Student Media Examples

5th graders at Lakeview Elementary School in Yukon, Oklahoma, share about their love of horses and some important horse safety tips. Web link to the media example: http://audioboo.fm/boos/1265762-horses-boo Grade Level: elementary School Name: Lakeview Elementary School listen to ‘Horses boo’ on Audioboo This audio recording was also integrated into a school “radio show” with other …

We initiated a student-produced news cast this year using iPads. The students write, edit, perform and produce a daily five-minute newscast with school announcements, lunch menu, a daily prayer and pledge and sports and weather. Web link to the media example: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA857CACA25AC4667 Grade Level: middle school School Name: Lumen Christi School This post was submitted by …

This is my 7th year of producing Portable Radio with junior level students (ages 9 – 11). It’s evolved into two formats: episodes and POVs. Episodes are pretty much variety shows around 15 minutes in length. A POV (Portable Radio Point of View) is my student’s reaction to current events news. We’ve been fortunate to …

This is an excellent linked list of 16 “Student-Created iBooks & eBooks” by Lisa Johnson, which she shared via Pinterest and Twitter! Web link to the media example: http://list.ly/list/1rE-student-created-ibooks-ebooks Grade Level: elementary School Name: various This post was submitted by Wesley Fryer.

Rachel, a 3rd grader in Oklahoma City Public Schools, explains her “name art” which she created during the initial weeks of school in August 2012. Web link to the media example: http://audioboo.fm/boos/931709-name-art-by-rachel Grade Level: elementary School Name: Quail Creek Elementary, Oklahoma City Public Schools listen to ‘Name Art by Rachel’ on Audioboo This post was …

The Western Academy of Beijing (WAB) uses “Gallery” software (v. 2)  to share images of students and school activities in this “Photo SandBox” site. The site functions similarly to a homegrown-Flickr site, with students and teachers able to post comments. Web link to the media example: http://photos.wab.edu Grade Level: elementary / middle / high School Name: …

5th graders in Mr. Simon’s STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) class at Independence Elementary School in Yukon, Oklahoma, created this two minute video diary using iMovie for iPad to showcase some of the fun and learning they experienced in a recent unit. Learn more on their class blog: http://iesstem12.posterous.com/ Web link to the media …

A 2011 Digital Storytelling Project by Alec S. – This project was a collaboration between the high school media specialist and English 9 teacher at Westmont High School and was designed to model best practices in technology integration. Students worked to write and answer essential questions based on life experience. Ninety students participated, with 12 …

4th grade students at Lakeview Elementary School in Yukon, Oklahoma, created narrated slideshows about different people in the Wild West Shows of the United States. They created this video using the iPad application, “Explain Everything.” This is a short narrated slideshow about Annie Oakley. These projects were posted to a free Posterous website. Web link …

This book report was created by 2nd grader Sarah, using the website VoiceThread.com. The video embedded below shows part of this VoiceThread’s audio comments, focusing specifically on the final slide. The first person on that last slide, following Sarah, is one of her grandfathers. It is very motivational to receive this kind of feedback on …