podcasting

(Explore [|videos of grant winners] using podcasts, blogs, and reader's theatre activities with primary grade children)
 * Using Podcasts and Video Recordings to Develop Fluency, Vocabulary, and Reading Comprehension **


 * Extending Reader's Theatre with Podcasting to Develop Fluency**


 * Griffith, L.W., & Rasinski, T. (2004). [|A focus on fluency: How one teacher incorporated fluency with her reading curriculum]. The Reading Teacher, 58(2), 126-137. [[file:Rasinski Fluency in Curriculum ReadersTheatre.pdf]]
 * Vasinda, S. & McLeod, J. (2011). Extending readers theatre: A powerful and purposeful match with podcasting. The Reading Teacher, 64(7), 486-497. [[file:Extending_Readers_Theater.pdf]]
 * [|Create a Reader's Theatre in Your Classroom:] Using Audacity recording software to improve student reading (includes tutorials, parent permission letters, links to scripts, and much more)
 * [|First Grade Reader's Theatre podcasts from Miss Bishop's class]
 * [|First Grade Script and Podcast Presentations from Magic Treehouse: Dinosaur's Before Dark] (and then imported into IBooks)
 * Readers Theatre Script Resources
 * [|Aaron Shepard's RT Page]
 * [|Adrian Bruce's Free Educational Resources]
 * [|Stories to Grow By]
 * [|Teaching Heart]
 * [|Timeless Teacher]
 * Audacity Audio Editor and Recorder - download [|here]
 * Online Audio Converter (if necessary) - [|Media.io]
 * [|Nuts & Bolts of Creating Podcasts] (from Read Write Think)
 * SAMPLE ONE-ACT PLAY FOR READER'S THEATRE ACTIVITY [[file:Rdrs-Theater All-for-a-pansa.pdf]]


 * How to Use Audacity to Make a __Reader’s Theatre Recording__**
 * 1) Open Audacity software and click “Record” button (center red circle) when ready.
 * 2) Click “stop” button (yellow square) when finished.
 * 3) Save project, (give it a name), then select “File: Export as MP3” or “Export as .wav”
 * 4) Create an account on “Podomatic” which is the website that will host your podcasts. To do this, first go to []. Then, select “Create a Podcast” and then select “Sign up” to create your account.
 * 5) Select “Publish”, then “Podcast”, then “Create”. Type your title and description and click “Save & Continue”.
 * 6) Select “Upload a file”, browse to find the file, and select “Open”.
 * 7) Select a photo to display, or select “skip this section”.
 * 8) Add tags to help others find your podcast.
 * 9) Review your information and select “Publish”.
 * 10) To hear your podcast (and see your podcast page), select “Publish”, then “Podcast”, then “View page”.
 * 11) Press the “Play” button to hear your podcast.


 * Creating Vocabulary Videos to Build Word Knowledge**
 * What's a vocabulary video?? [| VocabAhead]
 * Examples: Elementary
 * [|Grade 2: Language Arts] (with masks and [|Voki avatars])
 * [|Grade 4: Vocabulary Rap]
 * [|Abduct: Drawings and cartoon speech bubbles]
 * Examples: Secondary
 * [|VocabAhead]: [|Student Made Videos](see for example vagabond, oracle, disinterested, and amble)
 * [|VocabVideos]:[| 2010 Student Award Winners] (see irascible and scintillate)
 * [|Brainyflix]: Student examples: [|lavish] and [|ubiquitous]
 * Vocabulary related to one book: [|Grade 8 (To Be A Slave)]
 * Publishing Your Videos
 * [|TeacherTube]
 * [|Podomatic]
 * [|Brainyflix]
 * **Related Readings**:
 * Putman, S. M. & Kingsley, T. (2009). The Atoms family: Using podcasts to the development of science vocabulary. The Reading Teacher, 63(2), 100-108. [Great review of the research in this area and positive findings from a study with fifth graders]. [[file:Putman & Kingsley 2009.pdf]]
 * [|Active Word Learning Using Web 2.0 Tools] (Jill Castek)
 * [|Emerging studies of the efficacy of podcasting in school classrooms]


 * How to Use A Flipcam To Make A __Vocabulary Video__**
 * 1) Turn the power on (press the power key on the left side)
 * 2) **To Record**: Point your camera at what you want to record, and press the red button. Press and hold + and – to zoom in/out during recording. When you are done recording, press the red button again.
 * 3) **To play your video back**: Press the right arrow key to play/pause. Pres and hold the + and – to increase/decrease volume. Press to view previous/next video. Note: Press and hold during playback to rewind/fast-forward.
 * 4) **To delete your video**: Press the trashcan button. Select YES to confirm.
 * To get your Flipcam recording onto the computer:**
 * 1) Insert the flipcam USB connector into a USB port on your computer (like the connection you use for a Flash Drive)
 * 2) The IPhoto program should start up and tell you that you have new files to import.
 * 3) Select “Import” and the files will be imported into IPhoto.
 * 4) Double click the video file you want to open it in IPhoto, then click the “play” arrow button to see your video play.
 * To add transitions and text to your recording,**
 * 1) Open IMovie and drag your video clip into the bottom bar.
 * 2) Click on “Editing” to add a title, transition, and audio.
 * 3) Drag each video clip to the “storyboard” in the order you want.
 * 4) Click the Play button to play your video.


 * Using Video Recordings to Foster Comprehension and Retelling**
 * [|Telling Stories]: Drama and Retelling (Auto-Image and Tableau)
 * A [|video] that explains the process
 * A little more background about [|Making Tableaux] (frozen silent group pictures to illustrate part of a story) - use digital photographs to tell your story
 * Other activities related to [|Tableaux and beginning playbuilding]
 * Tableaux Vivant is a theatrical presentation of a story represented by a series of still pictures (e.g., Beginning, Middle and End of Story; how a character changes and develops over time, key sequence of events) - use storyboarding activities in writing to get draft out parts
 * Fifth grade assignment: [|Take 10 Tableaux]
 * Fourth grade assignment: [|Sequence of Events]
 * Photos from [|Grades 5 and 6]
 * Try it out: [|Cinderella Story Events] (Grade 3) for a six scene tableaux
 * Tableaux Lesson Grade 1 (with picture card props and rubric to teach lesson) [[file:Tableaux Lesson Grade 1.pdf]]
 * Frozen Tableaux Script for Julian, Secret Agent, by Ann Cameron [[file:Julian Tableau.pdf]]


 * Directions Sheet** (in Microsoft Word) for Making Vocabulary Videos and Reader's Theatre [[file:Directions Flipcam Audacity.docx]]