New Edublog? New site? Podcasting Worldwide!

Welcome back! 

We had our first meeting with everyone, what an amazing experience connecting with other teachers in our cluster. I had some great chats about the podcasting i'm doing in the classroom.

I have created a YouTube channel to which I will be uploading our podcast videos. Matt helped me create an edublog where we are going to be able to share all our 'Korero Pt England' episodes. I have been thinking about what I want the edublog to look like, I really like the Cybersmart site and want it to look something like this, but also having this format relate back to the original Korero Pt England blog with the different episodes and a link back to the original 'Korero Pt England' blog.

Student Voice Questionaire:

Rating out of /10 - How much do you enjoy podcasting?

Average - 7.8/10

How often would you like to do podcasting?

Weekly - 10  ,  Fortnightly - 18

Why do you like podcasting?

• Gives me confidence
• Share my learning to the world
• It's fun
• Get to work with my friends
• Can be myself
• Learn new words
• Work with new people in my class

Would you rather use Camera or Google Vids?

Camera - 8  ,   Google Vids - 22

Collecting the data of Student Voice was great.  I'm happy that they're enjoying podcasting, and am currently working on my reading programme to integrate podcasts every second week. It was great to see the reasons why my learners were enjoying podcasts. The reason a lot of my students picked Google Vids over camera was that they enjoy decorating their vids.

Next steps:

• I have a meeting with Dorothy on Tuesday to pick her brain about a few queries I have with my reading programme.
• Create my 'Korero Pt England' edublog account and begin sharing our podcasts.
• Make a website for teachers and show them how they can use podcasting in their classrooms.

Stay Tuned!!