across North America (lectures from Noam Chomsky and podcasts about the global branding of Hello Kitty). 4. Click on the "PBS" button to access the teacher resources. 5. If you want to see the author interviews, then click on "WETA". If you want science/history/geography clips, click on one of the other links (such as KQED, and WNET). 6. Click on "Meet the Author" 7. Click on the "Get Movie" button to download the interview that you want. 8. After you have completely downloaded the video, click the play button to watch it. Press Apple+F to watch the clip in full screen.
 * Check out the other links too. The documentary film called "The WAR" looks interesting (WWII), and there are lots of science video clips and free educator guides/lesson plans to accompany them. I think a lot of teachers will appreciate these resources!