Category: podcasting
Podcast as Portfolio Activity?
Can our portfolios promote better listening? Last week, I sat down with Jabiz, Melanie and Stuart to discuss the learning happening in the Daraja GC, IBDP Global Politics, and Sky School. The intention for this 30 minute discussion was to help make our potential connections a little more transparent. My covert agenda was to provide…
What does it mean to lead from the middle?
Podcast UWCLearn is back! This episode focuses on middle leadership. Find out why you may want to have your department create their very own ‘user manuals,’ or why a visual reminder of subject-specific norms might be useful for your students: If you would like to be partnered up with a member of the college to…
Digital Bytes – May 29th 2017
Podcast – WOW in the World Hot off the press is a podcast by NPR is aiming to be “a new way for families to connect, look up and discover the wonders in the world around them.” Scientifically based, WOW in the World is sure to be a winner for your classroom and beyond. Data…
The Art of the Start: Your first podcast
Interested in trialing podcasting as an assessment option in your class? Check out Tech Mentor, Georgina’s reflection on that very process: NPR shares the podcasting-love with this excellent resource for newbies and ninjas alike. And of course, your DLC squad are always here to workshop, support and cheer you on.
Podcasting our Book Club Conversations
Book Club conversations are an important part of a UWCSEA literacy education. Thinking deeply about a shared text, sharing understandings and connections, and – crucially – listening to the perspectives of others, all contributes to our reading experiences. As teachers, we know these conversations are valuable, but we can only be in one place at…
Some Sketchy Advice…and two opportunities to bring a DLC into your classroom this year.
The HS Humanities Dept Sketch Note Station Do you want your own sketch note station for your dept or classroom? Not sure why anyone would bother with one? If you are interested in having a DLC get you sorted with visual note-taking, click here to read my invitation to the Humanities Dept, and drop an…