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Guest Post By Russ Hockenberry The Good Computer Podcast was started to teach technology and digital citizenship concepts to the pre-K through 2nd grade crowd. It does this by using puppetry, animation, music, and digital storytelling to convey its themes. Each episode covers some basics of the topic, and serves as a jumping off point [...]
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You may have noticed the Google logo the last few days paying tribute to the ground breaking television show Sesame Street. It turned forty years old and is still going strong. Sesame Street is designed for preschoolers, but kids of any age will enjoy a quick history lesson about the creation of the show. I [...]
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(For a detailed description about what a podcast is and a starter list of elementary level podcasts click here.) I have been considering the possibility of using podcasts to differentiate or personalize instruction in the elementary classroom, and I am interested to know if anyone is doing so. I continue to be impressed with the [...]
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My Top Ten Things You Didn’t Know You Couldn’t Teach Without 1. Pandora. Stream different styles and genres of music for your students. Build an (optional) account and Pandora will learn your preferences. Play music to match your learning units (ie Bluegrass for Kentucky history, Big Band while reading about the 30s and 40s). Expose [...]
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You might be surprised at the relevancy and quality of content for even the youngest students available as a podcast. We had a great discussion about the Sesame Street ‘Word On The Street’ podcast this morning. It usually has a celebrity such as Randy Jackson or Ellen describing, in detail, a vocabulary word like ‘ballet’ [...]
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