With all the new technology we've been learning, I've been wanting to push myself into additional uncharted waters.... So....last week I was determined to produce my first podcast and send it out with my weekly department email. I was able to make a very rough podcast...with terrible production values...but I did do it. I interviewed a few students and asked who their favorite English teacher was and why...
If you're interested to hear, although I'm pretty embarrassed because I now know how to make it better... feel free to visit my curriculum webpage. Here's the link:
http://www.ccsdistrict.org:8081/hck/cgi-bin/frame.pl?page=podcast_page.pl&id=rudd_l
I'm hoping that teachers will appreciate my attempts to learn something new and try something for their own classrooms. It seems important to be willing to fail, and that's not easy to do in front of adolescents. :)
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I think the best thing you can do as a teacher is to constantly try things that are out of your comfort zone or that are really tough for you. I just started playing (well, let's go with learning) tennis two years ago. I am bad. Not just kind of bad: I am awful. But everytime I whack that ball I am reminded of the motivation and emotion that goes into trying new. Kids (and grown ups) are asked to engage in these kinds of activities every day in schools/ colleges/ work places. Bravo for you! With each pod cast you do, you'll only get better - I know! This is something I tried with a social studies teacher/ colleague/ friend. I hope it might be helpful for you:
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