Hello Students,
Today we will listen and learn more about
podcasting in order to understand the definition of a podcast:
A podcast is an audio recording, which could be anything from a 10-sec sound to a 30-min radio show, stored as an MP3 file that anybody can download.Here is your assignment for today, November 19 and 20, 2009:
1. Click here and listen to one of these
podcasts from students across the world. Evaluate one of these podcast by letting me know what you think. Did you like it? What was the topic? How many students were involved? What did you learn from this podcast? Click on comment to respond to these podcast. No comment, No GRADE!
a.
http://cdn1.libsyn.com/vincent/Houston.mp3?nvb=20091119040710&nva=20091120041710&t=0dc6966157e5e87e8646ab.
http://www.podkids.com.au/index.php?post_id=534543c.
http://www.salem.k12.va.us/west/podcasts/announcements.mp3Podcasting in plain English video:
(Review for Test Next week) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-MSL42NV3c________________________________
2. Finish working on your travel brochures. You should concentrate on finding interesting facts about your country and completing your list of places to visit in your country. Remember to include pictures of food, people, and places from your country. This assignment is due Next Week (Nov. 23-24). Here are some useful websites that will help you with completing your brochure:http://www.askkids.com/http://www.factmonster.com/http://www.kids.gov/6_8/6_8_social_studies_countries.shtmlLearn all the countries of the world: watch this fun video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3S13Z7NMfcAFun Geography game:
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Games/GeographyGames/Geospy
