DescriptionIf not us, who will tell our stories? Audio (podcasts, speaking games, and music) is a powerful teaching tool and evidence of learning. Learners will participate in activities to support audio-based learning, then ideate ways for students to memorialize their and their communities' stories through podcasting.
Learning Outcome #1Learners will be able use podcasting and sound-based activities as an instructional and assessment tool.
Learning Outcome #2Learners will ideate ways to utilize podcasts as mentor texts to support podcast production with opportunities for students and school communities to contribute their voices.
StandardsCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.SL.1 asks learners to collaboratively converse while "building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly." To communicate effectively with complexity and nuance, podcasting certainly requires productive conversation and demands rigorous synthesis of information as creators place research, narration, and interviews in conversation with each other.
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