Original photo on Flickr by floeshie
I love digital storytelling and I created this "Animotocast" to see whether it can be done. I am more than happy with the results. However, since I have no computers at school, my students will have to access the Internet from home and "Animotocasts" would be too complicated for them. That's why I have chosen the tool which, I believe, is the easiest to use (Audioboo) and I have modified my original idea to suit the blended learning model.
Here it is:
Photo on Flickr by Jenny Downing
Podcast Project Plan
Title: MY FAVOURITE PLACE
Main objective: Participants describe their favourite place.
Level: Intermediate
Class type: adults
Aim: Describing a place
Activity focus: Speaking
Time: Max 3 minutes
Material: Computer with access to Internet / Headphones (which students use from home)
Procedure:
1. Teacher and students practice describing their favourite place in class. Teacher introduces relevant vocabulary.
2. Teacher posts an example to the class wiki. Teacher also posts a screencast explaining how to use Audioboo.
3. Student signs up for an account in Audioboo.
4. Student records the Boo.
5. Teacher posts a screencast explaining how to post a link to the Boo in the class wiki.
6. Student posts a link to their Boo in the class wiki.
7. Teacher posts a Screencast explaining how to write/record a reply to a Boo.
8. Teacher posts the first reply to the student’s Boo.
9. Student chooses a classmate and listens to his/her recording and writes/records comments or questions in their classmate´s Boo.
10. In class, teacher and students discuss the experience and what they learnt from it.
11. Students brainstorm ideas for the next Boo.
12. Students choose the best idea for a new podcast.
Photo on Flickr by Dimitris Kilimis
Your feedback is more than welcome.
