The first podcast I decided would be a good use was a story book being told over podcast. I got it from iTunes but their source was "Candlelightstories.com". The story I reviewed on iTunes was The Three Little Pigs. I loved listening to the story on audio. The reader got really into the story and made it fun to listen to. I think that if I were to use this on children I would have to use it on K-2nd graders.
Ways I could use the story to teach:
-The children to follow along in a picture book while they listen.
-The children make their own illustrations for the story while they listen to the story on audio. Listening to the wolf's gruff voice would give them a visual on what he looks like and they could draw him on paper.
-The children could make a comic strip illustrating the story in the correct order.
PODCAST NUMBER TWO
The second podcast I decided to use was How The Grinch Stole Christmas performed by James Keenan and produced by the Radio Theatre Group on iTunes. I thought about using this fun story for K-6. Everyone loves this story. Christmas time is so much fun around school time. I started laughing with the reader's mannerisms and the way he voices each character very well. He made his voice go really high for Cindy Lou-who and I couldn't help but laugh. I think children would love listening to this story. You could implement this podcast around Christmas time and it would be under poetry, literature, language arts, and arts and crafts. You could use this story just like the one I used above.
-Follow along in our Dr.Seuss books.
-Draw illustrations for the story.
-Make Christmas/Holiday crafts while listening to the story.
-Could even act out the story while the narrator reads along (for older ages)
I like the idea of using podcasts as a story telling idea the most. I always really enjoyed listening to stories from my teachers or on a tape when I was younger and following along. Even using the *turn the page* option on my tapes was fun. I didn't really enjoy the ones that talked about a certain subject. I'm ADD myself, so I think if I tried to use those podcasts (without accompanying video) the children would get bored and stop paying attention. I know I would. However, story telling podcasts are really fun. I'd be very happy to use them in my future plans.
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