Thing 18

I have never been a huge fan of listening to radio--I guess that I am more a visual learner than an aural learner. This is probably the reason that I am not very into podcasting--I would rather read info. Most of my students are elementary level, and I cannot imagine them sitting still long enough to benefit from listening to informational podcasts. However, it would be great to have podcasts with lively storytellers for these students. Although I couldn't find any, podcasts that have creative and lively narratives, which also include/teach content material in social studies, science, history, etc., would also give young students practice with listening and concentration skills. Another way to use podcasts with young students would be to have them record their own stories, book reports, and ideas to share with peers and the school community. The school computers could access a site which contained a whole library of student podcasts on reviews of books in the school's media center. Students could listen to the podcasts to help decide if they wanted to read the books for themselves.



I listened to 5 podcasts, none of which I felt would be useful in my classroom. I listened to a talk given by a Panamanian artist, Isabel De Obaldia. This was episode 11 of a series called "Meet the Artist," sponsored by the Corning Museum of Glass. I choose this particular podcast because I am interested in glass as an art medium. Below is a link to De Obaldia's talk:

http://www.epnweb.org/player.php?podshow=http://www.cmog.org/podcasts/meet_the_artist/cmog_mta_011_isabel_de_obaldia.mp3&podcast=Corning



Museum of Glass - Meet the Artist&program=Meet the Artist 11: Isabel De Obaldía (audio)