“Let’s travel Project” Implementing radio shows using podcasts

“Let’s travel Project”

Implementing radio shows using podcasts

FRANCO JESUS VALDES SILVA

07/11/2013

“Let’s travel using radio show podcasts”

Level: 6^th Grade

Project template: Let’s travel – good for 10 - 12 years old students

1. Summary: For this project this template can use it anyone with an Internet connection and some inexpensive audio equipment can produce a podcast and make it available online using stories and memories, broadcasting ICT and creative skills (imagining the future as well). We have different uses for podcasting such as; something they want to express: love for a certain TV show, knowledge about technology or just personality and humour. Some use podcasting as a way to draw attention to their other organizations.

2. First activity: Investigating and preparing resources on travelling it can be done in teams focusing on themes such as; knowing countries, cities or by choosing one country per group. For this it can be included the city’s background, photos of places of your locality. You can share it with others to in order to, know what really caught their attention during your project.

3. Exchange: At the moment the documents were shared examine it and respond to the work your partner school has sent. You may find similarities and differences in the project, or relate their work to a study of another aspect of their world regions such as climate or culture. As an advise try to use surveys or interviews.

4. Share: At the moment you have finished that email your answers, or shared it via  www.speaker.com , here on this web-site you are able to record yourself, have live shows, therefore you will be able have to more interaction with others such as; online discussions.

5. Extension activities: With your classmate use the same site used before, www.speaker.com you will have to interview your classmates about their favorite trips that they have done, you can combine the audio interview with photos using the movie maker program.

As an option you can investigate about different countries and interview a recent traveler that can be your own classmates. Therefore the interview can be done in a digital travel album, using the www.voicethread.com web-site.

6. Useful resources:

ü  http://www.spreaker.com/broadcast/record
ü  www.voicethread.com, which can aid you to create your own digital album by uploading photos in which you will have to record the description of the image.
ü  www.ustream.com
ü  http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/omexpress/idioma/paisesynacionalidades.htm
ü  http://www.infoplease.com/countries.html, information about countries.
 

7. Space: Knowing the places where they are located, what are the origins of those places, the weather, culture, etc.

8. Aims and Outcomes: This project invites students to explore digital resources in order to share information with their peers. With the help of podcasts that is typically an audio file that one downloads and listens to. Where people, generally produce podcasts to share ideas, presentations, or music. Therefore, by using podcasting, students will be able to produce and create a radio show with the information that they have gathered, about travelers, trips, cities, countries, the weather and so on and so forth. Which therefore mean that they immediately think about their city’s development, architecture and building materials. So at the end the students share this information with their peers’ school.

9. Cross-curriculum dimensions:

• The ‘Let’s travel” project engages students in the following cross-curricular dimensions:
•  The students will be able to ask and give information appropriately accurately.
• The students will feel motivated expressing their ideas about their own context in relationship with the topic that is “Let’s travel”. Fostering partnership and group work.
• The students will be able to communicate themselves using digital resources, seeing the influences and changes on the communities and society.
• The students will develop communicative skills, measuring pronunciation, fluency and accuracy

10. Subsidiary aims:

ü  Listening comprehension: Recognize and understand specific information given on context.
ü  Speaking: Produce dialogues and presentations related to travelling.
ü  Writing: Produce short paragraphs about experiences related to travelling.

11. Chilean Curriculum links: History and arts

 The “Let’s travel” project fits in well with key words of vocabulary related to travelling, developing a coherent dialogue, describing and analyzing the relationships between the characteristic features of periods and societies. This project also blends in with key words related to visual arts relating it to their own culture, traditions and experiences.

12. Key language:

• ü  Talking about locations
• ü  Talking about experiences
• ü  Creating digital albums
• ü  Creating videos
• The English language used in the ‘Let’s travel” project can be supported and extended through the following links:
• ü  Vocabulary worksheet about travelling 
• http://www.englishwsheets.com/travel.html
• ü  How to create a survey
• http://www.slideshare.net/Salau/survey-about-travelling
• ü  English vocabulary about countries and nationalities
• http://www.vocabulary.cl/Basic/Nationalities.htm