Showing posts with label Podcast. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Podcast. Show all posts

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Preparing for Your Maryland Travel Show!


Objective: Students will improve researching skill by gathering information on their assigned Maryland destination inorder to prepare for their Podcast presentation.

Today's Assignment:
Each student should have the following in their one page typed presentation. Remember this is your podcast script. Write exactly what you are going to say and how you would like to say it.

Title of your Maryland Destination:________________________

Include all of the following:


  1. The name of their destination.

  2. The location and or address of where to find it.

  3. Information/ facts about your travel destination.

  4. Any cost, fees, or admission price.

  5. reasons why the destination should be visited.

  6. List dates and times of operation.

  7. Include a picture, photo, or clipart of your Maryland travel destination.

  8. Include activities, and/events that your travel destination offers

  9. List seasonal times of operation.

  10. Give reasons why people should visit your destination.

Student who finish, should work on their poems, or may go to www.delicious.com/ms.jefferson. Youtube and any other website not listed on my bookmarking page is not allowed!


assessment: Comment to this post by telling me something interesting you learned about your Maryland destination. You must post a comment inorder to get a grade for today.


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