Module 5
I am already somewhat familiar with podcasts and vodcasts. The children at our school are experimenting with them and the year 6 students last year produced some remarkable examples.
I have used Youtube quite a bit in the classroom and last year with my gifted group when we were looking at Macbeth. There are some great examples. A point of note though, they do need to be viewed before showing the class. One of the witches scenes (Polanski) was not suitable for those young minds, as fabulous as it was.
We have also used youtube clips with our unit on tornadoes (also needing previewing because of some colourful language!). I have also just found a couple of very useful examples of the poem ‘The Highwayman’ which I am using in our poetry unit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjfUT9KKAPg
I have used Youtube quite a bit in the classroom and last year with my gifted group when we were looking at Macbeth. There are some great examples. A point of note though, they do need to be viewed before showing the class. One of the witches scenes (Polanski) was not suitable for those young minds, as fabulous as it was.
We have also used youtube clips with our unit on tornadoes (also needing previewing because of some colourful language!). I have also just found a couple of very useful examples of the poem ‘The Highwayman’ which I am using in our poetry unit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjfUT9KKAPg
So easy and so quick! YouTube is a great resource for teachers adding that visual aspect that our kids enjoy so much.
I also use itunes and an ipod for my music. I am fairly new to these but am finding out more and more. The podcasts in the itunes shop seem endless.
I did like Storynory. It could be quite useful even in upper primary as they are good examples both of the narrative form – very topical at the moment – and good oral reading examples.
Still lots to explore.
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