ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Creating a Persuasive Podcast
This lesson unit has students research a local, state, national, or international issue of personal interest and create and share a two-minute persuasive podcast presenting their research-based opinions on the topic. It includes tools...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: An I Pod Inspired Writing Lesson: Podcasting Science
Using "Science Times" at NewYorkTimes.com, students will listen to podcasts to learn about and share science ideas that are currently in the news. By organizing and summarizing science thoughts, students will be able to effectively share...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Writing Across the Curriculum Lesson: This I Believe: History
This writing assignments asks students to assume the voice of a person from history they have researched. Focusing on a topic or belief the person showed passion about as history unfolded, the students write an essay modeled after NPR's...
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Podcasting Sharing Your Ideas (Lesson Plan)
A lesson for exploring various types of programs available as podcasts. Requires listening to a podcast and recording key information and content from the podcast in a graphic organizer. Also requires producing an original podcast.
Other
Podcasting 101 for K 12 Librarians
This article gets down to the basics, including what podcasts are, how to access them, how to create them, and why to use them. While it is specifically directed toward school librarians, the information is equally applicable for...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: An I Pod Inspired Writing Lesson: This I Believe: Science
This writing assignments asks students to decide how they will make a difference in the effort to save our oceans. First students will listen to several episodes of "This I Believe," the NPR weekly pod cast where authors describe their...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Producing Poetic Podcasts (Hey, That's Alliteration!)
In this culminating lesson for a poetry unit, students will create a video podcast that summarizes a specific poem, analyzes the poet's use of literary elements, and infers the meaning of the poem (theme). The podcast must use a talk...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Read Well Letter Chant Podcast
This lesson guides students through creating a Podcast that provides video and audio of the Read Well Letter Chant. Students take pictures of the cards and record the chant to go along with the cards.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Environmental Issues Scrapbook and Podcast
Over the duration of a semester young scholars will collect newspaper and magazine articles related to environmental issues. Students will compose a scrapbook of articles. Young scholars will choose two topics to record and share with...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix:i Pod Inspired Writing Lesson:linear & Exponential Growth Poetry
This is a writing activity perfect for a math class, it's designed to help students see the differences between linear (arithmetic, adding) and exponential (geometric, multiplying) growth. Students explore the ideas of linear and...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: So You Want to Podcast
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a presentation of a podcasting project on the topic of Benjamin Franklin. Links for podcasting tutorials, software and collaboration activities are included, as well as some...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Apa Bibliography: Electronic Sources: Lesson 2
This lesson introduces how to format an electronic source in an APA bibliography. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "APA Bibliography: Electronic Sources."
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Oral Storytelling and Dramatization
Students begin this lesson by discussing what makes a good, vivid story and creating a working checklist of the criteria for a good story. They explore background information about the Mercury Theatre production of the "War of the...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Contemporary Issues: Health and Fast Food
This lesson focuses on the the impact of fast food on the American people. It features links to obesity statistics, PBS NewHour: "Fighting Fat," Rolling Stone: "Fast-Food Nation: The True Cost Of America's Diet," and New York Times:...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Structure and Function of Macromolecules: Nucleic Acids
A podcast lesson providing a brief overview of the function of the macromolecules, nucleic acids. [0:38]
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Literary Elements in Literature
This lesson is applicable to any story or novel in literature. The students will be introduced to twelve literary elements through a podcast. They will then be divided into small groups to complete activities involving story and literary...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: 3,2,1 Spinoff
As part of the study of Space, the students will do research on and create a podcast/vodcast about spinoffs developed from space exploration. In groups, students will use various websites to acquire information about technological...
Other
Vic Firth: Educator's Resource Library
This website is a cornucopia of resources for percussion instruction. There are videos, audiocasts, podcasts, interviews with talented percussionists. Please check out this website is you are interested in any aspect of percussion.
Other
Aaas: Science Magazine
This online portal to Science Magazine offers daily science news and a weekly podcast which are available to all users. Much of the in-depth material from the magazine is only available through subscription, though.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Spanish Travel Brochures
Students will incorporate information from Internet research in creating original travel brochures for Spanish speaking countries using word processing or publishing software. Students could alternatively create wikis or podcasts.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Yo! The Slaves Have Gotta Go!
In this lesson, students will explore the events leading up to the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation. Students will work collaboratively to research and report their findings.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Soaring With Literary Elements and Devices
In this lesson, learners will observe literary elements and devices in a variety of chapter books. Students will be paired with a partner and allowed to choose one book to identify literary elements. Using digital cameras and a computer,...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Suminagashi Self Portrait
For this lesson, students learn about the Japanese technique of suminagashi by viewing a podcast and then using the technique to create a self portrait. Podcast is linked in the lesson plan. [9:49]
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Three Meals for Gregory
Lesson begins with a review of the food guide pyramid. The book Gregory the Terrible Eater by Mitchell Sharmat (not provided through instructional activity) is read and discussed in light of healthy eating. In groups, students create...