Tag: podcasts
Digital Bytes – 4th June, 2018
How Podcasts Can Improve Literacy in the Classroom Commonsense Media explains how podcasts can improve literacy in your classroom. Emma Rodero says that “Listening to the words puts the visualization in my head.” One of the great things about many podcasts is that they have transcripts. You can use these transcripts with your students so…
Digital Bytes – 30 April, 2018
Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls Podcast The popular books, Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls, now have a podcast! These stories are longer and more detailed than the short stories in the books. The running time is around 15-20 minutes. Why not have your students read a story and then listen to the longer podcast story?…
Introducing In Tandem: a new professional learning experience.
Listen, learn, connect. In tandem is a monthly series of professional learning. Each month we will listen to a different episode from a different podcast. We will explore conversations relevant to education, service learning, PSE, and the art of inspiring our students. Each session will place the podcast into a different context, providing you with…
Digital Bytes 29th January, 2018
50 Ways to Use Book Creator in the Classroom The Book Creator Team has put together an ebook that shares 50 ways you can use Book Creator in your classroom. The book is full of examples and videos to help you learn how to easily create your own versions of the books. Remember that Book…
Digital Bytes – 22nd January, 2018
500 Words 500 Words is a collection of stories written for kids by kids. The stories are 500 words or less and are organized in themes and read in the form of a podcast. The podcasts can be listened to directly on the website or downloaded. Maybe you would like your students to create their…
Digital Bytes 11 September, 2017
5 Great Podcasts for Kids (That Parents Will Love Too) Whether it is for your classroom or for your own kids or kids you know, there is something for everyone in this list of podcasts for kids. From Tumble, a science based podcast, to the Stories Podcasts and Mars Patel (Likened to a…