So do you record your own revision podcasts for your students or do your students create their own? If so what do you use?
I have been creating revision audio podcasts for the last 5 years or so and my students have happily been downloading them to their ipods to revise on the school bus on the way to school or even on the toilet as some students have told me in the past. I remember some of my sixth formers a couple of years ago told me they listened to me in bed as it helped them go to sleep.
One guy I have been fortunate to meet who has taken his podcasting to the next stage and has a global audience of students is Andrew Douch from Australia. I first met Andrew at the Worldwide Innovative Teachers Forum in Hong Kong in 2008 where his global podcasting was an award winner. As a fellow winner myself and Andrew were then invited to NECC 09 in Washington DC last year in July were we spoke about our experiences of using technology in innovative ways. Some of the work that Andrew is doing with his students really is fantastic and I encourage you to check out some of his podcasts and his work: http://biologyoracle.podomatic.com/
At the beginning of January many of my GCSE students were sitting exams so before Christmas we decided to create some new revision podcasts to help for the January exams. Students collaborated by dividing up the topics and each taking responsibility to write and record a short revision podcast on that topic. Students as a whole group created their success criteria to what an ‘outstanding’ revision podcast would sound like to ensure that what was produced was consistently at a good standard. They also identified that among many other things that they must be memorable so interesting and as short as possible to help with their concentration levels.
The students recorded their podcasts using audacity and they used a how 2 video I created years ago to help them, it was actually surprising how many hadn’t used it before! You can see the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y91WXpplwE
Here are a couple of the more entertaining ones – I particularly enjoyed the one involving the human beatbox! Please post comments on what you think of them, my students would appreciate any feedback. Or let me know if you do any revision podcasts or your students create their own.
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