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Goal

As a Leader-in-Me School, Pinecrest teachers each facilitate a Student Leadership Team (SLT) in their area of passion. My team is called "Power Podcasters" and my goal is to provide my student members with podcasting equipment, so they can use their voices to create quality podcasts as a member of our SLT. 

 

What will be done with my students

My students will be introduced to the world of Podcasting by both listening to and creating podcasts on various topics of interest. Creating podcasts has many educational benefits, including strengthening listening and speaking skills, conducting research, writing and collaboration. My intention is to walk my students through the steps of preproduction, recording, postproduction, and ultimately into publishing. Some sample ideas and uses for a podcast includes school/classroom weekly news broadcast, documenting a field trip, recording a class discussion, sharing book reviews, and reviewing curricular content.  

 

Benefits to my students

Podcasting is one of the forefront technologies in education, offering students the opportunity to easily broadcast audio content, which students can listen to at any time and wherever they are. Students can create their own podcasts, including interviewing guests (administrators, teachers, parents, fellow students), explaining projects, leading discussions, and reporting school news (sports, weather, joke-of-the-day). A major benefit for students is an increase in engagement in the content and a sense of ownership in taking control of an aspect of their education. Lastly, podcasting requires a great deal of collaboration between students where they can question, they can contribute, and they can teach each other as they synergize to create a final product. 

 

Budget Narrative

The ZUM-2 Podcast Mic Pack gives everything my students would need to record and stream professional-sounding podcasts right on their computers. Plug & Play. Sturdy construction. Mic clearly picks up voice while rejecting room noise and other unwanted sounds. ZHP-2 closed-back headphones provide professional isolation and crystal clear full-range sound. Includes tripod stand. Sells at Best Buy for
$129.99 + $9.00 est tax = $138.99 total 

 

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