Having delivered her excellent training session on podcasting yesterday for The Specialist Schools and Academies Trust, Steph Hopkins Advanced Skills Teacher in MFL at Southend High School for Girls kindly agreed to speak to me further on how exactly she uses technology in her language teaching and what effect this has on her pupils. During the interview, we discuss a number if issues such as:
- the reaction to the toolkit
- demystifying the podcasting process
- the podcasting flow diagram
- SSAT local CPD centres
- technology integration at Southend High School for Girls
- virtual learning environments, blogging and podcasting
- the podcasting 'scene' in England
- accessing authentic language resources
- the benefits of podcasting for language learners
- choosing a podcasting host
- pupils making their own podcasts
- collaborative learning and raising standards
- subscribing to iTunes and 'going global'
- overcoming steep learning curves for staff and pupils
- pupil reaction
- sharing and accessing resources
- communicating through blogs and VLEs
- workload implications
- the AST role
- future plans
- pupil blogging
- setting up 'international conversations'
We recorded the interview using Audacity and a Logitech USB microphone which I then edited on the train home wearing my iRiver headphones attached to my laptop. You can listen to the interview by following the link below:
Download Steph_Hopkins_interview_on_podcasting.mp3
Show notes
- Audacity - free sound editing software
- Lame encoder for Audacity - to convert files into mp3 format
- SSAT CPD centres - The Specialist Schools and Academies Trust training network
- shopkins.wordpress.com - Steph Hopkin's Languages Blog
- Jellycast - podcasting host which costs £10 as a one off payment and allows you directly subscribe to iTunes
- Odeo.com - free podcasting host
- Think.com - a virtual learning environment host
- Primary Languages in Southend-on-Sea - Penny Bowman's session at The SSAT Annual Languages Conference in October 2006
- http://pbowman.wordpress.com/ - Penny Bowman's blog
- http://northgatemfl.blogspot.com/ - Alex Blagona's blog
That sounds absolutely fantastic, I really need to spend more time on learning what to do with podcasting! Time??
There's so much out there, thanks Joe for your info blog!
Esther
Posted by: Esther Mercier | 19/11/2006 at 16:47