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 …
Category Archive: Interview
Jan 16
Animal Podcasts
Nov 21
Age of Exploration: Explorer Interviews
Each pair of students researched, wrote and recorded an interview with an explorer from The Age of Exploration. After gathering facts and writing questions together, one student took the role of the interviewer while the other student played the role of the explorer. We recorded the interviews in class using just my iphone. The audio …
Sep 24
4th Graders Interview State Rep During Field Trip
After being handed the class iPod Touch and given a 1 minute introduction to an audio recording app, 2 students in my 4th grade class did not hesitate to become true Social (Political) Scientists (something we have been studying in class)! During our tour of the Michigan State Capitol building, we were greeted by our …
Sep 19
Reflecting on Living in Oak Ridge
This is a ten minute audio interview with 13 year old, 8th grader Alexander discussing his recent project, “Living in Oak Ridge.” We used the website and iPhone application Soundcloud to create this. Web link to the media example: http://soundcloud.com/wfryer/discussing-oak-ridge-glogster Grade Level: middle school School Name: Classen School of Advanced Studies, Oklahoma City, OK More …
