Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Podcasting



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=0dc6966157e5e87e8646a
b. http://www.podkids.com.au/index.php?post_id=534543
c. http://www.salem.k12.va.us/west/podcasts/announcements.mp3

Podcasting in plain English video: (Review for Test Next week) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-MSL42NV3c

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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.shtml

Learn all the countries of the world: watch this fun video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3S13Z7NMfcA

Fun Geography game: http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Games/GeographyGames/Geospy

43 comments:

daquana nixon said...

i like it because they culyure is different and they told us about were they live and if i every go totexas then i would no were to go and what to explore and the topic is our city .

Mrs. Jefferson said...

Thanks Daquana for your response. I like this podcast as well. I think this would be a great podcast for our class to do - places to visit in Maryland and DC - What do you think?

ayannabaker said...

I listen to a dabat it was about the jobs being lost and how it is hard.

Mrs. Jefferson said...

Ayanna,
How were students effected by the job losses? Where was this located?

ayanna baker said...

It was at the school I for got what the name is the school was talking about the ecomany. And they were going back and forward and they was taling aotb the jobs.Bye

ayanna baker said...

Hi Ms. Jefferson. What are you doing? Sorry for the misspelled words I was rushing.

andre said...

i liked it because i learned alot of things from and about texas, texas can be hot and very big all the time some people died in texas but many people stay healthy most of the time i wish i could visist texas texas had the first battleship

david butler said...

overall iliked it they were perfected and texas is either hot texas had the first battleship memorial in u.s.a and on the same day bon inependence. 1 day i want to go to houston when older because it's big and unique.

shanice carroll said...

i think its very interresting the topic is texas historical facts texas is very different than washington dc. i think we should do a podcast about our city to compare texas to us to see the differences

Randy Yearby Jr. said...

i enjoyed the first part about sports and it told us about huston texas, their sports, hospitols and other importants things.

sara pannell said...

the podcast was about how the city and cultures are simler and different say if I went to flordia and then people speak a different language I could not read anything or the things they wear is different. and there was not no directions there religion the dont beleive in god

tayla said...

i learned how to use podcasting better

david butler said...

i'm finish with the brochure|||

andre said...

texas was very interesting it was so cool to learn about such a big and hot state most cowboys are located in texas i remeber i went to a rodio shoe in D.C. with horses racing, horses going wild, and bulls going crazy.

chyna baldwin said...

i like how you have a selection of different cultures . my one favorite happens to be the austrain podcasting how ever there topic about there interviewwas abit borin like the third one the lunch annosments .but i loved the one about houston texos how they a talk bout nasa and their weather it was amaeen listening to others podcastimg.

Anonymous said...

MERCEDES MISSOURI I LIKED IT BECAUSE THEIR CULTURE IS DIFFERENT FROM OUR THEN I WOULD NO WERE TO GO AND WHAT TO EXPLORE AND THE TOPIC IS OUR............

Diamonte Holder said...

I have leaned that people (adults) have really hard jobs that they dont get respected for and the kids really know there stuff

chyna baldwin said...

also i heard to many voices to cout but there had to be more than four people

Anonymous said...

i like it because they clearly is different and they told me about were they live and if some day i will like to go to texas then i will not go and what to explor and the topic is our city

josh e said...

they wher takeing places like haspetal and summer and pouls

reny said...

they said that they like to help individual and visit the hospital
and help

Shanley said...

i listen to the podcastof huston teaxs and they talk about how the station 7 is a is not afire station anymore. It was interasting

tayla said...

i learned that if u use a microphone,videorecorder,computer,connection to the network than it could be all over the world 4 all 2 see

Anonymous said...

i am doing my work today ..

Anonymous said...

I like el salvador because i have many friens dat r spanish

Anonymous said...

Corey
/I know that when tv shows come on u can take them wit u

mytasia said...

i am doing my work today by mytasia. i learned that podcasting is a taking show about technology .the podcasting show is awsome about podcasting....

Corey B said...

I will b lookin foward 2 podcasting

Anonymous said...

i learned alot about podcasting by watching the video i know that if you get a podcast u can take it with you and like the example of the podcast as well

kobe said...

wats good

jhenneal edwards said...

i liked this podcast because it talk about places to visit in houston texas like splash town.i would like to visit texas. if i went to texas i would go in the the winter cause the winter are mild and not too cold

kobe said...

today i learned to do podcasting better because podcast is a person that who is talking about his liveing...

Anonymous said...

today i learned that when you podcast you have to talk about the same subject.

daniel c. sutton said...

today i heard a podcast and had four kids who were talking about facts, Texas, and info about texas.
and i learned more about what podcasting should be based on.

zephaniah williams said...

MY podcast topic was what was you thankful for and there was only three students involed in the podcast an i had a great time listening the podcast

yoneida said...

the kidsare talk about texas i ilke the podcasting and funfacts

jhenneal said...

i liked it i was title orange grove . i heard 4 ppl in this podcast

yoneida said...

the podcast is coolthey talk about
texas

Kia Freeman said...

podcasting is easy to listen to but it seems hard to do

jameshaj. said...

i like it because its a different
kind of test

KevinS said...

I watched the podcasting videos and I now know what the podcasting definition.

Derrionte Johnson said...

I learn from the video that it tells us about were they live and they family vacation and trips and i like the video it told us how to work the WikiSpace.

Anonymous said...

i can't wait to do the podcasting! yay