Nursery+Rhyme+Podcasts

The first graders created their first podcasts using Garageband. The teachers and I decided that for our first foray into the podcasting world, choosing something the students knew would be the best way to go. The students were very excited about this, especially because these podcasts would be for our Pre-K students' listening center.

The process began with students selecting a nursery rhyme and practicing reading it aloud. Then we introduced Garageband and had the students practice modulating their voices, deleting unwanted tracks, recording and stopping, and playing back their recordings. Once the students felt comfortable with the tools, they excitedly moved to a quiet place in the classroom or the hallway to start their podcast.

It was so much fun to see their excitement and to watch them use the application like pros! The students were very good at listening to their recording and deciding what they needed to do to improve how it sounded; it was a great example of the students reflecting on their work and making the necessary adjustments.

Here are their podcasts:

1G's rhymes

 * media type="file" key="siruspome.m4a" width="300" height="50" || media type="file" key="rhyyme liv.m4a" width="300" height="50" || media type="file" key="rhyme nikki.m4a" width="300" height="50" ||
 * media type="file" key="rhyme nate.m4a" width="300" height="50" || media type="file" key="rhyme maximos.m4a" width="300" height="50" || media type="file" key="rhyme Aisling1.m4a" width="300" height="50" ||
 * media type="file" key="rhme tanner.m4a" width="300" height="50" || media type="file" key="Maya.m4a" width="300" height="50" || media type="file" key="Ben poem.m4a" width="300" height="50" ||
 * media type="file" key="julia poem.m4a" width="270" height="270" || media type="file" key="rhyme zachary 2.m4a" width="300" height="50" || media type="file" key="rhyme katherine.m4a" width="300" height="50" ||

1M's Rhymes

 * media type="file" key="riley Ava poem.m4a" width="300" height="50" || media type="file" key="omar poem.m4a" width="300" height="50" || media type="file" key="olive poem.m4a" width="300" height="50" ||
 * media type="file" key="Niamh poem.m4a" width="300" height="50" || media type="file" key="mason poem.m4a" width="300" height="50" || media type="file" key="lilah poem.m4a" width="300" height="50" ||
 * media type="file" key="justin Henry poem.m4a" width="300" height="50" || media type="file" key="Genna poem.m4a" width="300" height="50" || media type="file" key="connor poem.m4a" width="300" height="50" ||
 * media type="file" key="chris and Hugh poem.m4a" width="300" height="50" ||  ||   ||

1D's Rhymes

 * media type="file" key="sadie poem 2.m4a" width="300" height="50" || media type="file" key="miles poem.m4a" width="300" height="50" || media type="file" key="matthew poem.m4a" width="300" height="50" ||
 * media type="file" key="madison poem.m4a" width="300" height="50" || media type="file" key="katie poem.m4a" width="300" height="50" || media type="file" key="james poem.m4a" width="300" height="50" ||
 * media type="file" key="evan poem.m4a" width="300" height="50" || media type="file" key="edward poem.m4a" width="300" height="50" || media type="file" key="colin poem.m4a" width="300" height="50" ||
 * media type="file" key="abby poem 2.m4a" width="300" height="50" ||  ||   ||