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Podcast Assignment Written Component
November 24, 2014
Introduction
The podcast lesson I have created for my fifth graders addresses International Reading
Association Standards (IRA), International Educational Technology Standards for Students
(NETS*S), the Kentucky Teacher Standard #6 (KTS6), and Common Core State Standards in
English Language Arts (CCSS). During two to three 70-minute class periods, fifth grade students
will have an opportunity to 1) self-select a childrens book that is suitable for a kindergartener, 2)
record themselves reading the book aloud using the program Audacity, and 3) while practicing
and making the recording, demonstrate their understanding of pace, accuracy, enunciation and
expression when reading. The podcast lesson is designed to help students learn and improve the
necessary strategies and skills needed to function in the 21st century and beyond.
confidence. In order to demonstrate pace, accuracy, enunciation and expression, students will
also need to comprehend what it is that they are reading. Giving students the opportunity to
record their voices for an authentic audience also addresses IRA standard 5.1, Candidates design
the physical environment to optimize students' use of traditional print, digital, and online
resources in reading and writing instruction. Students will learn how to use Audacity and then
be given time in the computer lab to record themselves.
National Educational Technology Standards for Students
At the end of the lesson, each student will have created a recording that has never existed
before. In this way, the podcast lesson addresses NETS*S 1: Creativity and innovation, students
must demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and
processes using technology. When making the recording, some students may choose to add
appropriate sound effects and music to enhance the end product. Creating the recording helps
students build their reading skills and proficiency. To create a recording worth sharing to an
authentic audience, students must practice and show their understanding of pace, accuracy,
enunciation and expression. They will have to understand the book and story line and the
characters, so that they can modify their voices accordingly. Students will have to ask themselves
if, at any point in the story, their voices should be soft or loud, fast or slow. Making these
decisions will deepen their own understanding of the book, and the more they understand and
demonstrate that understanding the more their kindergarten buddies will understand the book. By
sharing their recordings with their kindergarten buddies, the lesson also supports the
kindergarteners reading skills. In many ways, the fifth graders will be modeling what it means
to be a good oral reader. In these ways, the lesson meets NETS*S 2: Communication and
collaboration: Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work
Read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end
of the grades 45 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
attractions of podcasting as a learning tool is that learners can create content relatively quickly
and easilywith the intention and capacity to reach an authentic audience (Smythe, 2010).