Podcasts

__**Classroom Subscriptions**__

1.) **Wordsmart Wordcast:** This podcast is great for incorporating vocabulary words into the classroom and with its short episodes, students can pick up new words during transition times or when they finish work quickly. Each episode is titled with the vocab word and the audio enunciates, defines, and uses the word in a sentence. I had my students listen to the new vocabulary podcast during the morning work time while attendance and lunch count was taken. Students were encouraged to use the word in their writing sometime during the day in any subject area and when used appropriately they could earn a classroom dollar. Using the iPod to learn new vocabulary words motivated students to listen more so than being told the word by me.

2.) **Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Guide for Better Writing:** Students would have the opportunity to have a library of writing tips that could be listened to when applicable to their writing. I would have students listen to specific lessons that range from two minutes to over ten minutes in length and require students to edit their work based on the information they gained. I think this would help students' writing because they would be able to access specific information without searching through a grammar book and the iPod can be taken anywhere. Grammar Girl explains different aspects of writing clearly, concisely, and also gives specific examples.

__**Teacher/Student Created Podcasts**__

media type="file" key="604class_practice.mp3"Introduction to Mrs. Reas's 4th Grade Class

media type="file" key="Science_podcast.mp3"Science Podcast: What you will learn in Mrs. Reas's fourth grade class.